Florian Noichl

Florian Noichl is a Group Lead in Spatial Computing at the Chair of Computing in Civil and Building Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. His work focuses on methods for creating digital twins of industrial environments, particularly car manufacturing plants, and includes collaborative projects with Siemens. He was a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary, Canada (May–August 2023).

Research interests include

• Spatial computing
• Digital twinning
• Point cloud processing
• Artificial intelligence in construction
• Scan planning optimization
• GeoAI for retrofitting

Recent publications emphasize automation in point cloud segmentation, material passport creation for steel structures, semantic facade analysis, and energy efficiency estimation using vision-language models. His work often integrates BIM with laser scanning and AI.

Teaching includes Bau- und Umweltinformatik 1 (WS22/23, WS23/24) and Softwarelab. He supervises theses on topics like

• UAV mission planning
• Point cloud enrichment
• Image-based localization
• CAD model matching
• BIM design reviews

Review activities cover journals such as Automation in Construction, IEEE Sensors Journal, and Remote Sensing. He is listed on

• OrcID: 0000-0001-6553-9806
• Google Scholar
• ResearchGate

Labs associated with include the BIM-Lab and Robotic Fabrication Lab. His work intersects digital construction with industrial AI applications.