Jakob Schwalb-Willmann
@schwalb-willmann.de
Spatial Data Science, Earth Observation, Machine Learning 🌍🛰️⚙️ Animal-Environment Interactions Modelling, Sat./UAV Remote Sensing for Ecology.
Researcher & Lecturer @earth-observation.org, @uni-wuerzburg.de, #AniMove.
https://jakob.schwalb-willmann.de
Researcher & Lecturer @earth-observation.org, @uni-wuerzburg.de, #AniMove.
https://jakob.schwalb-willmann.de
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Snow depth is a crucial variable in high-arctic ecosystems, as it affects soil, plants & wildlife foraging. Yet, spatially-continuous snow depth data is rare.
Stop by poster 38-P1 at #gfoe2025 @uni-wuerzburg.de today to talk about UAV LiDAR snow depth mapping for ecological research on Svalbard!
Stop by poster 38-P1 at #gfoe2025 @uni-wuerzburg.de today to talk about UAV LiDAR snow depth mapping for ecological research on Svalbard!
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Two days ago, our PostDoc @schwalb-willmann.de visited the Institute for Geoinformatics at University of Münster on invitation by @edzer.bsky.social and Johannes Heisig to give a talk at the GI forum on using animals to classify land use.
Visit at the Institute for Geoinformatics (IFGI) at University of Münster
Two days ago, our PostDoc Dr. Jakob Schwalb-Willmann visited the Institute for Geoinformatics at University of Münster to give a talk at IFGI's GI Forum titled "Can animals be used to classify land use? Employing movement-tracked animals as environmental informants using deep learning".
remote-sensing.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Two days ago, our PostDoc @schwalb-willmann.de visited the Institute for Geoinformatics at University of Münster on invitation by @edzer.bsky.social and Johannes Heisig to give a talk at the GI forum on using animals to classify land use.
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The {sf} package continues to blow my mind with how easy it is to make maps with #rstats and ggplot (code for that map here gist.github.com/andrewheiss/...)
November 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The {sf} package continues to blow my mind with how easy it is to make maps with #rstats and ggplot (code for that map here gist.github.com/andrewheiss/...)
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📢 Abstract submission deadline for the World Biodiversity Forum @worldbioforum.bsky.social in Davos is Nov 18!
Join us for our session 'Understanding and caring for Arctic biodiversity together'. All regions, organisms and formats welcome! 🌿🦌🦋
Join us for our session 'Understanding and caring for Arctic biodiversity together'. All regions, organisms and formats welcome! 🌿🦌🦋
We are calling for abstracts for the @worldbioforum.bsky.social session 'Understanding and caring for Arctic biodiversity together'. This will be an interdisciplinary, free-form session open to all taxa, regions and forms of knowledge. Submission deadline 18 Nov. Looking forward to hearing from you!
🌎🌿We're now accepting submissions for oral or poster abstracts for WBF2026 in☀️Davos. Explore over 90 engaging sessions, covering biodiversity-ecosystem fundamentals, policy, finance and law❗Submit now: worldbiodiversityforum.org/call-for-abs...
#Biodiversity #WBF2026
#Biodiversity #WBF2026
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
📢 Abstract submission deadline for the World Biodiversity Forum @worldbioforum.bsky.social in Davos is Nov 18!
Join us for our session 'Understanding and caring for Arctic biodiversity together'. All regions, organisms and formats welcome! 🌿🦌🦋
Join us for our session 'Understanding and caring for Arctic biodiversity together'. All regions, organisms and formats welcome! 🌿🦌🦋
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Happy to see my second PhD paper published in Forest Ecology and Management 🎉
#lidar #Europeanbeech #forestry #treemortality
check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#lidar #Europeanbeech #forestry #treemortality
check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tree size, neighbourhood composition and structure affect individual tree vitality of European beech following extreme drought
The severe drought of 2018/19 caused widespread early discoloration, defoliation and tree mortality in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), although l…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Happy to see my second PhD paper published in Forest Ecology and Management 🎉
#lidar #Europeanbeech #forestry #treemortality
check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#lidar #Europeanbeech #forestry #treemortality
check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Last week, EORC employees Sebastian Buchelt and Jakob Schwalb-Willmann taught a three-day block course on UAV remote sensing of the cryosphere in the UNIS Master’s course "Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere" on invitation by Assoc. Prof. Eero Rinne.
Guest lecture on UAV remote sensing of the cryosphere at UNIS, Svalbard
In the last two weeks, EORC employees Sebastian Buchelt and Jakob Schwalb-Willmann travelled to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, for a two-week research and teaching stay on the high-arctic island. There, they were hosted by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) in Longyearbyen. Among activities such as field work in Björndalen and teaching on UAV remote sensing for population […]
remote-sensing.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Last week, EORC employees Sebastian Buchelt and Jakob Schwalb-Willmann taught a three-day block course on UAV remote sensing of the cryosphere in the UNIS Master’s course "Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere" on invitation by Assoc. Prof. Eero Rinne.
