Student Topics

Student Topics

Image Restoration Using Deep Learning

Supervisors: Florian Kleber, Christian Stippel Status: open Problem Statement Historical images, such as digitized photographs, manuscripts, maps, or scientific records, often suffer from degradation due to aging, storage conditions, or limitations in early imaging technologies. Common degradations include noise, fading, blur, physical damage, and low resolution. These artifacts hinder the readability, analysis, and digital preservation … Continue reading Image Restoration Using Deep Learning →

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Multilingual Speech Recognition for Low-Resource Languages

Diplomarbeit/Master thesis Supervisor: Martin Kampel Status: open Motivation Speech recognition has achieved impressive performance for major world languages such as English, Mandarin, or Spanish. However, many languages with smaller speaker communities suffer from a lack of resources for training accurate models. In various scenarios, multilingual speech interfaces can play an important role—e.g. in automated translation, command … Continue reading Multilingual Speech Recognition for Low-Resource Languages →

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Symbol Recognition in Images and Videos – Robust Methods for Complex Scenarios

Project/Bachelor thesis Supervisor: Martin Kampel Status: open MotivationAutomated recognition of visual symbols is a central topic across many application areas, including intelligent goods tracking, digital marketing, and the protection of intellectual property and trademark rights. Symbol recognition is also particularly relevant in identifying extremist symbols (e.g., Nazi symbols or terrorist organization logos) on digital platforms for … Continue reading Symbol Recognition in Images and Videos – Robust Methods for Complex Scenarios →

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AI-Based Detection of Explicit Content in Image and Video Data

Project/Bachelor thesis Supervisor: Martin Kampel Status: open Motivation Every day, enormous amounts of image and video content are uploaded to platforms like YouTube, Instagram, or X (formerly Twitter). Among this content — depending on the platform and moderation policies — are also materials containing nudity, pornography, or other explicit material. Such content not only violates the … Continue reading AI-Based Detection of Explicit Content in Image and Video Data →

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RailDataFlow: AI-Based Detection of Seat Occupancy and Medical Emergencies in Railway Passenger Cabins

Diplomarbeit/Master thesis Supervisor: Martin Kampel Status: open Motivation As part of the digitalisation and automation of public transport systems, an innovative platform is being developed to meet the specific operational needs of railway environments. The goal is to test intelligent systems under real-world operating conditions in order to enhance efficiency, safety, and service quality in train … Continue reading RailDataFlow: AI-Based Detection of Seat Occupancy and Medical Emergencies in Railway Passenger Cabins →

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Indexing Libraries – Indexing Heritage

Supervisors: Florian Kleber Status: open Before digital indexing any documentation in Vienna was stored on handwritten papers (little use of typewriters before 1930s). The  University Library (Former Central Library of Austria-Hungary) has – documents over 250 years of science history These are currently inaccessible due to size and lack of indexing, and thus ~ 1.14 … Continue reading Indexing Libraries – Indexing Heritage →

Open Positions (active), Student Topics

Diploma Thesis – Caring Robots // Robotic Care

status: open supervisor: Margrit Gelautz The Computer Vision Lab at TU Wien announces a research position for a Diploma/Master Student   to work on the “CaringRobots // RoboticCare” project starting in April 2025 (or later). We are looking for a highly motivated diploma/master student of Informatics (or related studies) with a background in computer vision/machine … Continue reading Diploma Thesis – Caring Robots // Robotic Care →

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Database for numismatic collection of KHM

Supervisor: Martin Kampel Status: closed Motivation The Coin Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (KHM) is one of the five largest and most important coin collections in the world. With some 600,000 objects from three millennia, it contains not only coins, but also paper money, medallions, orders, etc. For research the collection is currently organized … Continue reading Database for numismatic collection of KHM →

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Deep Learning for Papyri

The CVL offers bachelor/master theses or student projects in the domain of deep-learning-based document analysis for papyri. Supervisor: Marco Peer Status: taken First Picture: Vesuvius Challenge Second Picture: Peer and Sablatnig, HIP’23 Third picture modified from FAU Erlangen Motivation Greek papyri, ancient documents made from a type of paper, offer valuable insights into the past. … Continue reading Deep Learning for Papyri →