• since 2023

  Vice-President Research and Digitization

• 2019 - 2023

  Scientific Director of the Institute for Applied Research at HFT Stuttgart

• 2017 - 2023

  Spokesman Research Priority “Smart Technologies, Processes and Methods" at HFT Stuttgart

• since 2016

  Director Steinbeis Center for Technology Transfer at HFT Stuttgart

• 2006-2017

  Dean of Studies of Bachelor Information Logistics

• since 2002

  Professor for Computer Science and Geo-Informatics at HFT Stuttgart Stuttgart

• 2003

  Graduation (Dr.-Ing.) at the Faculty for Informatics at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Final result: “Sehr gut” (A)

• 1997 - 2002

  Scientific assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics in Darmstadt. Since 2001 head of project areas 3D-GIS and Location based Services. Since 2002 deputy head of the according department.

• 1997

  Diploma degree with distinction in Computer Science at the Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany. Subsidiary subject: civil engineering

• 2001

  DAAD scholarships for research project at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

• 2020

  Coors, Volker; Betz, Matthias; Duminil, Eric (2020): A Concept of Quality Management of 3D City Models Supporting Application-Specific Requirements. In Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science 88 (1), pp. 3–14. DOI: 10.1007/s41064-020-00094-0   .

• 2020

  Wate, P.; Iglesias, M.; Coors, V.; Robinson, D. (2020): Framework for emulation and uncertainty quantification of a stochastic building performance simulator. In Applied Energy 258 (88), pp. 3–14. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113759 .

• 2020

  Koukofikis, A.; Coors, V. (2020): Visual Analytics Web Platform for Detecting High Wind Energy Potential in Urban Environments by employing OGC standards. In Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. XLIV-4/W1-2020, pp. 71–74. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIV-4-W1-2020-71-2020 .

• 2020

  Coors, V. (Ed.) (2020): OGC 3D-IoT Platform for Smart Cities Engineering Report (OGC 19-073r1). Available online at http://docs.opengeospatial.org/per/19-073r1.html.

• 2020

  Würstle, Patrick; Santhanavanich, Thunyathep; Padsala, Rushikesh; Coors, Volker (2020): The Conception of an Urban Energy Dashboard using 3D City Models. In : Proceedings of the Eleventh ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems. e-Energy '20: The Eleventh ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems. Virtual Event Australia, June 22 - 26, 2020. New York, NY, USA: ACM, pp. 523–527.

• 2020

  Santhanavanich, T.; Kim, C.; Coors, V. (2020): INTEGRATION OF HETEROGENEOUS CORONAVIRUS DISEASE COVID-19 DATA SOURCES USING OGC SENSORTHINGS API. In ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. VI-4/W2-2020, pp. 135–141. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-VI-4-W2-2020-135-2020 .

• 2020

  Schneider, S.; Santhanavanich, T.; Koukofikis, A.; Coors, V. (2020): EXPLORING SCHEMES FOR VISUALIZING URBAN WIND FIELDS BASED ON CFD SIMULATIONS BY EMPLOYING OGC STANDARDS. In ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. VI-4/W2-2020, pp. 157–163. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-VI-4-W2-2020-157-2020 .

• 2020

  Bao, K.; Padsala, R.; Coors, V.; Thrän, D.; Schröter, B. (2020): GIS-Based Assessment of Regional Biomass Potentials at the Example of Two Counties in Germany. Conference: 28th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition.

• 2020

  Bao, Keyu; Padsala, Rushikesh; Coors, Volker; Thrän, Daniela; Schröter, Bastian (2020): A Method for Assessing Regional Bioenergy Potentials Based on GIS Data and a Dynamic Yield Simulation Model. In Energies 13 (6488). DOI: 10.3390/en13246488 .

• 2020

  Deininger, Martina E.; Grün, Maximilian von der; Piepereit, Raul; Schneider, Sven; Santhanavanich, Thunyathep; Coors, Volker; Voß, Ursula (2020): A Continuous, Semi-Automated Workflow: From 3D City Models with Geometric Optimization and CFD Simulations to Visualization of Wind in an Urban Environment. In IJGI 9 (11), p. 657. DOI: 10.3390/ijgi9110657 .

