DiplomaPage

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This page lists open, current and past topics for diploma, masters theses and bachelor reports. The description of the topic is in english, however, theses can be written both in english and german according to the requirements of the major.

We also accept addititional topics that are presented to us by the candidate.

A first step towards the writing of a thesis with us is the writing of a 1-2 page exposee by the candidate that should explain the scientific motivation, related work, implementation plan and expected scientific results.

Contents

Open

Diploma/Master

  • Multi Platform WUI
The task is to analyze the properties of the java-written WUI and see what parts
are to be rewritten and re-structured in order to implement a WUI renderer on 
Windows CE-based devices (Windows Mobile 5, Windows Smartphone, Windows CE 5) 
and .net micro-edition devices (Sideshow-Displays). 
Implementation language is most probably c#.
Available material: Windows Mobile devices, Sideshow-Device
Contact: Holger Kenn

  • Gesture-based Human-Robot interaction
The task is to develop a gesture based interaction system for moving a mobile robot in an  
office environment and to develop an evaluation method for such interactions, e.g. a 
parcours through which a robot has to be steered.
Available material: mobile robot (Expobot) and gesture interaction device (WInspectGlove)
Contact: Holger Kenn
  • Improvements of accelleration-based gesture recognition
The task is to improve the gesture recognition of the WInspectGlove. Approaches may 
include machine learning, model-based recognition, arbitrary "teach-in" gestures, 
formalized gestures etc.
Contact: Holger Kenn
  • Interaction based on simple pseudo-vocal sounds
The task is to implement a recognizer for simple sounds such as whisteling, tapping to 
control a WUI-based user interface and to compare the effectiveness of this interface to 
other already implemented control mechanisms such as gestures
Contact: Holger Kenn


  • Force-feedback rotary dial input device
The task is to implement an input device based on a controllable force-feedback wheel 
encoder. The input device should mimic features of the user interface, i.e. four menu 
entries: four force-feedback induced "stops" and "understand" a number of input gestures 
such as click, forward, back. This thesis requires knowledge in embedded system 
programming and in designing and building electronic devices.
Contact: Holger Kenn

Bachelor Report

Current

Supervised by Holger

  • Predicting the benefit of mobile devices in production environments (Olena Wilhelms)
  • Mobile Phone based human-machine collaboration for Robocup Rescue Simulation League (Nils Behrens)

Supervised by Tom

  • Spontane Mitfahrzentrale (Xin)
  • Unterbrechungen in der Flugzeugkabine (Achim)

Supervised by Stephane

  • Foot-to-Foot (Dschen Reinecke)
  • Head-mounted sensing for exploration (Burcu Cinaz) Documentation

Supervised by Hendrik


Past

2007

  • Recognition of context sequences (Jörn Reimerders)
  • Embedded systems for wearable computing (Rüdiger Leibrandt)

2006

  • I Seong Cho: Weblogagenten mit local trust metric für den automatischen Nachrichtenaustausch. Supervised by Tom
  • Magda Mazurek: Gruppen-Recommender-System für DVB-H basiertes Fernsehen. Supervised by Tom
  • Alexander Schirm: Designing Pervasive Games: A New Approach on Pervasive Game Design. (Bachelor-Report) Supervised by Tom

2005

  • Michael Dippold : Persönliche Positionsbestimmung mit Beschleunigungssensoren. Supervised by Holger
  • Bernhard Titz : Encircled: Application of InkML in a Calligraphic Interface. Supervised by Tom

2004

  • Meik Dankleff : Entwurf und Implementierung einer weltweit einsetzbaren Wartungsunterstützungsanwendung zum Einsatz auf mobilen Endgeräten.

2002

  • Tom Nicolai : Reconfigured: Strukturierung von Programmen für ‘kleidsame’ Computer [Reconfigured: Structuring of Programs for Wearable Computers]. PDF