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As part of their current research and teaching stay at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) on Svalbard, Dr. Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Sebastian Buchelt held a guest lecture on UAV remote sensing for Arctic population ecology, showcasing the use of remote sensing for ecology research. Invited…
Guest lecture on UAV remote sensing for Arctic population ecology at UNIS, Svalbard
As part of their current research and teaching stay at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) on Svalbard, Dr. Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Sebastian Buchelt held a guest lecture on UAV remote sensing for Arctic population ecology, showcasing the use of remote sensing for ecology research. Invited by Assoc. Prof. Larissa Beumer, the three-day guest lecture […]
remote-sensing.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
As part of their current research and teaching stay at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) on Svalbard, Dr. Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Sebastian Buchelt held a guest lecture on UAV remote sensing for Arctic population ecology, showcasing the use of remote sensing for ecology research. Invited…
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Last week, EORC employees Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Sebastian Buchelt travelled to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, for a two-week research and teaching stay on the high-arctic island. Invited by our collaborators and colleagues Assoc. Prof. Larissa Beumer (Arctic biology) and Assoc. Prof. Eero Rinne…
High Arctic field work in Bjørndalen (Svalbard)
Last week, EORC employees Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Sebastian Buchelt travelled to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, for a two-week research and teaching stay on the high-arctic island. Invited by our collaborators and colleagues Assoc. Prof. Larissa Beumer (Arctic biology) and Assoc. Prof. Eero Rinne (Arctic geophysics), they have been hosted by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). As part of their stay on […]
remote-sensing.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Last week, EORC employees Jakob Schwalb-Willmann and Sebastian Buchelt travelled to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, for a two-week research and teaching stay on the high-arctic island. Invited by our collaborators and colleagues Assoc. Prof. Larissa Beumer (Arctic biology) and Assoc. Prof. Eero Rinne…
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Last week, EORC staff participated in and co-organized the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) Annual Symposium 2025, this year hosted at University of Würzburg. The symposium, attended by more than 600 people, covered a wide range of topics in ecology research with a focus…
Remote sensing for ecology research: The EORC at the GfÖ annual symposium 2025 in Würzburg
Last week, EORC staff participated in and co-organized the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) Annual Symposium 2025, this year hosted at University of Würzburg. The symposium, attended by more than 600 people, covered a wide range of topics in ecology research with a focus on current challenges in various ecosystems. As it […]
remote-sensing.org
September 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Last week, EORC staff participated in and co-organized the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) Annual Symposium 2025, this year hosted at University of Würzburg. The symposium, attended by more than 600 people, covered a wide range of topics in ecology research with a focus…
Snow depth is a crucial variable in high-arctic ecosystems, as it affects soil, plants & wildlife foraging. Yet, spatially-continuous snow depth data is rare.
Stop by poster 38-P1 at #gfoe2025 @uni-wuerzburg.de today to talk about UAV LiDAR snow depth mapping for ecological research on Svalbard!
Stop by poster 38-P1 at #gfoe2025 @uni-wuerzburg.de today to talk about UAV LiDAR snow depth mapping for ecological research on Svalbard!
September 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Snow depth is a crucial variable in high-arctic ecosystems, as it affects soil, plants & wildlife foraging. Yet, spatially-continuous snow depth data is rare.
Stop by poster 38-P1 at #gfoe2025 @uni-wuerzburg.de today to talk about UAV LiDAR snow depth mapping for ecological research on Svalbard!
Stop by poster 38-P1 at #gfoe2025 @uni-wuerzburg.de today to talk about UAV LiDAR snow depth mapping for ecological research on Svalbard!
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Thrilled to share our new article in @pnas.org highlighting global gaps in where we study animal movement—and outlining the next generation of smart bio-loggers.
👉 Read the full study in PNAS: lnkd.in/exP8NCeZ
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👉 Read the full study in PNAS: lnkd.in/exP8NCeZ
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July 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Thrilled to share our new article in @pnas.org highlighting global gaps in where we study animal movement—and outlining the next generation of smart bio-loggers.
👉 Read the full study in PNAS: lnkd.in/exP8NCeZ
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👉 Read the full study in PNAS: lnkd.in/exP8NCeZ
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Swing by my poster today at the #LPS25!
Excited to share some of our work at the UAS Team, @earth-observation.org ! We’ve been exploring the comparability between UAV-based datasets and Sentinel-2.
