Biography

Prof Rudolf Staiger has been president of the German Association for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management (DVW) since January 2023, having already held various positions at DVW including heading the former working group ‘Surveying Instruments and Methods’ until 2010. Staiger previously served as president of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) from 2019-2022, as vice-president of FIG and as chair of Commission 5 (Positioning and Measurement). Over the last three decades, he has taught surveying engineering at the University of Essen and Bochum University of Applied Sciences in Germany, with a special interest in least squares adjustment, short-range triangulation, laser tracking and laser scanning.