• 2020

  Coors, V. (Ed.) (2020): OGC 3D-IoT Platform for Smart Cities Engineering Report (OGC 19-073r1). Available online at http://docs.opengeospatial.org/per/19-073r1.html.

• 2020

  Vögele, Monique; Santhanavanich, Thunyathep; Würstle, Patrick; Graf, Gerald; Coors, Volker (2020): Smart Villages - Vernetzung von 3D-Geoinformation und umweltrelevanten Sensordaten im ländlichen Raum (gis.Science 2/2020), pp. 47–58.

• 2020

  Harbola, S.; Coors, V. (2020): SEASONALITY DEDUCTION PLATFORM: FOR PM10, PM2.5, NO, NO2 AND O3 IN RELATIONSHIP WITH WIND SPEED AND HUMIDITY. In ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. VI-4/W2-2020, pp. 71–78. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-VI-4-W2-2020-71-2020 .

• 2020

  Schneider, S.; Dastageeri, H.; Rodrigues, P.; Coors, V. (2020): “I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL” – PREDICTING EMOTIONS FROM SENSORS FOR ASSISTED PEDELEC EXPERIENCES IN SMART CITIES. In ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. VI-4/W2-2020, pp. 149–156. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-VI-4-W2-2020-149-2020 .

• 2020

  Padsala, Rushikesh; Fink, Theresa; Peters-Anders, Jan; Gebetsroither-Geringer, Ernst; Coors, Volker (Eds.) (2020): From Urban Design to Energy Simulation – a Data Conversion Process Bridging the Gap Between Two Domains. REAL CORP 2020, 15-18 September 2020.

• 2020

  Sini, S. K.; Sihombing, R.; Kabiro, P. M.; Santhanavanich, T.; Coors, V. (2020): THE USE OF 3D GEOVISUALIZATION AND CROWDSOURCING FOR OPTIMIZING ENERGY SIMULATION. In ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. VI-4/W2-2020, pp. 165–172. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-VI-4-W2-2020-165-2020 .

• 2021

  Santhanavanich, T.; Coors, V. CityThings: An integration of the dynamic sensor data to the3D city model. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science2021, 16 pp , https://doi.org/10.1177/2399808320983000

• 2021

  Steingrube, A.; Bao, K.; Wieland, S.; Lalama, A.; Kabiro, P.M.M.; Coors, V.; Schröter, B. A Method for Optimizing and Spatially Distributing Heating Systems by Coupling an Urban Energy Simulation Platform and an Energy System Model. Resources2021, 10, 52. 19 pp https://doi.org/10.3390/resources10050052

• 2021

  Goy, S.; Coors, V.; Finn, D. Grouping techniques for building stock analysis: A comparative case study. Energy and Buildings 2021, 26 pp. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.110754

• 2021

  Bao, K.; Padsala, R.; Coors, V.; Thrän, D.; Schröter, B. A GIS-Based Simulation Method for Regional Food Potential and Demand. Land 2021, 10, 880. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10080880

• 2022

  Theile, P.; Kesnar, C., Czock, B.; Moritz, M.; Novirdoust, A.; Coors, V.; Wagner, J.; Schröter, B.: There’s no place like home – The impact of residential heterogeneity on bottom-up energy system modeling,Energy and Buildings, Vol 254, 2022, 111591, 14 pp, ISSN 0378-7788, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111591.

