Dr.-Ing. Melanie Elias (geb. Kröhnert)

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Ms Dr.-Ing. Melanie Elias

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Hülsse-Bau, Room W539

Curriculum Vitae

• 2025 Appointed to the professorship for Geovisualisation, Dresden University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Geoinformation
• 2015 - 2021 PhD student at the Chair of Photogrammetry, TUD
  PhD thesis: On the use of smartphones as novel photogrammetric water gauging instruments - Developing tools for crowdsourcing water levels Qucosa
• 2014 - 2025 Research associate at the Chair of Photogrammetry, TUD
• 2011 - 2014 Research assistant at the Institute of Cartography, TUD in the area of high mountain and glacier cartography and remote sensing
• 2011 - 2013 Master study of Geoinformation Technologies at TU Dresden
  Master thesis: Investigation and visualization of glacier velocities in the Central Tien Shan based on optical satellite data. Degree: M.Sc.
• 2010 - 2011 Research assistant at the Institute of Cartography, TUD in the area of data processing for the generation of interactive maps / geomedia production
• 2008 - 2011 Bachelor study of Cartography and Geomedia Technologies  at TU Dresden
  Bachelor thesis: DTM generation in Llanos de Rivera using aerial imagery to detect cryogenic structures. Degree: B.Sc.

Memberships

• since 2022 Head of the working group "Education and training" of the German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation (DGPF)
• 2021 - 2025 Rep. of research associates in the Earth Sciences Study Commission 

Reasearch projects (IPF)

Work in progress (active processing until 08/2025)

• SEMECO-B6: Intelligent patient positioning in precision radiotherapy
• 4D Glacier margin change monitoring on the basis of multi-temporal 3D point clouds (DFG)

Finished

• Hydro-morphological change detection of rivers in cold climate regions with integrated spatio-temporal high resolution methods (DAAD, performed in co-operation with the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland)
• Crowdsourcing-based densification of hydrological measuring networks (ESF, IPF (TUD))
• Development and implementation of methods to analyse hemispheric fish-eye-camera images (BMLE, on behalf of the Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, TUD)
• Environmental monitoring in Patagonia (BMBF, Partner: IPF (TUD), Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG), Punta Areas, Chile) 
• Photogrammetric concepts of virtual GLOF monitoring gauges (DFG, Partner: IPF (TUD), Centro de Estudios Científicos, Validiva, Chile)

Teaching (until SoSe 2025)

All courses are given in German, unless otherwise stated.

Lectures

• UW-B-GG-21. Basics of Photogrammetry (since WS22/23, Bachelor Geodesy, Bachelor Geography (stopped in 2023), NF Informatics), since WS25/26: JProf. Anette Eltner
• UW-B-GEO-04: The smartphone as photogrammetric measurement device (WS19/20, Bachelor Geodesy, since SoSe 22 Bachelor Geography)
• G12/GIT08: 3D camera introduction (WS17/18 - WS19/20, Master Geodesy / Geoinformation Technologies)

Exercises

• GG01: Photo-realistic 3D modeling (since WS16/17, Bachelor Geodesy)
• G05/GIT02: Dense matching (since WS15/16, Master Geodesy / Geoinformation Technologies)
• G13/GIT07: Airborne laser scanning (since SS14, Master Geodesy / Geoinformation Technologies)
• Cart09: DTM generation (since WS16/17, Master Cartography [engl.])
• Cart09: Virtual 3D modelling (since WS16/17, Master Cartography [engl.])

Project seminars

• GG20: Geodetic seminar (on request / offer, Bachelor Geodesy)
• G07: Seminar photogrammetry & image analysis (since WS14/15, Master Geodesy)
• G07: Photogrammetric multi-image processing (since SS15, Master Geodesy)
• G07: Airborne laser scanning (WS16/17 - WS18/19, Master Geodesy. Replaced by Photogrammetry in autonomous driving)

Bachelor- & Master thesis supervision

• see offers (Chair of Photogrammetry)
• Possibility to discuss own topics on request

Extra-curricular activities (Workshops and Software development)

• 09/2021: 4D change detection workshop for students of the Dresden University of Fine Arts, DE
• 03/2020: 3D reconstruction workshop for police officers of the State Office of Criminal Investigations Saxony, DE
• 10/2018: 3D reconstruction lecture for police officers & students of the Saxon University of Applied Police Sciences, Bautzen, DE
• 10/2018: 3D reconstruction workshop for students of the Saxon University of Applied Police Sciences, Bautzen, DE
• 03/2016: 3D reconstruction workshop for students & research associates of the Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, CL
• 10/2015 - 10/2016: Engineering and Development of software "Hemisphere" for the Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, TU Dresden (Campus Tharandt)
  since 10/2016: Software support and feature integration.

