Dr. Rainer Mautz

Research Areas

• Indoor Positioning & Sensor Networks
• Optical Indoor Postitioning
• Engineering Geodesy
• Detection of Periodicities in Geodetic Data

Teaching Areas

Bachelor of Science: Geomatics and Planning / Civil Engineering / Environmental Engineering

• Projektarbeit Basisjahr (teaching assistant)
• Geodätische Messtechnik Grundzüge (teaching assistant)
• Feldkurs Geodätische Messtechnik (lecturer / teaching assistant)

Master Geomatics and Planning

• Engineering Geodesy I (lecturer / teaching assistant)
• Engineering Geodesy II (lecturer / teaching assistant)
• Geodetic Project Course (lecturer / teaching assistant)
• Project- & Master Theses

Memberships

• ION-CH (The Swiss Institute of Navigation) - Committee Member
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
• AvH (Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation)

Curriculum Vitae

*17 May 1969, Wiesbaden, Germany

Professional Experience

Since 2006 Senior Research Assistant & Lecturer, IGP, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2004 – 2006 Research Associate, Engineering Geomatics, Imperial College, London, UK
2002 – 2003 Visiting Scholar (Humboldt Foundation), Geodetic Science, Ohio State University, U.S.A.
1998 – 2004 Teaching and Research Associate, IGG, TU Berlin, Germany
1996 – 1997 Surveyor, Siemens AG, Germany/Tanzania

Education

2001 Ph.D. in Geodesy, TU Berlin, Germany. Doctoral thesis: "On the Determination of Frequencies in Time Series Solving Nonlinear Adjustment Problems"
1996 Diploma (= M. S.) in Geodesy, TU Darmstadt, Germany. Diploma thesis: "Field-test for GPS in Overhead Wire Construction – Efficiency Research"
1988 Abitur certificate, Oranienschule, Wiesbaden, Germany

Hobbies

Confluencing, Traveling & Bicycle Touring, Chess

Publications

Latest Presentations

• Mautz, R. (2012): Aktuelle Technologien zur Positionsbestimmung in Gebäuden, Österreichischer Geodätentag Velden, 8-10 May 2012, PDF or PPSX (Slides, 13 MB).
• Mautz, R. (2012): Positioning Techniques for GNSS Challenged Environments, University of New South Wales, Australia, 16 February 2012, PPSX (Slides, 13 MB).
• Mautz, R. (2011): Overview of Indoor Positioning Technologies (Keynote), IPIN (2011 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation) in Guimarães, Portugal, 21 September 2011, PDF (Slides, 10 MB).
• Mautz, R. (2011): Survey of Optical Indoor Positioning Systems, IPIN (2011 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation) in Guimarães, Portugal, 21 September 2011, PDF (Slides, 1 MB).
• Mautz, R. (2011): Innovative Sensors in Engineering Geodesy, Colloquium Geosensorics and Engineering Geodesy, ETH Zurich, 18 April 2011.
• Mautz, R. (2011): Innenraumpositionierung – ein Thema für die Ingenieurgeodäsie?, Colloquium at TU Graz, 31 March 2011.
• Mautz, R. (2010): Opening Session of the 2010 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), Organizer, ETH Zurich, Campus Science City (Hoenggerberg), Switzerland, 15-17 September. Introduction Slides: PDF, 11 MB, Abstract Volume (449 p): PDF, 14 MB, Program: PDF, 2 MB.
• Tilch, S., Mautz, R. (2010): Development of a new laser-based, optical indoor positioning system, ISPRS Commission V Mid-Term Symposium Close Range Image Measurement Techniques, Newcastle upon Tyne, 22-24 June 2010, PDF (Slides).
• Kohoutek, T., Mautz, R., Donaubauer, A. (2010): Real-Time Indoor Positioning using Range Imaging Sensors, SPIE Photonics, Brussels, 15 April 2010, PDF (Poster).
• Kohoutek, T., Donaubauer, A., Mautz, R. (2010): CityGML als Grundlage für die Indoor Positionierung mittels Range Imaging, 15. Münchner Fortbildungsseminar Geoinformationssysteme, Munich, 08 - 11 March 2010, PDF PPSX (Slides).
• Tilch, S., Mautz, R. (2010): Current Investigations at the ETH Zurich in Optical Indoor Positioning, 7th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2010 (WPNC'10), Dresden, 11 March 2010, PDF PPT
• Grimm, D., Limpach, P., Mautz, R., Tilch, S., Geiger, A. (2010): Bestimmung der Fliessgeschwindigkeiten von Blockgletschern, Ingenieurvermessung 10, 16th International Course on Engineering Surveying, Munich, 23-27 February 2010, PDF.
• Indoor Positioning - Präzise Verfahren zur Innenraumpositionierung, GEODÄTISCHES KOLLOQUIUM of the Technical University Darmstadt, 10 December 2009, PDF PPT
• Innovative Techniken in der Innenraumpositionierung, INTERGEO, abstract, PDF Karlsruhe, 22 – 24 September 2009, PPT
• The Challenges of Indoor Environments and Specification on some Alternative Positioning Systems, WPNC'09, Invited Session, Hanover, Germany, 19. March 2009, PDF PPT
• Simulation for a volcano monitoring network, Lugano, 21–23 November 2008, PDF PPT
• Overview of Current Indoor Positioning Systems, 3^rd BSGSW, Tallinn, 10-12 September 2008, PDF PPT
• Ad-hoc wireless sensor positioning in hazardous areas, ISPRS, Beijing, 3-11 July 2008, PDF PPT
• Combination of Indoor and Outdoor Positioning, Machine Control & Guidance, Zürich, 24-26 June 2008, PDF PPT

