Karl-Rudolf Koch
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Karl-Rudolf Koch is a German
geodesist and professor at the University of Bonn
(FRG). In the global geodetic community, he is well known for his research work in geodetic statistics, particularly robust parameter estimation and in gravity field models.
Konfidenzbereiche und Hypothesentests für robuste Parameterschätzungen
Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen, 123, pp. 20–26, 1998
KOCH, K.R. und Y. YANG:
Robust Kalman filter for rank deficient observation models
Journal of Geodesy, 72, pp. 436–441, 1998
KOCH, K.R.:
Bemerkungen zu "Was ist Genauigkeit?"
VR 1997, S.212, Vermessungswesen und Raumordnung, 59, S. 362-370, 1997
KOCH, K.R.:
Emeritierter Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. E.h. Hellmut H. Schmid
Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen, 123, 282, 1998
KOCH, K.R.:
Parameterschätzung und Hypothesentests in linearen Modellen
3. Auflage, Dümmler, pp. 381, Bonn, 1997
KOCH, K.R:
"Robuste Parameterschätzung" Allgemeine Vermessungs-Nachrichten, 103, 1-8, 1996
+Stellungnahme z.Beitr Prof.Kampmann zu Robuste P.Î (AVN 1/96) 103, p. 165-167
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
geodesist and professor at the University of Bonn
University of Bonn
The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
(FRG). In the global geodetic community, he is well known for his research work in geodetic statistics, particularly robust parameter estimation and in gravity field models.
Short biography
- 1935: Born on 30 July in Hilchenbach (SiegenSiegenSiegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region...
, Germany) - 1955-1959 Study of SurveyingSurveyingSee Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
and GeodesyGeodesyGeodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...
, University of Bonn - 1959 diploma (Diplom-Hauptprüfung für Vermessungsingenieure)
- 1960-1963 preparatory service for civil servants (Vermessungsreferendar) in regional government of Arnsberg
- marriageMarriageMarriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
with Gisela Hasenbäumer - 1963-1966 research assistantResearch assistantA research assistant is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university or a research institute, for the purpose of assisting in academic research...
at Prof. Walter HofmannWalter HofmannWalter Hofmann is an East German slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
, 1965 at Prof. Helmut Wolf, Inst. of Geodesy, resp. Theoretical Geodesy, University of Bonn - 1963, 1966 Birth of daughter Susanne and son Michael
- 1965 Promotion (doctor-engineer, Dr.-Ing.), thesis "Über die gravimetrischeGravimetryGravimetry is the measurement of the strength of a gravitational field. Gravimetry may be used when either the magnitude of gravitational field or the properties of matter responsible for its creation are of interest...
LotabweichungsVertical deflectionThe vertical deflection at a point on the earth is a measure of how far the direction of the local gravity field has been shifted by local anomalies such as nearby mountains....
-Berechnung in begrenzten Gebieten bei lückenhaftem Schwerematerial - 1966 DocentDocentDocent is a title at some European universities to denote a specific academic appointment within a set structure of academic ranks below professor . Docent is also used at some universities generically for a person who has the right to teach...
(Venia Legendi in whole GeodesyGeodesyGeodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...
. Habilioration thesis: derivation of Green's Fundamental Formula for anyone direction, leading to Integral equationIntegral equationIn mathematics, an integral equation is an equation in which an unknown function appears under an integral sign. There is a close connection between differential and integral equations, and some problems may be formulated either way...
s and to Neumann's inverse boundary problem of Potential theory - 1967-1968 guest researcher at Ohio State UniversityOhio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
(OSU) in Columbus, OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus... - 1968-1970 research at National Geodetic Survey (NGS), Rockville, Maryland. Development of Earth's gravity field]] models by the method of "Potential der einfachen Schicht" (single densityDensityThe mass density or density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is ρ . In some cases , density is also defined as its weight per unit volume; although, this quantity is more properly called specific weight...
layer) - 1970-1978 apl. ProfessorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
at Institut für Theoretische Geodäsie, University of BonnBonnBonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
(western Germany), lectures in astronomical and physical geodesyPhysical geodesyPhysical geodesy is the study of the physical properties of the gravity field of the Earth, the geopotential, with a view to their application in geodesy.-Measurement procedure:...
, incl. geoidGeoidThe geoid is that equipotential surface which would coincide exactly with the mean ocean surface of the Earth, if the oceans were in equilibrium, at rest , and extended through the continents . According to C.F...
determination by satellite geodesySatellite geodesySatellite geodesy is the measurement of the form and dimensions of the Earth, the location of objects on its surface and the figure of the Earth's gravity field by means of artificial satellite techniques—geodesy by means of artificial satellites...
and DTMs (terrain models) - 1971-1974, 1976, 1978 and 1983: research projects at the National Geodetic Survey, Maryland, USA
- 1972 Call to the Technical University ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
(Austria) after the dead of Karl LederstegerKarl LederstegerKarl Ledersteger was an important geodesist and geophysicist.After studies of astronomy, mathematics and geodesy he worked in Germany and later in the National Survey of Austria. Later he set up the scientific department of the Federal Office for Metrology and Survey , Vienna...
, but ... - 1977-1982 Member of Satellite geodesySatellite geodesySatellite geodesy is the measurement of the form and dimensions of the Earth, the location of objects on its surface and the figure of the Earth's gravity field by means of artificial satellite techniques—geodesy by means of artificial satellites...
Commission of DGK (?) and of the Netherlands - 1978-2000 full ProfessorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
(Universitäts-Professor) at University of Bonn and Director of the Geodetic Institute. Research in StatisticsStatisticsStatistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
, Deformation measurements, Varianve-CovarianceCovarianceIn probability theory and statistics, covariance is a measure of how much two variables change together. Variance is a special case of the covariance when the two variables are identical.- Definition :...
estimations in Erdmessung and Immobiles, Optimization of geodetic networkGeodetic networkA geodetic network is a network of triangles which are measured exactly by techniques of terrestrial surveying or by satellite geodesy.In "classical geodesy" this is done by triangulation, based on measurements of angles and of some spare distances; the precise orientation to the geographic north...
s and datum transfers of geodetic systemsDatumstransformationen, Satellite altimetry etc.
Some of Koch's publications
KOCH, K.R. und Y. YANG:Konfidenzbereiche und Hypothesentests für robuste Parameterschätzungen
Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen, 123, pp. 20–26, 1998
KOCH, K.R. und Y. YANG:
Robust Kalman filter for rank deficient observation models
Journal of Geodesy, 72, pp. 436–441, 1998
KOCH, K.R.:
Bemerkungen zu "Was ist Genauigkeit?"
VR 1997, S.212, Vermessungswesen und Raumordnung, 59, S. 362-370, 1997
KOCH, K.R.:
Emeritierter Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. E.h. Hellmut H. Schmid
Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen, 123, 282, 1998
KOCH, K.R.:
Parameterschätzung und Hypothesentests in linearen Modellen
3. Auflage, Dümmler, pp. 381, Bonn, 1997
KOCH, K.R:
"Robuste Parameterschätzung" Allgemeine Vermessungs-Nachrichten, 103, 1-8, 1996
+Stellungnahme z.Beitr Prof.Kampmann zu Robuste P.Î (AVN 1/96) 103, p. 165-167
External links
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl-Rudolf Koch, Institut für Geodäsie und Geoinformation, University of BonnUniversity of BonnThe University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...