Projects and Theses

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Are you looking for an interesting topic for a project or thesis?

Here you can search for topics from different application areas, such as autonomous driving, applications in the field of renewable energies, etc. and also for topics from the field of machine learning, such as novelty detection, graph neural networks, etc.. Under each category you will find the names of the IES researchers working on each topic. The specific topics offered by each researcher can be found by clicking on the drop-down button. The researchers' contact details are also provided with corresponding links to their websites.

Fields of application

Autonomous driving and e-mobility

  • Research topics:
    • Data Acquisition, Annotation, and Evaluation
    • Perception (Camera, Radar, Lidar)
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Computer Graphics

  • Research topics:
    • OpenGL/Vulkan or other (interactive) Data Visualization
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Biometrics

  • Research topics:
    • Biometrics with a focus on online signature verification
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Renewable energies

  • Research topics:
    • Power Grid Control with Deep Reinforcement Learning
      • Balancing Objectives in Power Grid Control: Exploring Multiobjective Deep Reinforcement Learning
      • Towards Transparent Power Grid Control: Exploring Explainable Deep Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Decision-Making
      • Enhancing Power Grid Control Through Uncertainty-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning
      • Exploiting Graph Structures for Enhanced Power Grid Control: Exploring Graph Neural Networks in Reinforcement Learning
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  • Research topics:
    • Transfer learning and multi-task learning
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Experimental Physics & Materials Science

  • Research topics:
    • Deep learning methods in material science applications
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  • Research topics:
    • Intelligent experimentation in technology and physics
    • Image analysis for accelerator physics and microscopy
    • 2D & 3D particle tracking in the nano range
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  • Research topics:
    • Deep learning methods in materials science applications
    • Deep learning methods in accelerator physics
    • Inversion of simulations with deep learning
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Finances

  • Research topics:
    • Data-centric deep learning in application-oriented settings
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Learning & Teaching Systems

  • Research topics:
    • Fully integrated learning, teaching and assessment environments
    • Simulators in learning, teaching and assessment (in technical computer science)
    • Learning, teaching and assessment life cycles (in computer engineering)
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Machine learning techniques

Deep learning

  • Research topics:
    • Deep generative models - VAEs & GANs
    • Embedding learning with deep neural networks
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  • Research topics:
    • Accelerated topology optimization with deep generative models
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  • Research topics:
    • Intelligent experimentation in technology and physics
    • Image analysis for accelerator physics and microscopy
    • 2D & 3D particle tracking in the nano range
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  • Research topics:
    • Power Grid Control with Deep Reinforcement Learning
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  • Research topics:
    • Deep object detection in autonomous environments
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  • Research topics:
    • Deep learning methods for applications in materials science
    • Deep learning methods in accelerator physics applications
    • Inversion of simulations with deep learning
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  • Research topics:
    • Data-centric deep learning in application-oriented settings
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  • Research topics:
    • (Unsupervised) Representation Learning for Data Acquisition
    • Object Detection for Autonomous Driving
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Explainable AI

  • Research topics:
    • Towards Transparent Power Grid Control: Exploring Explainable Deep Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Decision-Making
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  • Research topics:
    • Explainability of the framework for continuous learning
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  • Research topics:
    • Explainability of graph neural networks
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Graph Neural Networks

  • Research topics:
    • Utilizing graph transformers to approximate NP-hard problems
    • Solving the game "Scotland Yard" using planning algorithms
    • Learning the UCT-parameters in MCTS
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  • Research topics:
    • Structural dynamic graphs
    • Graph embeddings
    • Graph neural networks
    • Graph stream processing
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  • Research topics:
    • Neural graph networks (GNN)
    • Attribute dynamic graphs
    • Graph representations
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  • Research topics:
    • Graph embeddings for transfer learning and multi-task learning
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  • Research topics:
    • Neural graph networks
    • Graph convolution neural networks (spatial and spectral)
    • Translation of (learning) problems in graph-based form
    • Explainability of graph neural networks
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  • Research topics:
    • Exploiting Graph Structures for Enhanced Power Grid Control: Exploring Graph Neural Networks in Reinforcement Learning
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Human-in-the-loop

  • Research topics:
    • Active learning with multiple uncertain sources of knowledge
    • Active learning with alternative query types
    • Learning with noisy labels
    • Learning from information beyond labels
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  • Research topics:
    • Active continuous learning
    • Deep active learning
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  • Research topics:
    • Active learning for deep object detection
    • Active learning in deep learning
    • Interaction between humans and learning machines
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  • Research topics:
    • Stream-based active learning
    • Stream/online learning
    • Active learning
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  • Research topics:
    • Data Annotation and Evaluation Workflows
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Novelty Detection

  • Research topics:
    • Renewable energy forecasting and anomaly detection
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Transfer Learning

  • Research topics:
    • Multi-task learning and transfer learning
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  • Research topics:
    • Transfer learning and multi-task learning
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Uncertainty & Probabilistic Models

  • Research topics:
    • Probabilistic prediction
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  • Research topics:
    • Uncertainty modeling in deep learning (classification & object detection)
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  • Research topics:
    • Sample Selection for Data Acquisition
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  • Research topics:
    • Enhancing Power Grid Control Through Uncertainty-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning
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