Maxim Spur

6–8 Av. Blaise Pascal · 77420 Champs-sur-Marne · maxim.spur@ign.fr

Postdoctoral Researcher at UMR LASTIG

Member of the GEOVIS research team

Chercheur postdoctoral à l'UMR LASTIG

Membre de l'équipe GEOVIS

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Sujets de recherche

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Experience

Postdoctoral researcher

LASTIG (UMR 8079) - GEOVIS team

Working on immersive visualization of origin-destination and trajectory data in the MOBI-DEC project.

October 2025 – Present

Experience

Past jobs and roles in research

  • 02-2016 – 02-2017

    UX Lead and research assistant, TU Berlin (Crowdee)

    Led UX and evaluation work on a mobile crowdsourcing platform, including statistical analysis of user and perceptual quality studies.

  • 04-2017 – 03-2021

    Research assistant (Ph.D.), Centrale Nantes

    Started doctoral research on immersive geovisualization at the Architectural and Urban Ambiances Lab (CRENAU).

  • 07-2021 – 12-2023

    Postdoctoral researcher, Goethe University Frankfurt

    Joined the Scene Grammar Lab to investigate learning of scene grammar and spatial relations in immersive environments.

  • 01-2024 – 10-2025

    Postdoctoral researcher, ENIB (CERV)

    Worked in the COMMEDIA team on VR and immersive geovisualization projects, including Noz Breizh.

Education

Centrale Nantes

Ph.D. in Urban Design and Planning
Sciences pour l'ingénieur - immersive visualization of multilayered geospatial urban data
2017 – 2021

Technische Universität Berlin

M.Sc. in Computer Engineering
Multimedia, human-computer interaction, and quality/usability
2013 – 2015

Technische Universität Berlin

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering
Foundations in mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering
2008 – 2013

Publications

Journals
National Journals
Other Journals
International Conferences
National Conferences
Communications
Books and Chapters
Edited Volumes
Posters
Others
Dissertations
Invited Talks
Popularization

Projects

On-going and past research projects

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Other research activities

Software development

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Teaching

Teaching activities across engineering and graduate programs in France and Germany.

Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest
  • Project-based engineering teaching in computer science and virtual reality.
  • Course supervision and practical classes for immersive and software-oriented topics.
Goethe Universität Frankfurt
  • Graduate-level workshops in virtual reality experimentation and eye tracking.
  • Teaching support for perceptual studies and experimental workflows in immersive contexts.
Ecole Centrale de Nantes
  • Teaching in geospatial engineering and programming for engineering students.
  • Immersive urban data visualization within multidisciplinary project curricula.
Other research activities
Reviewing
Awards
  • IEEE VIS 2018 Berlin: Best poster award for Urban DataSphere: Exploring Immersive Multiview Visualizations in Cities.