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Summer School 2025

Urban Transformation: Urban Digital Twins, Smart Planning and AI Technologies

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Urban Transformation: Urban Digital Twins, Smart Planning and AI Technologies

Dive into the digital future of urban planning! This two-day interdisciplinary summer school is aimed at doctoral candidates, early-career researchers, and professionals interested in exploring how emerging digital technologies are reshaping the way we understand, design, and govern urban environments.

The summer school aims to equip doctoral candidates and early-career researchers with theoretical insights and practical tools for applying AI, machine learning, and digital twin technologies in urban contexts. Through expert-led workshops, keynote lectures, and sessions, participants will examine how digital innovation can support more sustainable and efficient city development.

Program

21 July 2025 | Day 1

TimeSessionLecturer
08:30-13:00
Fundamentals of Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Workshop for doctoral candidates
HFT Stuttgart, Room 3/103
Prof. Dr rer. nat. Michael Mommert
HFT Stuttgart
12:30-13:30Lunch Break
13:30-13:45Summer School Opening
HFT Stuttgart, Room 8/043

13:45-14:45CitiVerse - the Next Step in Urban Digital Transformation
Keynote Lecture
Prof. Dr Dieter Uckelmann
HFT Stuttgart
14:45-15:00Coffee Break
Session S1: Smart City Planning and Public Participation
Moderator: Martin Müller, Lebenswerke GmbH Stuttgart
15:00-15:15Opening SessionMartin Müller
Lebenswerke GmbH
15:15-15:45Smarter Cities Start with People: The Role of Participation in Urban Tech PlanningDr Frank Friesecke
Hamidreza Ostadabbas
the STEG
15:45-16:00Bringing Cities to Life: AR/VR Tools for Public ParticipationMuhammad Alfakhori
HFT Stuttgart
16:00-16:15Measuring Soundscape Comfort in Open Urban Public SpacesMichaela Marxt
HFT Stuttgart
16:15-16:30Coffee Break
16:30-18:00"Fishbowl" Discussion
All participants

22 July 2025 | Day 2

TimeSessionLecturer
10:00-12:00Germany's Smart Cities: Insights from 7 Years of Blogging and Where We Stand Today 
Keynote Lecture
Dimitri Ravin
responsible for Content & Partnerships 
@urban-digital.de
12:00-13:00Lunch 
 Session 2: Urban Digital Twins and Metaverse
Moderator: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Runde, VDC Fellbach
 
13:00-13:40Opening SessionProf. Dr Christoph Runde
VDC Fellbach
13:40-14:00Digital Twins for Cities and RegionsDr Stefan Trometer
virtualcitysystems GmbH
14:00-14:20Blending the digital and physical worlds through Mixed Reality: a 3D to 3D method for aligning digital assets with physical environmentsJuan Sardi
HFT Stuttgart
14:20-14:40Coffee Break 
14:40-15:00Approach for automated 3D Vegetation Extraction in Urban Environment using Multispectral Image and Point Cloud DataArpita Sinha
HFT Stuttgart
15:00-15:20Development and Numerical Analysis of Active Bottom Surface Cooling (ABSC)
for Urban Heat Mitigation and Thermal Comfort Enhancement
Benjamin Hueber
HFT Stuttgart
15:20-15:40Digital twinning with optimisation of dynamic allocation of the devices using federated learning technique: Industry of the future/hospital emergency or epidemic Crisis decision makingAtheer AL SHAGGAH
JUNIA School of Science and Engineering, Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France, Lille
15:40-16:00Unveiling the Potential of Digital Twins: From Buildings to Urban EnvironmentsKarla Saldaña Ochoa 
Dr.Sc MAS LA ETHZ Arch, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida 
16:00-16:20Closing Ceremony 

Target Group

  • Doctoral candidates
  • early-career researchers
  • and professionals

interested in deepening their understanding of urban digital twins, smart city planning, and AI technologies, with a focus on developing sustainable, resilient, and livable cities.

Cost

Attendance is free, but registration is required.

If you are unable to attend, please inform us as soon as possible.

Certificate

Doctoral candidates who attend the full two-day programme will receive a Certificate of attendance.

Location

University of Applied Sciences (HFT)
Breitscheidstraße 2, 70174 Stuttgart

Building 8, Ground Floor, Room 0.43

Register now!

Registration is open until July 6, 2025.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at graduiertenakademie(at)hft-stuttgart.de

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