• 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

• 1997 - today

  a list of publications is available at research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Volker-Coors

• Selected scientific publications are available at OrcId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0413-8977

• 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 Urban Digital Twins, 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.
As a member of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Prof. Coors contributes his research results to standardisation, for example in the CityGML Standard Working Group (SWG). He is a founding member of the joint commission "3D City Modelling" of the German Society for Cartography e.V. and the German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation e.V. and Vice-president of the Urban Data Management Society.