• 2022

  Harbola, S., Coors, V. Deep Learning Model for Wind Forecasting: Classification Analyses for Temporal Meteorological Data. PFG 90, 211–225 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41064-021-00185-6

• 2022

  Würstle, Patrick; Padsala, Rushikesh; Santhanavanich, Thunyathep; Coors, Volker (2022): VIABILITY TESTING OF GAME ENGINE USAGE FOR VISUALIZATION OF GEOSPATIAL STANDARDS,  ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4/W2-2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-281-2022

• 2022

  Santhanavanich, Thunyathep; Padsala, Rushikesh; Würstle, Patrick; Coors, Volker (2022): The Spatial Data Infrastructure of an Urban Digital Twin in the Building Energy Domain Using OGC Standards,  ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-249-2022

• 2022

  Santhanavanich, Thunyathep; Würstle, Patrick; Padsala, Rushikesh;  Coors, Volker (2022): DIGITAL 3D CITY MODELS TOWARDS URBAN DATA PLATFORM USING OGC 3D GEOVOLUMES API, Wissenschaftlich-Technische Jahrestagung der DGPF

• 2022

  Dastageeri, H. , Schneider, S.  ,  Alfakhori, M., Coors, V. (2022), Hot Spots in Cities - Classifying Emotions During Physical Outdoor Activities in Urban Areas, GEOINFORMATION WEEK

• 2022

  Coors, Volker; Pietruschka, Dirk; Zeitler, Berndt, iCity. Transformative Research for the Livable, Intelligent, and Sustainable City, 2022, Springer https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-92096-8

• 2022

  Harbola, Shubhi; Storz, Martin; Coors, Volker: Augmented Reality for Windy Cities: 3D Visualization of Future Wind Nature Analysis in City Planning, iCity. Transformative Research for the Livable, Intelligent, and Sustainable City: Coors, Volker; Pietruschka, Dirk; Zeitler, Berndt (2022) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-92096-8

• 2022

  Martirano, G., Pignatelli, F., Vinci, F., Struck, C., Coors, V., Fitzky, M., Hernández Moral, G., Serna-González, V., Ramos-Díez, I. and Valmaseda, C., Comparative analysis of different methodologies and datasets for Energy Performance Labelling of buildings, EUR 30963 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, ISBN 978-92-76-46608-6, doi:10.2760/746342, JRC124885. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC124885

• 2022

  Philipp Theile, Chris Kesnar, Berit Hanna Czock, Michael Moritz, Amir Ashour Novirdoust, Volker Coors, Johannes Wagner, Bastian Schröter, There’s no place like home – The impact of residential heterogeneity on bottom-up energy system modeling, Energy and Buildings, Volume 254, 2022, 111591, 14 pp, ISSN 0378-7788, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111591.

• 2022

  Alfakhori, M., Dastageeri, H., Schneider, S., and Coors, V.: OCCLUSION SCREENING USING 3D CITY MODELS AS A REFERENCE DATABASE FOR MOBILE AR-APPLICATIONS, ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4/W3-2022, 11–18, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W3-2022-11-2022, 2022.

• 2022

  Alizadehashrafi, B., Coors, V. Bin Abdul Rahman, A. : Photorealistic versus Procedural Texturing of the 3D Buildings in Virtual Smart Cities, Earth Observation and Geomatics Engineering, 6(1), -. doi: 10.22059/eoge.2022.345196.1119 https://doi.org/10.22059/eoge.2022.345196.1119

• 2012

  Best Paper Award from Fraunhofer IGD "Intergrating Quality Management in to a 3D Geospatial Server"

• 2007

  Digital Earth Award for the VEPs (Virtual Environmental Planning System) project

• 2000

  Prize winner ideas competition, virtual and augmented reality of the BMBF for the idea sketch GEIST

Volker Coors studied computer science at The TU Darmstadt and received his doctorate in computer graphics. Since 2002 he has been Professor of Computer Science and Geo-Informatics at HFT Stuttgart. His research focuses on 3D geospatial data infrastructures and the visualization of spatial data. From 2006-2017 he was Dean of Studies of the Information Logistics course, from 2019 to 2023 scientific director of the Institute for Applied Research. Since March 2023, he has been Vice-President Research and Digitalization at HFT Stuttgart.
Prof. Coors is a member of the CityGML Standard Working Group (SWG) and chairman of the 3D Portrayal SWG of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). He is a founding member of the joint commission "3D-Stadtmodell" of the German Society for Cartography e.V. and the German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation e.V. and German representative on the board of the Urban Data Management Society.