Scholarships & Awards

• 06/2024 Best Paper Runner Up Award granted by the ISPRS at the ISPRS Technical Commission II Midterm Symposium "The role of photogrammetry in a sustainable world", Las Vegas, NV, USA
• 09/2018 - 01/2019 Grant recipient of the Graduate Academy of TU Dresden to promote young scientists in the doctoral graduation phase
• 10/2015 - 09/2018 Grant recipient of the ESF scholarship to promote national innovation promotions
• 09/2017 Zhizhuo Best Youth Oral Paper Award granted by the ISPRS at the ISPRS Geospatial Week 2017, Wuhan, China.
• 03/2016 Best Paper Award granted by La Comisión Organizadora de la Conferencia Internacional "Semana Latinoamericana de Percepción Remota LARS 2016" at the Latin American Remote Sensing Week (LARS) 2016, Santiago de Chile, Chile. 
• 12/2014 Lohrmann Medal Award for excellent studies at the TU Dresden
• 10/2012 - 09/2013 Grant recipient of the BMBF Deutschlandstipendium to promote the masters degree due to excellent studies

Publications

Link to my research profile of the research information system of TUD. 

ORCiD | researchgate.net

41 Entries

2025

• Advancing plant biomass measurements: Integrating smartphone‐based 3D scanning techniques for enhanced ecosystem monitoringDietrich, P., Elias, M., Dietrich, P., Harpole, S., Roscher, C. & Bumberger, J., 18 Jun 2025, In: Methods in Ecology and EvolutionElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Planet4Stereo: A Photogrammetric Open-Source Pipeline for Generating Digital Elevation Models for Glacier Change Monitoring Using Low-Cost PlanetScope Satellite DataElias, M., Isfort, S. & Maas, H., 2 Apr 2025, In: Remote sensing. 17, 8, 27 p., 1435Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• Automated change detection in photogrammetric 4D point clouds – transferability and extension of 4D objects-by-change for monitoring riverbank dynamics using low-cost camerasUlm, M., Elias, M., Eltner, A., Lotsari, E. & Anders, K., 22 Mar 2025, In: Applied Geomatics. 17 (2025), 2, p. 367-378, 12 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• AI-Driven Approaches applied on Time-Lapse Imagery to Monitor Landform KinematicsHendrickx, H., Elias, M., Blanch Gorriz, X., Delaloye, R. & Eltner, A., 18 Mar 2025Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Abstract
• Unlocking the potential of historical aerial and spy satellite stereo-imagery in geosciences: access, processing, and applicationsPiermattei, L., McNabb, R., Elias, M., Ressl, C., Dehecq, A., Girod, L., Dewez, T. & 1 others, 18 Mar 2025Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Abstract
• Subpixel Automatic Detection of GCP Coordinates in Time-Lapse Images Using a Deep Learning Keypoint NetworkBlanch, X., Jaschke, A., Elias, M. & Eltner, A., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 63, 14 p., 5601714Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2024

• Advancing Plant Biomass Measurements: Integrating Smartphone-based 3D Scanning Techniques for Enhanced Ecosystem MonitoringDietrich, P., Elias, M., Dietrich, P., Harpole, S., Roscher, C. & Bumberger, J., 6 Dec 2024Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Preprint/documentation/report > Preprint
• AI-Based Tracking of Fast-Moving Alpine Landforms Using High Frequency Monoscopic Time-Lapse ImageryHendrickx, H., Elias, M., Blanch, X., Delaloye, R. & Eltner, A., 22 Aug 2024Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Preprint/documentation/report > Preprint
• Development and Evaluation of a Two-Staged 3D Keypoint Based Workflow for the Co-Registration of Unstructured Multi-Temporal and Multi-Modal 3D Point CloudsIsfort, S., Elias, M. & Maas, H., 10 Jun 2024, In: ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. X (2024), 2, p. 113–120, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
• UAS Photogrammetry for Precise Digital Elevation Models of Complex Topography: A Strategy GuideElias, M., Isfort, S., Eltner, A. & Maas, H., 10 Jun 2024, In: ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. 10, 2, p. 57–64, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Conference article

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