Publications

• Mautz, R. (2012): Indoor Positioning Techniques, Habilitation Thesis submitted to ETH Zurich, 130 p.
• Tilch, S., Mautz, R. (2012): CLIPS – A Camera and Laser-Based Indoor Positioning System, accepted for publication in the Journal of Location Based Services.
• Mautz, R., Tilch, S. (2011): Survey of Optical Indoor Positioning Systems, IEEE Xplore Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), 21-23 September 2011, Guimarães, Portugal.
• Tilch, S., Mautz, R. (2011): CLIPS Proceedings, IEEE Xplore Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), 21-23 September 2011, Guimarães, Portugal.
• Mautz, R.; Grimm, D. (2011): Glacier Monitoring, in: Swiss National Report on the GEODETIC ACTIVITIES in the years 2007 to 2011, Swiss Geodetic Commission, 2011.
• Ingensand, H., Grimm, D., Tilch, S., Mautz, R., Theiler, P., Schindler, K. (2011): Geodätische Messtechnik und Ingenieurgeodäsie am IGP ETHZ, Geomatik Schweiz, vol. 109, no. 6, 2011, pp. 290-294.
• Mautz, R., Kunz, M. and Ingensand, H. (eds.) (2010): Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), ISBN: 978-1-4244-5864-6, DOI: 10.1109/IPIN.2010.5648185, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, 971 p.
• Tilch, S., Mautz, R. (2010): Development of a new laser-based, optical indoor positioning system, Proceedings of the ISPRS Commission V Mid-Term Symposium Close Range Image Measurement Techniques, no. 98, pp. 575-580.
• Mautz, R., Tilch, S. (2010): Innenraumpositionierung mit optischen Methoden, AVN, 2010, no.7, pp. 250-255.
• Mautz, R., Grimm, D., Limpach, P., Tilch, S., Geiger, A. (2010): Bestimmung der Fliessgeschwindigkeiten von Blockgletschern, Geomatik Schweiz, vol. 108, no. 6, 2010, pp. 264-268.
• Kohoutek, T., Mautz, R., Donaubauer, A. (2010): Real-Time Indoor Positioning using Range Imaging Sensors, Proceedings of SPIE Photonics, Vol. 7724, No. 20.
• Tilch, S., Mautz, R. (2010): Current Investigations at the ETH Zurich in Optical Indoor Positioning, Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2010 (WPNC'10), DOI: 10.1109/WPNC.2010.5653591, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, pp. 174-178.
• Mautz, R., Schütz, T. (2010): Der Markt für Personenlokalisierung wächst erheblich, Polyscope, no. 19/20, 2010, pp. 2-3.
• Kohoutek, T., Donaubauer, A., Mautz, R. (2010): CityGML als Grundlage für die Indoor Positionierung mittels Range Imaging, Proceedings of the 15. Münchner Fortbildungsseminar Geoinformationssysteme, TU München, pp. 168-181.
• Mautz, R. (2010): How Arbitrary Locations turn into Places of Interest, Geodesy and Cartography, DOI: 10.3846/gc.2010.06, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 35-40.
• Mautz, R. (2009): The Challenges of Indoor Environments and Specification on some Alternative Positioning Systems, DOI: 10.1109/WPNC.2009.4907800, Proceedings of the IEEE supported 6th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2009 (WPNC'09), IEEE Xplore, pp. 29-36.
• Mautz, R. (2009): Overview of Current Indoor Positioning Systems, Geodesy and Cartography, DOI: 10.3846/1392-1541.2009.35.18-22, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 18-22. Presentation: (PPT).
• Mautz, R., Ochieng, W.Y., Ingensand, H. (2009): Towards hazards prediction, Coordinates – Positioning, Navigation and Beyond, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 14–18, 2009.
• Mautz, R. (2008): Simulation for a volcano monitoring network, 6^th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Lugano, 21–23 November 2008.
• Mautz, R., Ochieng, W.Y., Ingensand, H. (2008): Ad-hoc wireless sensor positioning in hazardous areas, ISPRS 2008 (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), Beijing, V.R. China, 3-11 July 2008, vol. XXXVII Part B1, pp. 1001-1008.
