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prof. Mgr. Jaroslav Hofierka, PhD.   SK

Email:
jaroslav.hofierka@upjs.sk
Homepage:
https://www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/jaroslav.hofierka
Faculty:
PF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science
Department:
ÚGE - Institute of Geography
Office:
SJ2O21
Phone:
+421 55 234 2458
ORCID ID:
0000-0002-7691-8518

Higher education and further qualification growth
Second degree of higher education:
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, 1992, Geography and Cartography
Third degree of higher education:
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, 1998, Cartography nad Geoinformatics
Associate professor:
University of Prešov in Prešov, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, 2004, Physical Geography and Geoecology
Professor:
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Czech Republic, 2013, Geoinformatics

Research /art/ teacher profile

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Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
Study programme: Geography and Geoinformatics, study field: Earth Sciences, I. degree
Study programme: Geography and Geoinformatics, study field: Earth Sciences, II. degree
Study programme: Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, study field: Earth Sciences, III. degree
Profile courses
ÚGE/MPG/21 Metageography and planetary geography - Geography and Geoinformatics, I. degree
ÚGE/PDS/21 Spatial database systems - Geography and Geoinformatics, II. degree
ÚGE/ISU/12 Land Information Systems - Geography and Geoinformatics, II. degree
ÚGE/DSE2/21 Diploma seminar 2 - Geography and Geoinformatics, II. degree
ÚGE/TMG/17 Theory and Methodology of Geoinformatics - Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, III. degree
Selected publications

ADC - HOFIERKA, J., GALLAY, M., ONAČILLOVÁ, K., HOFIERKA, J. Jr., (2020). Physically-based land surface temperature modeling in urban areas using a 3-D city model and multispectral satellite data. Urban Climate, 31, 100566. IF=3.834, Q2, Cited: 26 WoS, 28 Scopus

ADC - HOFIERKA, J., LACKO, M., ZUBAL, S. (2017). Parallelization of interpolation, solar radiation and water flow simulation modules in GRASS GIS using OpenMP. Computers & Geosciences, 107, 20-27. IF=2.567, Q2, Cited: 15 WoS, 14 Scopus

ADC - HOFIERKA, J., GALLAY, M., BANDURA, P., ŠAŠAK, J. (2018). Identification of karst sinkholes in a forested karst landscape using airborne laser scanning data and water flow analysis. Geomorphology, 308, 265-277. IF=3.681, Q1, Cited: 45 WoS, 50 Scopus

ADC - HOFIERKA, J., ONAČILLOVÁ, K. (2022). Estimating visible band albedo from aerial orthophotographs in urban areas. Remote Sensing, 14, 164. IF(2022)=5.00, Q1, Cited: 2 WoS, 3 Scopus

ADC - HOFIERKA, J., GALLAY, M., ŠUPINSKÝ, J., GALLAYOVÁ, G. (2022). A tangible landscape modeling system for geography education. Education and Information Technologies, 27, 4, 5417-5435. IF(2022)=5.5, Q1. Cited: 2 WoS, 3 Scopus

Selected projects

ESA Contract No. 4000117034/16/NL/NDe: SURGE: Simulating the cooling effect of urban greenery based on solar radiation modelling and a new generation of ESA sensors. Principal Investigator.

VEGA 1/0474/16: Simulation and dynamic visualization of geospatial processes. Principal Investigator.

UrbanHist: History of European Urbanism in the 20th Century. EU Horizon 2020 project, Marie Curie Action, Inovative Training Networks, H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016. Member of the team.

APVV-18-0044: Solar potential of urbanized areas and its use in the SmartCity concept. Principal Investigator.

VEGA 1/0300/19: 3D modelling of solar radiation on tree canopy represented by laser scanning point clouds. Principal Investigator.

International mobilities and visits
University of Herdfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom, 7.7.1992-3.10.1992, TEMPUS
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, 2.3.2002-30.11.2002, employment contract
Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, 25.11.2012-2.12.2012, ERASMUS
Organisational activities
Member of the scientific board - The scientific board of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2015-2019
Member of the scientific board - The scientific board of Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2015-now
Member of the scientific board - The scientific board of Faculty of Mining and Geology, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, 2018-2022
Member of the Senate - The Senate of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2015-2019
Editor-in-Chief - Editorial Board of Geographia Cassoviensis journal (WoS and Scopus), 2015-now
Member of the scientific board - The scientific board of Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, 2023-now
Director of institute - Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science, UPJŠ in Košice, 2013-now
Member of the SRDA Council - Council for Strengthening the Participation of the Slovak Republic in the European Cooperation in Research and Development, 2021-now

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