Graduate research training group
In the past, graduate research training groups have been successfully established and carried out at HFT Stuttgart in cooperation with universities (e.g. under the names CI-NERGY, Windy Cities, or ENRes). While a graduate research training group provides a thematic framework for interdisciplinary research projects, the doctoral candidates themselves are responsible for organizing their own research and setting their own priorities. The Graduate School at HFT actively promotes a regular, structured exchange between doctoral candidates and regular status updates between main supervisors and doctoral candidates.
With the award of the right to award doctorates, HFT Stuttgart has launched its first graduate research training group on the topic of "Technologies for the sustainable, energy-efficient and resource-saving design of resilient living spaces" as part of the HIRE project.
Six doctoral candidates and one post-doctoral student (Dr. Svetlana Valger) are researching the following key questions:
1. How can digital tools support the design of high-quality, resource-saving, liveable and resilient public living spaces?
2. How can this question be researched and answered with interdisciplinary research approaches in such a way that added value is created for society?
The keyword "interdisciplinary" describes the character of this graduate research training group, which aims on the one hand to provide a strong individual research performance and on the other hand to ensure networking within different disciplines. The aim is to examine scientific issues from a variety of perspectives, which in turn can be a breeding ground for new ideas.
Collaboration is encouraged within the research group, e.g. through joint seminars or an annual summer school.
The research approach of the graduate research training group pursues the development of technologies for the "digital twin of the city".
The design of urban spaces as dynamically changing complex systems requires the development of digital tools and technologies. On the one hand, the focus is on the collection, processing and interpretation of large amounts of urban data and, on the other hand, the analysis and prediction of urban conditions such as noise and heat pollution derived from this data. Finally, the methods developed are intended to contribute to decision-making.
New methods for measuring the urban environment, such as spatial queries and streaming of 3D building models, green space analyses, as well as massive point clouds and sensor data will be used. Objective and subjective data can be collected using fixed or mobile sensors as well as models and forecasts. This approach is intended to enable predictions and correlations of climatic, acoustic or wind-related influencing factors. To this end, the six doctoral candidates from different disciplines are conducting joint research: from geoinformatics, computer science, acoustics and building physics to urban air currents, climate and biodiversity.
If you have any questions about the graduate research training group or scientific exchange, please contact the research coordinator, Dr. Svetlana Valger. If you are interested in a doctorate in the above-mentioned subject areas, please take a look at our job market or contact the Graduate School of the HFT Stuttgart. We currently have no vacancies in the Graduate Research Training Group.
| Name & Position | E-Mail & Telephone | |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | +49 711 8926 2320 | 344 |
