Bernd Resch works as an Associate Professor in the University of Salzburg's Department of Geoinformatics. AI (artificial intelligence) means computers search large amounts of data for patterns. His official team page lists geospatial machine learning, urban geoinformatics, real-time cities and digital health among his research areas. Geoinformatics means collecting, mapping and analysing data linked to a location.
The AIFER project focused on disaster response in 2023. The team studied social media posts, satellite images and drone footage. Readers aged 10 to 15 can see a concrete connection here: computing meets geography, privacy, emergency planning and decisions made under time pressure.
Where the work becomes concrete in Salzburg
The Department of Geoinformatics in Itzling
The current PLUS team page for Bernd Resch lists his role as Associate Professor and gives the address Schillerstraße 30, 5020 Salzburg. SalzburgTeen maps this location to Itzling and Salzburg City. The page also lists work with human and technical sensors, smart cities and machine learning based on location data.
The department's study overview lists two bachelor's routes and several later options. The Bachelor's in Digitalisation, Innovation and Society takes six semesters according to PLUS. The Bachelor's in Geography also takes six semesters. The Master's in Applied Geoinformatics follows a suitable bachelor's degree.
AIFER and the exercise on 29 April 2023
The PLUS page about AIFER names Bernd Resch as project lead. The team analysed digital data with AI, including posts from geosocial media plus satellite and drone images. The goal was better situation information for emergency coordination teams.
The official Land Salzburg report dates the exercise to 29 April 2023. Four sites covered Salzburg City, Flachgau and Tennengau. The scenarios included a derailed train with chemicals, flooded settlements, people in the Salzach and collapsed buildings.
Which data the AI analysed
Geosocial data is public content linked to a place or time. Satellites cover large areas. Drones provide images from closer range. An emergency coordination team can combine these sources and check where help may be needed.
The PLUS report includes ethical, social and legal questions alongside the technology. These questions cover privacy, false reports and the confidence of an automatically detected pattern. The official reports describe AI as support for situation assessment and deployment planning. People and emergency organisations remain responsible for review and action.
Why this can matter to teens
AIFER gives you four useful questions for any AI system:
- Which data goes in?
- How current and complete is it?
- Who checks the result?
- What happens if the assessment is wrong?
These questions fit computing, geography and civic education. A workshop here is a guided session where you try something yourself. The guide to AI workshops in Salzburg for teens lists practical entry points. Learning with ChatGPT covers text-based AI in schoolwork.
How to connect with this path
For ages 10 to 15, the next step begins with the sources and an age-appropriate learning offer. Read the AIFER page first and mark the data source, purpose and limit. Then check four points with your parents for a current offer: age, date, cost and supervision.
The PLUS study overview can support a later education decision. It shows which bachelor's routes in Salzburg connect to the topic and that the Master's in Applied Geoinformatics requires an earlier bachelor's degree. A visit to Schillerstraße 30 needs a confirmed official date. A team page carries no invitation.
What matters so this profile stays honest
As of 21 July 2026, the PLUS team page lists Bernd Resch as an Associate Professor. The AIFER reports describe research and an exercise from 2023. They provide no evidence of a live operational deployment in 2026.
Two official sources give different participant counts. PLUS reports about 900 emergency responders; Land Salzburg reports around 800 participants. The sources provide no explanation for the difference. The supported scale is several hundred people, so the profile gives no exact total.
Private life and personal contact routes stay outside this profile. Current events, workshops and visits each need their own official confirmation.
Conclusion
Bernd Resch's public work connects location data, AI and disaster response at a Salzburg department. The next useful step is small: check AIFER for its data source, purpose and limit, then choose an age-appropriate Salzburg AI learning offer with your parents.