• Mautz, R. (2008): Combination of Indoor and Outdoor Positioning (paper), (presentation), 1^st International Conference on Machine Control & Guidance, June 24-26, 2008, pp. 79-88.
• Peng, B., Mautz, R., Kemp, A., Ochieng, W.Y., Zeng, Q. (2008): On the Effect of Localization Errors on Geographic Routing in Sensor Networks, IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2008, pp. 3136-3140, DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2008.590, Beijing, V.R., 19-23 May 2008.
• Mautz, R. (2008): Sampling the World, Coordinates – Positioning, Navigation and Beyond, no. 3, pp. 22–27, 2008.
• Mautz, R. (2008): Indoor Positioning – An Ad-Hoc Positioning System, Geodesy and Cartography, DOI: 10.3846/1392-1541.2008.34.66-70, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 66-70.
• Mautz, R., Ochieng, W.Y. (2007): A Robust Indoor Positioning and Auto-Localisation Algorithm, Journal of Global Positioning Systems, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 38–46.
• Mautz, R., Ochieng, W.Y., Brodin, G., Kemp, A. (2007): 3D Wireless Network Localization from Inconsistent Distance Observations, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, vol. 3, no. 2–3, pp. 141–170.
• Mautz, R., Ochieng, W.Y. (2007): Indoor Positioning using Wireless Distances between Motes, Proceedings of TimeNav’07 / IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 29 May–1 June 2007, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 1530–1541.
• Mautz, R., Feng, S., Ochieng, W.Y., Kemp, A., Peng, B. (2006): A High Integrity Positioning Method for Ad-Hoc Networks, Proceedings of ION GNSS 2006, 26–29 September 2006, Fort Worth, TX, pp. 134-144.
• Peng B.; Kemp, A.H.; Brodin, G. Mautz, R., Ochieng, W.Y. (2006): SIP for Wireless Positioning: System and Architecture. in Peter Farkas (ed), Joint IST workshop on Sensor Networks & Symposium on trends in communications. IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/TIC.2006.1708015. pp. 32-35. 2006.
• Mautz, R., Ochieng, W.Y., Brodin, G., Kemp, A., Peng, B. (2006): iPLOT – An intelligent pervasive location tracking system, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Crime and Security, pp. 408-413, DOI: 10.1049/ic:20060344, London 13–14 June 2006.
• Mautz, R., Ochieng, W.Y., Brodin, G., Kemp, A., Peng, B. (2006): Reliable Positioning in Wireless Sensor Networks, Session C6, Proceedings of the European Navigation Conference, Manchester, 8–10 May 2006.
• Feng, S., Ochieng, Mautz, R. (2006): An Area Computation Based Method for RAIM Holes Assessment, Journal of Global Positioning Systems, vol. 5, no. 1–2, pp. 11–16.
• Mautz, R. (2006): Sampling on the Earth Surface – What Does Our World Really Look Like?, Coordinates – Positioning, Navigation and Beyond, no. 3, pp. 8–11, 2006.
• Yi, Y., Matsumoto, K., Shum, C.K., Wang, Y., Mautz, R. (2006): Advances in Southern Ocean tide modelling, Journal of Geodynamics, 41, pp. 128–132.
• Mautz, R., Ochieng, W.Y., Walsh, D., Brodin, G., Cooper, J., Kemp, A., Le, T.S. (2006), Low-cost intelligent pervasive location and tracking (iPLOT) for the management of crime, Journal of Navigation, DOI: 10.1017/S0373463306003705, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 263–279.
• Feng, S., Ochieng, W.Y., Mautz R., Brodin, G., Ioannides R. (2005): RAIM Holes Assessment via an Accurate and Efficient Computation Method, Proceedings of the International Symposium on GPS/GNSS 2005, Hong Kong.
• Mautz, R., Ochieng, W. Y. (2005): An intelligent pervasive location tracking system, Proceedings of the International Symposium on GPS/GNSS 2005, Hong Kong.