@schwalb-willmann.de @bevanda.bsky.social
Excited to share some of our work at the UAS Team, @earth-observation.org ! We’ve been exploring the comparability between UAV-based datasets and Sentinel-2.
@schwalb-willmann.de @bevanda.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Swing by my poster today at the #LPS25!
Excited to share some of our work at the UAS Team, @earth-observation.org ! We’ve been exploring the comparability between UAV-based datasets and Sentinel-2.
@schwalb-willmann.de @bevanda.bsky.social
Excited to share some of our work at the UAS Team, @earth-observation.org ! We’ve been exploring the comparability between UAV-based datasets and Sentinel-2.
@schwalb-willmann.de @bevanda.bsky.social
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Are you working with LiDAR or inventory data? Visit me at poster H07 at #LPS25 to find out more about our R package, TreeCompR, which provides solutions for quantifying tree competition!
June 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Are you working with LiDAR or inventory data? Visit me at poster H07 at #LPS25 to find out more about our R package, TreeCompR, which provides solutions for quantifying tree competition!
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great group picture of our EORC staff and EAGLEs at ESA #LPS25 - a fantastic week with plenty of interesting discussions, talks and posters! #earthobs #eochat #remotesensing
June 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
great group picture of our EORC staff and EAGLEs at ESA #LPS25 - a fantastic week with plenty of interesting discussions, talks and posters! #earthobs #eochat #remotesensing
RStoolbox, an R package for remote sensing data analysis, is being presented at ESA #LPS25 today by @caipide.bsky.social and myself.
Come to poster P32 to chat about spatial predictive modelling, spectral unmixing, change vector analysis, radiometric correction, cloud masking etc. using R! #rstats
Come to poster P32 to chat about spatial predictive modelling, spectral unmixing, change vector analysis, radiometric correction, cloud masking etc. using R! #rstats
June 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
RStoolbox, an R package for remote sensing data analysis, is being presented at ESA #LPS25 today by @caipide.bsky.social and myself.
Come to poster P32 to chat about spatial predictive modelling, spectral unmixing, change vector analysis, radiometric correction, cloud masking etc. using R! #rstats
Come to poster P32 to chat about spatial predictive modelling, spectral unmixing, change vector analysis, radiometric correction, cloud masking etc. using R! #rstats
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Catch me & @annabischof.bsky.social at tonight’s #LPS25 poster session in Vienna! We're presenting our work with Nature Seychelles & @earth-observation.org on RGB drones for mangrove monitoring. Marlene Bauer can't join, but her input was key. Excited to connect! #UAV #Ecology #RemoteSensing
June 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Catch me & @annabischof.bsky.social at tonight’s #LPS25 poster session in Vienna! We're presenting our work with Nature Seychelles & @earth-observation.org on RGB drones for mangrove monitoring. Marlene Bauer can't join, but her input was key. Excited to connect! #UAV #Ecology #RemoteSensing
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Having a blast at ESA's #LPS25 with @schwalb-willmann.de and a nice poster about animal paths 🐘 Swing by!
June 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Having a blast at ESA's #LPS25 with @schwalb-willmann.de and a nice poster about animal paths 🐘 Swing by!
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Planning a hyperspectral drone mission in steep terrain, I ran into the usual issue: flying too close to the slope due to poor AGL handling. I built SMARTAGL, an R tool that creates terrain-aware flight lines with constant AGL. Open-source & field-tested. (github.com/ajcastanedag...)
May 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Planning a hyperspectral drone mission in steep terrain, I ran into the usual issue: flying too close to the slope due to poor AGL handling. I built SMARTAGL, an R tool that creates terrain-aware flight lines with constant AGL. Open-source & field-tested. (github.com/ajcastanedag...)
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AnySat has been accepted as a ✨ highlight at #CVPR2025! See you in Nashville 🎉
We’ll also be presenting this work at:
📍 @egu.eu on 02/04 in Vienna
📍 @esa.int / NASA Workshop on Foundation Models on 05/04 in Rome
We’ll also be presenting this work at:
📍 @egu.eu on 02/04 in Vienna
📍 @esa.int / NASA Workshop on Foundation Models on 05/04 in Rome
#CVPR2025 Sat June 14 (PM) ✨ Highlight
🛰️ AnySat: One Earth Observation Model for Many Resolutions, Scales, and Modalities
@gastruc.bsky.social @nicaogr.bsky.social @loicland.bsky.social
📄 pdf: arxiv.org/abs/2412.14123
🌐 webpage: gastruc.github.io/anysat
🛰️ AnySat: One Earth Observation Model for Many Resolutions, Scales, and Modalities
@gastruc.bsky.social @nicaogr.bsky.social @loicland.bsky.social
📄 pdf: arxiv.org/abs/2412.14123
🌐 webpage: gastruc.github.io/anysat
April 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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⚠️ Nearly 40 billion (39,820,373,479) new embeddings of Major TOM Copernicus data now released!
