Elena Maiken Vollmer, M. Sc.
- IIP
- group: Resource Management in the Built Environment
- office hours: by appointment only
- room: 111
Campus West 06.33 - phone: +49 721 608-44503
- elena vollmer ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Research
- automation in the areas of image analysis and anomaly detection
- image processing via computer vision algorithms and AI
- monitoring energy systems such as district heating networks
- UAS-based thermal image acquisition
- automatic georeferencing and orthomosaic generation
| Titel | type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-Benefit Analysis of UAV-based Thermography to Assess the Potential of Preventative Measures in District Heating Monitoring | Bachelor- / Masterthesis | unavailable |
| When do we have "enough“ labeled data in the context of AI? Finding a saturation curve for annotation amounts | Bachelor- / Masterthesis | immediately |
| Automatic analysis of real-world data: Implementing computer vision algorithms to find a suitable anomaly detection method for leakage identification | Bachelor- / Masterthesis | unavailable |
| Analyzing and evaluating anomaly detection methods for thermal leakage identification in district heating systems | Bachelorthesis | unavailable |
| Developing an active learning (ML) model to annotate thermal anomalies for district heating monitoring | bachelor / master thesis | unavailable |
| title | contact | startdate | enddate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI4EOSC - AI for the European Open Science Cloud | 09/2022 |
08/2025 |
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| THINKTANK HolisCon - Feasibility study for holistic concrete recycling – requirements, analysis of potentials, and recommended action | 01/2022 |
12/2022 |
Publications
Energy Efficiency Analysis of Federated Learning: Insights from UAV-Based Thermal Imaging Applications
Duda, L.; Alibabaei, K.; Kozlov, V.; Berberi, L.; Vollmer, E.; Benz, M.; Rebekka Volk; Klug, L.; Goetz, M.; Gutiérrez Hermosillo Muriedas, J. P.; Schultmann, F.; Streit, A.; Sáinz-Pardo Díaz, J.; Lopez Garcia, A.; Volk, R.
2025, June 4. EGI Conference (2025), Santander, Spain, June 2–6, 2025
Duda, L.; Alibabaei, K.; Kozlov, V.; Berberi, L.; Vollmer, E.; Benz, M.; Rebekka Volk; Klug, L.; Goetz, M.; Gutiérrez Hermosillo Muriedas, J. P.; Schultmann, F.; Streit, A.; Sáinz-Pardo Díaz, J.; Lopez Garcia, A.; Volk, R.
2025, June 4. EGI Conference (2025), Santander, Spain, June 2–6, 2025
Thermal Urban Feature Segmentation - Multispectral (RGB + Thermal) UAS-based images from Germany with annotations
Vollmer, E.; König, S.; Klug, L.; Kahn, J.; Volk, R.; Vogl, M.
2025, February 27. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10814412
Vollmer, E.; König, S.; Klug, L.; Kahn, J.; Volk, R.; Vogl, M.
2025, February 27. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10814412
Die Geheimwaffe der Fernwärme - Drohnen auf heißer Spur
Zachmann, G.; Vollmer, E.
2025. doi:10.5445/IR/1000178521
Zachmann, G.; Vollmer, E.
2025. doi:10.5445/IR/1000178521
Exploring Federated Learning for Thermal Urban Feature Segmentation - A Comparison of Centralized and Decentralized Approaches
Duda, L.; Alibabaei, K.; Vollmer, E.; Klug, L.; Kozlov, V.; Berberi, L.; Benz, M.; Volk, R.; Gutiérrez Hermosillo Muriedas, J. P.; Götz, M.; Sáinz-Pardo Díaz, J.; López García, Á.; Schultmann, F.; Streit, A.
