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-=====Theses and Jobs===== 
-If you are looking for a bachelor/master thesis or a job as a student research assistant, you may find some interesting opportunities on this page. 
  
 +=====Open researcher positions=====
  
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-== GPU-based Parallelization of Numerical Optimization Techniques (BA/MA/HiWi)== 
  
-In the field of Machine Learning, numerical optimization techniques play a focal role. However, as models grow larger, traditional implementations on single-core CPUs suffer from sequential execution causing a severe slow-down. In this thesis, state-of-the-art GPU frameworks (e.g. CUDA) are to be investigated in order implement numerical optimizers that substantially profit from parallel execution.+<html> 
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 +=====Theses and Student Jobs===== 
 +If you are looking for a bachelor's/master's thesis or a job as a student research assistant, you may find some interesting opportunities on this page. 
 + 
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 +<html><!-- 
 +== Physics-based grasping in VR with finger tracking(Student Job / HiWi) == 
 + 
 +Implementing physics-based grasping models in virtual environments, 
 +using Manus VR.
  
 Requirements: Requirements:
-  * Skills in numerical optimization algorithms +  * Good C++ programming skills 
-  * Good programming skills in Python and C/C+++  * Familiar with skeletal animations 
 +  * Experience with simulators/physics-/game- engines 
 +  * Familiar with Unreal Engine API 
 +  * Familiar with version-control systems (git) 
 +  * Able to work independently with minimal supervision 
 + 
 +Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]] 
 +--></html>
  
-Contact: [[team:daniel_nyga|Daniel Nyga]] 
  
-== Online Learning of Markov Logic Networks for Natural-Language Understanding (MA)==+<html><!-- 
 +== Lisp / CRAM support assistant (HiWi) ==
  
-Markov Logic Networks (MLNs) combine the expressive power of first-order logic and probabilistic graphical models. In the past, they have been successfully applied to the problem of semantically interpreting and completing natural-language instructions from the web. State-of-the-art learning techniques mostly operate in batch mode, i.e. all training instances need to be known in the beginning of the learning process. In context of this thesis, online learning methods for MLNs are to be investigated, which allow incremental learning, when new examples come in one-by-one.+Technical support for the group for Lisp and the CRAM framework. \\ 
 +8+ hours per week for up to 1 year (paid).
  
 Requirements: Requirements:
-  * Experience in Machine Learning. +  * Good programming skills in Common Lisp 
-  * Experience with statistical relational learning (e.g. MLNs) is helpful. +  * Basic ROS knowledge
-  * Good programming skills in Python.+
  
-Contact: [[team:daniel_nyga|Daniel Nyga]]+The student will be introduced to the CRAM framework at the beginning of the job, which is a robot programming framework written in Lisp. The student will then be responsible for assisting not familiar with the framework people, explaining them the parts they don't understand and pointing them to the relevant documentation sources.
  
 +Contact: [[team:gayane_kazhoyan|Gayane Kazhoyan]]
 +--></html>
  
-==HiWi-Position: Knowledge Representation & Language Understanding for Intelligent Robots==+<html><!-- 
 +== Mesh Editing / Mesh Segmentation/Cutting (Student Job / HiWi)== 
 + {{ :research:human_hand_cutting.png?150|}}
  
-In the context of the European research project RoboHow.Cog [1,2] we + Editing and cutting a human mesh into different parts in Blender / Maya (or other).
-are investigating methods for combining multimodal sources of knowledge (e.g. video, natural-language recipes or computer games), in order to enable mobile robots to autonomously acquire new high level skills like cooking meals or straightening up rooms.  +
  
-The Institute for Artificial Intelligence is hiring a student researcher for the +Requirements: 
-development and the integration of probabilistic methods in AI, which enable intelligent robots to understand, interpret and execute natural-language instructions from recipes from the World Wide Web.+  * Good knowledge in 3D Modeling 
 +  * Familiar with Blender / Maya (or other) 
 + 
 +Contact: [[team/mona_abdel-keream|Mona Abdel-Keream]] 
 +--></html> 
 + 
 + 
 +<html><!-- 
 +== 3D Animation and Modeling (Student Job / HiWi)== 
 + {{ :research:kitchen_unreal.jpg?200|}} 
  
-This HiWi-Position can serve as a starting point for future Bachelor's, Master's or Diploma Theses.+Developing and improving existing or new 3D (static/skeletal) 
 +models in Blender / Maya (or other). Further importing and testing the 
 +models against Unreal Engine.
  
