About

Dr. Stephen C. Hirtle is Professor in School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh, with joint appointments in the Department of Psychology and Intelligent Systems Program. He directs the Spatial Information Research Group at the University of Pittsburgh, which conducts research on the structure of cognitive maps, navigation in real and virtual environments, and both applied and theoretical models for spatial cognition.

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Recent Conferences

• COSIT 2019,14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory Regensburg, Germany, September 9th-13th 2019

Recent Publications

• Bahm, C. R., & Hirtle, S. C. (2017). Global Landmarks in a Complex Indoor Environment. In Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, forthcoming.
• Hirtle, S. C., & Bahm, C. R. (2015). Cognition for the Navigation of Complex Indoor Environments. In H. A. Karimi (Ed.) Indoor Wayfinding and Navigation, CRC Press, pp. 1-12.
• Srinivas, S., & Hirtle, S. C. (2015). The Role of Affect on Expanding Indoor Spatial Knowledge. In H. A. Karimi (Ed.) Indoor Wayfinding and Navigation, CRC Press, pp. 13-34.
• Hirtle, Stephen; Raubal, Martin. (2013). Many to Many Mobile Maps. In M. Raubal, D. Mark & A. Frank (Eds.): Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space - New Perspectives on Geographic Information Research. Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 141-157.
• Hirtle, S. C. (2012). Models of Spatial Cognition. In Waller, D. & Nadel, L. (Eds). Handbook of Spatial Cognition. APA. ...more