More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
April 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
⚠️ Nearly 40 billion (39,820,373,479) new embeddings of Major TOM Copernicus data now released!
More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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📢1 PhD position (3 yrs) @UniTrento on acoustic environments in mountains 🎶🏔️In collaboration with @EuracResearch & @UCL IEDE (London) – part of the “Soundscape for All” project, funded by HEAD-Genuit-Stiftung. Stay tuned & reach out if interested!
#PhDposition #Soundscape #Bioacoustics #Mountains
#PhDposition #Soundscape #Bioacoustics #Mountains
April 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📢1 PhD position (3 yrs) @UniTrento on acoustic environments in mountains 🎶🏔️In collaboration with @EuracResearch & @UCL IEDE (London) – part of the “Soundscape for All” project, funded by HEAD-Genuit-Stiftung. Stay tuned & reach out if interested!
#PhDposition #Soundscape #Bioacoustics #Mountains
#PhDposition #Soundscape #Bioacoustics #Mountains
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🌿Apply now! 🌿🌴🦜
We’re thrilled to announce that applications for Animove are NOW OPEN 🥳
Learning new methods in animal movement analysis and connecting with nature in one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. We can't wait to see your application come through. See you in Costa Rica! 🇨🇷 #LaSelva
We’re thrilled to announce that applications for Animove are NOW OPEN 🥳
Learning new methods in animal movement analysis and connecting with nature in one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. We can't wait to see your application come through. See you in Costa Rica! 🇨🇷 #LaSelva
April 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🌿Apply now! 🌿🌴🦜
We’re thrilled to announce that applications for Animove are NOW OPEN 🥳
Learning new methods in animal movement analysis and connecting with nature in one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. We can't wait to see your application come through. See you in Costa Rica! 🇨🇷 #LaSelva
We’re thrilled to announce that applications for Animove are NOW OPEN 🥳
Learning new methods in animal movement analysis and connecting with nature in one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. We can't wait to see your application come through. See you in Costa Rica! 🇨🇷 #LaSelva
Grateful that I could work on using animals for Earth observation at @uni-wuerzburg.de, in cooperation with @dlr-de.bsky.social & @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Many thanks to my supervisors & mentors Stefan Dech, Martin Wikelski, Tobias Ullmann & Martin Wegmann & everyone @eor-wuerzburg.bsky.social!
April 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Grateful that I could work on using animals for Earth observation at @uni-wuerzburg.de, in cooperation with @dlr-de.bsky.social & @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Many thanks to my supervisors & mentors Stefan Dech, Martin Wikelski, Tobias Ullmann & Martin Wegmann & everyone @eor-wuerzburg.bsky.social!
The #Arctic climate is changing rapidly! Our efforts at the @eor-wuerzburg.bsky.social & #UNIS on Svalbard to jointly develop research & teaching on understanding polar ecosystem dynamics using UAV remote sensing has been covered by @uni-wuerzburg.de's magazine einBLICK (German): go.uniwue.de/k00gq
April 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The #Arctic climate is changing rapidly! Our efforts at the @eor-wuerzburg.bsky.social & #UNIS on Svalbard to jointly develop research & teaching on understanding polar ecosystem dynamics using UAV remote sensing has been covered by @uni-wuerzburg.de's magazine einBLICK (German): go.uniwue.de/k00gq
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Come study these most adorable - and tough - #Arctic ungulates with us! 🦌 Fully funded 4-year PhD position in Svalbard Reindeer Movement Ecology at The University Centre in #Svalbard: shorturl.at/DaHpw Application deadline is the 25th of April 2025!
March 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Come study these most adorable - and tough - #Arctic ungulates with us! 🦌 Fully funded 4-year PhD position in Svalbard Reindeer Movement Ecology at The University Centre in #Svalbard: shorturl.at/DaHpw Application deadline is the 25th of April 2025!
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Ein Forschungsteam aus der #Informatik und @eor-wuerzburg.bsky.social hat mit einer neuen Technologie einen #Permafrost-Tunnel an der #Zugspitze vermessen. Das System ermöglicht hochpräzise 3D-Aufnahmen auch in schwer zugänglichen Umgebungen. go.uniwue.de/permafrost #Schneefernerhaus #UFS
March 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ein Forschungsteam aus der #Informatik und @eor-wuerzburg.bsky.social hat mit einer neuen Technologie einen #Permafrost-Tunnel an der #Zugspitze vermessen. Das System ermöglicht hochpräzise 3D-Aufnahmen auch in schwer zugänglichen Umgebungen. go.uniwue.de/permafrost #Schneefernerhaus #UFS