-Tasks: +Bonus: Working with state of the art 3D Scanners [[https://www.goscan3d.com/|Go!SCAN]] for creating sketching new models.
-  * Implementation of an interface to the Robot Operating System (ROS). +
-  * Linkage of the knowledge base to the executive of the robot. +
-  * Support for the scientific staff in extending and integrating components onto the robot platform PR2.+
  
 Requirements: Requirements:
-  * Studies in Computer Science (Bachelor's, Master's or Diploma) +  * Experience with Blender / Maya (or other) 
-  * Basic skills in Artificial Intelligence +  * Knowledge of Unreal Engine material / lightning development 
-  * Optional: basic skills in Probability Theory +  * Familiar with version-control systems (git) 
-  * Optional: basic skills in Machine Learning +  * Able to work independently with minimal supervision
-  * Good programming skills in Python and Java+
  
-Hours: 10-20 h/week+Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]] 
 +--></html>
  
-Contact: [[team:daniel_nyga|Daniel Nyga]]+== Scene Format Conversion Tool for Robotics Simulation (MA Thesis) ==
  
-[1] www.robohow.eu\\ +**Motivation:**
-[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eIryyzlRwA+
  
 +With robotics playing a significant role in various domains, simulation is essential for developing and testing algorithms. Multiple simulators are available, each with its own specialized format (SDF, USD, MJCF, URDF, FBX) for describing scenes. This diversity of formats makes it challenging to transfer scenarios between simulators. Therefore, a versatile parser that can convert scene descriptions between these formats is highly valuable.
  
-== Depth-Adaptive Superpixels (BA/MA)== +{{:multiformat.png?400|}}
- {{ :research:dt_dasp.png?200|}} +
-We are currently investigating a new set of sensors (RGB-D-T), which is a combination of a kinect with a thermal image camera. Within this project we want to enhance the Depth-Adaptive Superpixels (DASP) to make use of the thermal sensor data. Depth-Adaptive Superpixels oversegment an image taking into account the depth value of each pixel.+
  
-Since the current implementation of DASP is not very performant for high resolution images, there are several options for doing a project in this field like reimplementing DASP using CUDA, investigating how thermal data can be integrated, ...+**Task Description:**
  
-Requirements: +The objective of this project is to develop a universal parser capable of converting scene descriptions between common formats. The following key steps are involved:
-  * Basic knowledge of image processing +
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++. +
-  * Experience with CUDA is helpful+
  
-Contact: [[team:jan-hendrik_worch|Jan-Hendrik Worch]]+  - Create a model to represent and store the scene graph. 
 +  - Implement import functions for the model to handle scene descriptions in any of the supported formats. 
 +  - Implement export functions for the model to generate scene descriptions in any of the supported formats.
  
 +**Requirements:**
  
-== Physical Simulation of Humans (BA/MA)== +  * A strong passion for robotics. 
- {{ :research:human_model.png?200|}}+  * Dedication to the chosen topic. 
 +  * Eager to learn. 
 + 
 +Contact: [[team:hoang_giang_nguyen|Giang Nguyen]] 
 + 
 +== Generating Comics about Everyday Experiences of a Robot (BA Thesis) == 
 + 
 +Summary: 
 +  * Query experience data from an existing database 
 +  * Retrieve situations of interest 
 +  * Recreate the scene in a 3D environment 
 +  * Apply a comic shader 
 +  * Find good camera position for moments of interest 
 +  * Generate a PDF summarizing the experiences as a comic strip 
 + 
 +Contact: [[team:daniel_bessler|Daniel Beßler]] 
 + 
 +== Integration of novel objects into Digital Twin Knowledge Bases (MA Thesis) == 
 + 
 +In this thesis, the goal is to make a robotic system learn new objects automatically. 
 +The system should be able to generate the necessary models required for re-detecting it again and also consult online information sources to automatically acquire knowledge about it. 
 + 
 +The focus of the thesis would be twofold: 
 +  * Develop methods to automatically infer the object class of new objects. This would include perceiving it with state of the art sensors, constructing a 3d model of it and then infer the object class from online information sources. 
 +  * In the second step the system should also infer factual knowledge about the object from the internet and assert it into a robotic knowledgebase. Such knowledge could for example include the category of this product, typical object properties like its weight or typical location and much more.
  
-For tracking people, the use of particle filters is a common approach. However, the quality of those filters heavily depends on the way particles are spread. In this thesis, a library for the physical simulation of a human model is to be implemented. 
  