• Brodin, G., Cooper, J., Kemp, A., Le, T.S., Walsh, D., Ochieng, W.Y., Mautz, R. (2005): A High Accuracy Bluetooth Ranging and Positioning System, Proceedings of National Navigation Conference NAV05, The Royal Institute of Navigation, 1–3 November 2005, London.
• Schaffrin, B., Mautz, R. (2005): Merging Two Regional Geoid Estimates by Using Optimal Variance Components of Type repro-BIQUUE: An Algorithmic Approach, Korean Journal of Geomatics, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1–6.
• Mautz, R., Petrović, S. (2005): Discovery of physically justified periodicities in time series, German title: “Erkennung von physikalisch vorhandenen Periodizitäten in Zeitreihen“, ZfV, (3) pp. 156–165, 2005.
• Mautz, R., Ping, J., Heki, K., Schaffrin, B., Shum, C.K., Potts L. (2005): Efficient Spatial and Temporal Representations of Global Ionosphere Maps over Japan Using B-Spline Wavelets, Journal of Geodesy, DOI: 10.1007/s00190-004-0432-z, vol. 78, no. 11-12, pp. 662–667.
• Potts, L., Shum, C.K., von Frese, R., Han, S.-C., Mautz, R. (2005): Recovery of isostatic topography over North America from topographic and CHAMP gravity correlations, in: (Ch. Reigber, H. Lühr, P. Schwintzer and J. Wickert Eds.): Earth Observation with CHAMP – Results from Three Years in Orbit, Springer, pp. 193–198.
• Mautz, R., Schaffrin, B., Shum, C.K., Han, S.-C. (2005): Regional geoid undulations from CHAMP, represented by locally supported basis functions, in: (Ch. Reigber, H. Lühr, P. Schwintzer and J. Wickert Eds.): Earth Observation with CHAMP – Results from Three Years in Orbit, Springer, pp. 230–236.
• Mautz, R., Schaffrin, B., Kaschenz, J. (2005): Biharmonic Spline Wavelets versus Generalized Multi-quadrics for Continuous Surface Representations, in: A Window on the Future of Geodesy, International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol. 128, pp. 500–505.
• Mautz, R., Schaffrin, B., Schmidt, M., Shum, C. K. (2003): Representation of Spatial Functions in Geodesy Using B-Spline Wavelets with Compact Support in: C. Jekeli (ed.) Proceedings of the Weikko A. Heiskanen Symposium in Geodesy, 1–4 October 2002, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, pp. 47.
• Schaffrin, B., Mautz, R., Shum, C. K., Tseng, H. (2003): Towards a Spherical Pseudo-Wavelet Basis for Geodetic Applications, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, vol. 18, pp. 369–378, DOI 10.1111/1467-8667.t01-1-00314.
• Mautz, R. (2002): Solving Nonlinear Adjustment Problems by Global Optimization, Bollettino di Geodesia e Scienze Affini, vol. 61, no.2, pp. 123–134.
• Mautz, R. (2001): "On the Determination of Frequencies in Time Series Solving Nonlinear Adjustment Problems" Doctoral Dissertation (German title: Zur Lösung nichtlinearer Ausgleichungsprobleme bei der Bestimmung von Frequenzen in Zeitreihen), Deutsche Geodätische Kommission, vol. C, no. 532, München, 87 p.
• Mautz, R. (1999): Solving non-linear Adjustment Problems by heuristic Optimisation, Proceedings of the Third Turkish-German Joint Geodetic Days, Istanbul, vol.2, pp. 791–797.
• Mautz, R. (1996): "Field-test for GPS in Overhead Wire Construction – Efficiency Research" Diploma thesis in cooperation with the Siemens Company (German title: Der Einsatz von terrestrischen Meßmethoden und GPS im Freileitungsbau im Rahmen einer Wirtschaftlichkeitsabschätzung), Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, 86 p.
• Friehl, M., Mautz, R. (1994): Field Report Using the Nikon Total Station DTM-700 and Software (German title:„Erfahrungsbericht mit einer Feldstation der DTM-700 Serie von Nikon und dessen Software"), AVN 1994(6), pp. 243–244.