Personal Details
Prof. Dr. Volker Ahlers
Hochschule Hannover – University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Faculty IV, Department of Computer Science
Ricklinger Stadtweg 120
30459 Hannover
Germany
E-mail: volker.ahlers (at) hs-hannover.de
Tel: +49 511 9296 1814
Born 1971 in Bremen, Germany
Employment
Since 2005-09
Hochschule Hannover – University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Professor of simulation and mathematics
Departmental international coordinator
2004-02 to 2005-08
Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt am Main
Research associate at Department of Prosthodontics;
collaboration with Unigraphics Solutions GmbH, Köln (now Siemens PLM Software)
Since 2003
Part-time freelance software developer and scientific consultant
2001-11 to 2004-01
WiSenT GmbH, Potsdam
Research associate
1998-10 to 2001-10
University of Potsdam
Research assistant at Institute of Physics and Astronomy, member of DFG
collaborative research center Complex Nonlinear Processes (SFB 555);
collaboration with National Institute of Applied Optics (INOA), Firenze, Italy
1995-04 to 1995-09, 1996-10 to 1998-09
Georg August University Göttingen
Student assistant at Institute of History of Science, Hilbert Edition
1995-07 to 1995-09, 1996-08 to 1996-09
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Göttingen
Student assistant at Institute of Aeroelasticity
1991-08 to 1992-10
Werkstätten für Behinderte gGmbH, Aurich
Alternative civilian service (Zivildienst) at Erlebachhaus Esens
(home for people with disabilities)
Education
1998-10 to 2001-10
University of Potsdam
Graduate studies of physics (degree Dr. rer. nat., equivalent of Ph.D.);
thesis on Scaling and Synchronization in Deterministic and Stochastic Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (advisor: Arkady Pikovsky)
1992-10 to 1998-09
Georg August University Göttingen
Studies of physics (degree Dipl.-Phys., equivalent of M.Sc.);
thesis on Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization of Chaotic Semiconductor Lasers with External Optical Cavities (advisors: Werner Lauterborn, Ulrich Parlitz)
1995-09 to 1996-06
University of Edinburgh, UK
Studies of physics (study year abroad)
Further Education
2017-05 to 2019-06
Hochschule Hannover – University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Weiterbildung / International Office
Further education in internationalization,
WIn certificate (Weiterbildung International,
2 seminars à 1 day, teaching exchange, language certificate)
2015-03 to 2015-12 (and ongoing)
Hochschulübergreifende Weiterbildung Niedersachsen (HüW)
Executive training for university administration,
FKE certificate (Führungskräfteentwicklung, 7 seminars à 2 days plus annual follow-up seminars)
2011-05 to 2012-03
Technical University Braunschweig
Kompetenzzentrum Hochschuldidaktik für Niedersachsen (KHN)
Further training in media competence for university teaching,
campuseducation certificate (3 seminars à 1 day)
2005-12 to 2009-06
Technical University Braunschweig
Kompetenzzentrum Hochschuldidaktik für Niedersachsen (KHN)
Further training in university didactics,
WindH certificate (Weiterbildung in der Hochschullehre, 15 seminars à 1 to 2 days)
Visiting Appointments
2021-03
Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Erasmus+ teaching assignment at School of Industrial Engineering (online, 1 week)
2019-05
Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
Erasmus+ teaching assignment at College of Information Technology (1 week)
2017-05
Hiroshima City University, Japan
Erasmus+ teaching assignment at Faculty of Information Sciences (1 week)
2008-05, 2009-05
Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
Erasmus teaching assignment at School of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics (1 week each)
2007-08 to 2010-08
King's College London, UK
Visiting professor at School of Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics
(visits: 2007-08, 2007-12, 2008-08, 2008-12, 2009-07, approx. 1 week each)
2005-05 to 2005-07
Hochschule Hannover – University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Teaching assignment at Department of Computer Science
Grants and Awards
2022 to 2024
BMDV (German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport)
Access to Public Spaces mittels 5G Mobilfunk (5GAPS)
With Christoph von Viebahn (Hochschule Hannover),
Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Fraunhofer IESE,
and industry partners
Grant no. 45FGU121_L (programme 5G Innovationsprogramm)
2021 to 2023
BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Umsetzung und Verstetigung des Entscheidungs- und Unterstützungstools für Urbane Logistik
in verschiedenen Raum- und Gebietstypen (USEfUL-XT)
With Christoph von Viebahn, Lars-Oliver Gusig, Arne Koschel (Hochschule Hannover),
Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Technische Universität Braunschweig,
and industry partners
Grant no. 03SF0609D (programme Zukunftsstadt)
2019 to 2021
BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Angriffserkennung durch multidimensionale Analyse sicherheitsrelevanter Datenströme (GLACIER)
With Felix Heine, Carsten Kleiner (Hochschule Hannover) and industry partners
Grant no. 16KIS0950 (programme KMU-innovativ)
2017 to 2020
BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Untersuchungs-, Simulations- und Evaluations-Tool für Urbane Logistik (USEfUL)
With Christoph von Viebahn, Lars-Oliver Gusig, Arne Koschel (Hochschule Hannover),
Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Technische Universität Braunschweig,
and industry partners
Grant no. 03SF0547D (programme Zukunftsstadt)
2013 to 2019
MWK (Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture) and
VolkswagenStiftung (Volkswagen Foundation)
Skalierbarkeit mobiler mikro-BHKW
With Lars-Oliver Gusig, Martin Grotjahn, Heiko Hepp, Andreas Huck, Arne Koschel, Uwe Todsen (Hochschule Hannover),
Ostfalia Hochschule Wolfsburg, and industry partners
Grant no. VWZN2891 (programme FSP)
2012 to 2015
BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Visualisierung der Sicherheit mobiler IT-Infrastrukturen auf der Basis von Metadaten (VisITMeta)
With Josef von Helden (Hochschule Hannover) and industry partners
Grant no. 17PNT032 (programme ProfilNT)
2009 to 2011
BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
Dynamische Visualisierung und Simulation von Nutzerströmen in natürlichsprachlichen
Dialogsystemen (ViSiNuS)
With Linnaeus University Växjö, Sweden, and industry partner
Grant no. 17N2809 (programme IngenieurNachwuchs)
2008 to 2009
Industry collaboration (private funding)
Qualitative und Quantitative Visualisierung von sprachautomatisierten Dialogprozessen
With industry partner
2007 to 2009
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and British Council
Development and application of new analysis and visualisation tools for large-scale
biological and biomedical data (BioGranat)
With Thomas Schlitt (King's College London, UK)
Grant no. D/07/09921 and ARC 1297 (programme PPP-ARC)
Since 2007-04
Zhèjiāng University of Science and Technology, Hángzhōu, PR China
Honorary professor
Professional Functions
Conference Organization
– 12th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (IDAACS 2023), Dortmund, 7–9 Sep 2023, session chair
– Workshop Simulation in den Umwelt- und Geowissenschaften 2018, GI sections Simulation and Environmental Informatics, Hannover, 11–13 Apr 2018, conference co-chair
– 20. Norddeutsches Kolloquium für Informatik an
Fachhochschulen (NKIF 2015), Hannover, 28–30 May 2015, conference co-chair
Reviewer
– Academic journals PLOS ONE and Bioinformatics
– Scientific conferences
– DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service): international exchange programme grants, student mobility scholarships
– AQAS (accreditation agency): accreditation of study programmes
– ZEvA (accreditation agency): accreditation of study programmes
– FBTI (Fachbereichstag Informatik): best thesis award
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin – University of Applied Sciences
Head of advisory board of women's degree course
B.Sc. Informatik und Wirtschaft (since 2014)
Hochschule Hannover – University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Administrative functions
– Departmental international coordinator
– Senate commission for research (member)
Former administrative functions
– Dean of studies (Studiendekan, 2015 to 2017)
– Senate (deputy member)
– Senate commission for transparency and ethics (deputy member)
– Faculty council (member/deputy member)
– Departmental examination board (vice head/member)
– Departmental academic commission (member/deputy member)
Data|H – Institute for Applied Data Science Hannover
Member of executive board (since 2023)
Verein für Internationale Beziehungen der Hochschule Hannover e.V. (VIB)
Vice head of executive board of international relations association (2017 to 2023)
Fördergemeinschaft und Alumni-Vereinigung der Fakultät IV – Wirtschaft und Informatik in der
Hochschule Hannover e.V. (FAWuI)
Member of executive board / managing director of sponsoring association (2016 to 2020)
Memberships and Affiliations
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)
Data|H – Institute for Applied Data Science Hannover (founding member, since 2023)
Research cluster Smart Data Analytics (founding member, 2017 to 2022)
Institute for Construction Elements, Mechatronics, and Electromobility (IKME, associated member, since 2016)
Trivia
My academic genealogy (use P+ to show more ancestors)
My Erdös number: 4 (cf. csauthors.net or MATHSCINET, several other paths of length 4)