2025. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 : 25th International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, June 30 – July 3, 2025, Proceedings, Part I. Ed.: O. Gervasi, 285–302, Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-97000-9_18
Duda, L.; Alibabaei, K.; Vollmer, E.; Klug, L.; Kozlov, V.; Berberi, L.; Benz, M.; Volk, R.; Gutiérrez Hermosillo Muriedas, J. P.; Götz, M.; Sáinz-Pardo Díaz, J.; López García, Á.; Schultmann, F.; Streit, A.
2025. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 : 25th International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, June 30 – July 3, 2025, Proceedings, Part I. Ed.: O. Gervasi, 285–302, Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-97000-9_18
Enhancing UAV-Based Multispectral Semantic Segmentation Through Feature Engineering
Vollmer, E.; Benz, M.; Kahn, J.; Klug, L.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.; Götz, M.
2025. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 18, 6206–6216. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3537330
Vollmer, E.; Benz, M.; Kahn, J.; Klug, L.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.; Götz, M.
2025. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 18, 6206–6216. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3537330
Detecting district heating leaks in thermal imagery: Comparison of anomaly detection methods
Vollmer, E.; Ruck, J.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.
2024. Automation in Construction, 168 (Part A), Art.-Nr.: 105709. doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105709
Vollmer, E.; Ruck, J.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.
2024. Automation in Construction, 168 (Part A), Art.-Nr.: 105709. doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105709
Detecting District Heating Leaks in Thermal Imagery: Comparison of Anomaly Detection Methods - Source Code and Datasets
Ruck, J.; Vollmer, E.; Vogl, M.; Volk, R.
2024, October 2. doi:10.5281/zenodo.11085776
Ruck, J.; Vollmer, E.; Vogl, M.; Volk, R.
2024, October 2. doi:10.5281/zenodo.11085776
Comparative Study of Federated Learning Frameworks NVFlare and Flower for Detecting Thermal Bridges in Urban Environments
Duda, L. J.; Alibabaei, K. F.; Vollmer, E.; Klug, L.; Benz, M.; Kozlov, V.; Rebekka Volk; Götz, M.; Schultmann, F.; Streit, A.
2024, September 3. EGI Conference (2024), Lecce, Italy, September 30–October 4, 2024
Duda, L. J.; Alibabaei, K. F.; Vollmer, E.; Klug, L.; Benz, M.; Kozlov, V.; Rebekka Volk; Götz, M.; Schultmann, F.; Streit, A.
2024, September 3. EGI Conference (2024), Lecce, Italy, September 30–October 4, 2024
How Does Feature Engineering Impact UAV-based Multispectral Semantic Segmentation? An RGB and Thermal Image Ablation Study
Vollmer, E.; Benz, M.; Kahn, J.; Klug, L.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.; Götz, M.
2024, June 12. Helmholtz Artificial Intelligence Conference (Helmholtz AI 2024), Düsseldorf, Germany, June 12–14, 2024
Vollmer, E.; Benz, M.; Kahn, J.; Klug, L.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.; Götz, M.
2024, June 12. Helmholtz Artificial Intelligence Conference (Helmholtz AI 2024), Düsseldorf, Germany, June 12–14, 2024
Federated Learning for Urban Energy Efficiency: Detecting Thermal with UAV-based Imaging and AI
Duda, L. J.; Alibabaei, K.; Vollmer, E.; Klug, L.; Benz, M.; Kozlov, V.; Volk, R.; Goetz, M.; Schultmann, F.; Streit, A.
2024, June 12. Helmholtz Artificial Intelligence Conference (Helmholtz AI 2024), Düsseldorf, Germany, June 12–14, 2024
Duda, L. J.; Alibabaei, K.; Vollmer, E.; Klug, L.; Benz, M.; Kozlov, V.; Volk, R.; Goetz, M.; Schultmann, F.; Streit, A.
2024, June 12. Helmholtz Artificial Intelligence Conference (Helmholtz AI 2024), Düsseldorf, Germany, June 12–14, 2024
AI in multispectral image analysis: Implementing a deep learning model for the segmentation of common thermal urban features to assist in the automation of infrastructure-related maintenance
Vollmer, E.; Klug, L.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.