 Requirements: Requirements:
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++ +  * Knowledge about sensor data processing 
-  * Optional: Experience in working with physics libraries such as Bullet+  * Interest in model construction from sensory data 
 +  * Work with KnowRob knowledge processing framework
  
-Contact: [[team:jan-hendrik_worch|Jan-Hendrik Worch]] 
  
-== Kitchen Activity Games in a Realistic Robotic Simulator (BA/MA/HiWi)== +Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]]
- {{ :research:gz_env1.png?200|}} +
  
-Developing new activities and improving the current simulation framework done under the Gazebo robotic simulator. Creating a custom GUI for the game, in order to launch new scenarios, save logs etc.+== Übersetzung einer globalen Produktklassifikation in eine bestehende Ontologie (BA Thesis) == 
 + 
 +In dieser Arbeit soll die GS1 Produktklassifikation in eine Ontologie transformiert werden. Der GS1 Produktklassifikationsstandard ist online ( https://gpc-browser.gs1.org/) einsehbar. Anschließend soll in einem Jupyter Notebook anhand eines Beispiels gezeigt werden, wie andere Ontologien mit der erstellten Taxonomie verbunden werden können. 
 + 
 +Die Aufgaben dazu sind: 
 +  * Einarbeitung in Web Scraping und Abfrage der Daten von GS1 
 +  * Einarbeitung in Owlready und Erstellen der Taxonomie 
 +  * Erstellung des Jupyter Notebooks mit einem Beispiel, wie andere Ontologien verbunden werden können (die Beispielontologie wird gestellt) 
 + 
 + 
 +Contact: [[team:michaela_kümpel|Michaela Kümpel]] 
 + 
 + 
 +<html><!-- 
 +== Development of Modules for Robot Perception (Student Job / HiWi) == 
 +In our research group, we focus on the development of modern robots that can make use of the potential of game engines. One particular research direction, is the combination of computer vision with game engines. 
 +In this context, we are currently offering multiple Hiwi positions / student jobs for the following tasks: 
 +  * Software development to create Interfaces between ROS and Unreal Engine 4 (mainly C++) 
 +  * Software development for our Robot Perception framework [[http://robosherlock.org/|RoboSherlock]] which contains many algorithms for computer vision problems (mainly C++)
  
 Requirements: Requirements:
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++ +  * Experience in C++. 
-  * Basic physics/rendering engine knowledge +  * Basic understanding of the ROS middleware and Linux. 
-  * Gazebo simulator basic tutorials+The spoken language in this job is german or english, based on your preference.
  
-Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]+Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]] 
 +--></html>
  
-== Integrating Eye Tracking in the Kitchen Activity Games (BA/MA)== +== Development of Modules for Robot Perception (Student Job / HiWi) == 
- {{ :research:eye_tracker.png?200|}} +In our research group, we focus on the development of intelligent robots that are combining modern computer vision methods with knowledge representation.  
 +We are currently offering multiple Hiwi positions / student jobs for software development in the context of our Robot Perception framework [[http://robokudo.ai.uni-bremen.de/|RoboKudo]], which contains many algorithms for computer vision problems (mainly Python)
  
-Integrating the eye tracker in the Gazebo based Kitchen Activity Games framework  +Requirements: 
-and logging the gaze of the user during the gameplay. From the information typical activities should be inferred.+  * Solid experience in python and object-oriented programming 
 +  * Basic understanding of the ROS middleware and Linux 
 +  * Basic understanding of computer vision methods 
 + 
 +The spoken language in this job is german or english, based on your preference. Work can be done fully remote. 
 + 
 +Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]] 
 +-- 
 + 
 +== Game Engine Developer and 3D-Modelling  (Student Job / HiWi) == 
 +A recent development in the field of AI is the usage of photorealistic simulations, for example to create Digital Twins of environments like households or  [[https://iottechnews.com/news/2021/apr/13/bentley-systems-nvidia-omniverse-create-real-time-digital-twins/|factories]]. 
 +In our research group, we focus on the development of modern robots that can make use of the potential of game engines. This requires a high degree of specialized game engine plugins that can simulate certain aspects of our research. Another important task is the creation of 3d models. 
 + 
 +Therefore, we are currently offering multiple Hiwi positions / student jobs for the following tasks: 
 +  * Modelling of objects for the use in Unreal Engine 4. 
 +  * Creation of specific simulation aspects in Unreal Engine 4. For example the development of interactable objects.
  
 Requirements: Requirements:
-  * Good programming skills in C/C++ +  * Knowledge of 3D-Modelling tools. Blender would be highly preferred. 
-  * Gazebo simulator basic tutorials+  * Experience in Game Engine development. Ideally Unreal Engine 4 and C++.
  
-Contact: [[team:andrei_haidu|Andrei Haidu]]+The spoken language in this job is german or english, based on your preference. 
 + 
 +Contact: [[team:patrick_mania|Patrick Mania]]
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