2024, March 21. 4th Artificial Intelligence in Architecture, Engineering and Construction Conference (2024), Helsinki, Finland, March 20–21, 2024
Vollmer, E.; Klug, L.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.
2024, March 21. 4th Artificial Intelligence in Architecture, Engineering and Construction Conference (2024), Helsinki, Finland, March 20–21, 2024
AI4EOSC - D6.2 Intermediate status report about integration of pilot applications
Kozlov, V.; Sainz-Pardo, J.; Berberi, L.; Alibabaei, K.; Vollmer, E.; Błaszczak, M.; Krzyżanek, M.; Smok, J.; Bartok, J.; Sisan, P.; Papadopoulos, G.; Izquierdo, P.
2024. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10729327
Kozlov, V.; Sainz-Pardo, J.; Berberi, L.; Alibabaei, K.; Vollmer, E.; Błaszczak, M.; Krzyżanek, M.; Smok, J.; Bartok, J.; Sisan, P.; Papadopoulos, G.; Izquierdo, P.
2024. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10729327
UAV-based Thermography: Using AI with Multispectral Data
Vollmer, E.
2023, December 7. ANERIS Workshops on AI Basics for Image Processing (2023), Online, November 28–December 7, 2023
Vollmer, E.
2023, December 7. ANERIS Workshops on AI Basics for Image Processing (2023), Online, November 28–December 7, 2023
Automatic analysis of UAS-based thermal images to detect leakages in district heating systems: Source code and exemplary dataset
Vollmer, E.; Volk, R.; Vogl, M.
2023, November 13. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7851725
Vollmer, E.; Volk, R.; Vogl, M.
2023, November 13. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7851725
D6.1 : Analysis of user applications, collection of requirements
Berberi, L.; Heredia, I.; Kozlov, V.; Vollmer, E.; Sainz-Pardo, J.; Bartok, J.; Fojud, A.; Blaszczak, M.; Rausch, A.; Alibabaei, K.
2023. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7635453
Berberi, L.; Heredia, I.; Kozlov, V.; Vollmer, E.; Sainz-Pardo, J.; Bartok, J.; Fojud, A.; Blaszczak, M.; Rausch, A.; Alibabaei, K.
2023. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7635453
Automatic analysis of UAS-based thermal images to detect leakages in district heating systems
Vollmer, E.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.
2023. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31 S. doi:10.1080/01431161.2023.2242586
Vollmer, E.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.
2023. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31 S. doi:10.1080/01431161.2023.2242586
Ergebnisse einer Machbarkeitsstudie für ganzheitliches Betonrecycling
Bruckschlögl, S.; Beuchle, G.; Vollmer, E.; Patarca, H. Petrillo; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.; Dehn, F.
2023. Bauen mit Beton im Kreislauf - Recycling, Re-Use und Ressourcenschonung : 19. Symposium Baustoffe und Bauwerkserhaltung, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 9. März 2023, 21–36, KIT Scientific Publishing
Bruckschlögl, S.; Beuchle, G.; Vollmer, E.; Patarca, H. Petrillo; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.; Dehn, F.
2023. Bauen mit Beton im Kreislauf - Recycling, Re-Use und Ressourcenschonung : 19. Symposium Baustoffe und Bauwerkserhaltung, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 9. März 2023, 21–36, KIT Scientific Publishing
Investigating the Quality of UAV-Based Images for the Thermographic Analysis of Buildings
Mayer, Z.; Epperlein, A.; Vollmer, E.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.
2023. Remote Sensing, 15 (2), Art.-Nr.: 301. doi:10.3390/rs15020301
Mayer, Z.; Epperlein, A.; Vollmer, E.; Volk, R.; Schultmann, F.
2023. Remote Sensing, 15 (2), Art.-Nr.: 301. doi:10.3390/rs15020301