Topics for Projects and Theses

Betreuung/Supervision

For more information about diploma theses, projects, and bachelor theses please see the respective pages - this page just lists topics for these projects.

The best way to obtain a topic for a Computer Science Project, a Bachelor Thesis or a Diploma Thesis is to contact the supervisor of one of the topics listed below by email. For other topics, contact the heads of the main research directions best fitting your interest listed in the following.

The Computer Science Projects may also be completed in cooperation with a company. Such external projects have to conform to a number of guidelines.

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Main research directions

  • Visualization (contact: Eduard Gröller)
    Visualisierung im Allgemeinen, im Speziellen: Volumenvisualisierung, Informationsvisualisierung, Visual Analytics, Illustrative Visualisierung.
  • Rendering and Modeling (contact: Michael Wimmer)
    Real-Time Rendering, Urban Visualization, Procedural Modeling, Point-Based Reconstruction, Modeling and Rendering, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Perceptual Studies using Eye Tracking, ...
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality (contact: Hannes Kaufmann)
    (Optical) Tracking and Motion Capture, 3D HCI including Locomotion, High Quality Rendering for Mixed Reality, 3D Reconstruction for Mixed Reality, VR Medical Applications & Virtual Rehabilitation, Spatial Understanding in Mixed Reality, Immersive Mixed Reality applications in general. 
  • Other topics
    Topics not fitting in one of these three main research directions.
  • VRVis
    Außerdem gibt es auch die Möglichkeit, Praktika, Bachelorarbeiten und Diplomarbeiten am Forschungszentrum VRVis zu absolvieren.

Abkürzungen

PR = Praktikum, BA = Bachelorarbeit, DA = Diplomarbeit,
PR/BA/DA = Praktikum, Bachelorarbeit oder Diplomarbeit, der Arbeitsumfang wird entsprechend angepasst.

Visualization Group - Topics
Title Type Persons
Visual comparison of dynamical systems DA
Exploring the Design Space of Complex Network Visualization & Interaction in VR BA, PR, DA 1
Visualizing Knowledge Graphs PR, DA 1
Storytelling of COVID-19 using Cartogram Animation PR, DA 1
Interactive Visual Exploration of Diachronic Word Embeddings DA 1
Visualizing cancer treatment through time DA 1
Word Embeddings Visualized as Image Collages PR, DA 1
Visual Analytics to Support Follow-up Studies in Cancer Radiotherapy DA 1
Interactive Analysis of Virtual Jaw Movement Trajectories PR, DA 1
Smart State-of-the-Art Research Interface DA 1
Visual Inspection of CNN Robustness through Exploratory Synthetic Scene Analysis PR, DA 1
Visual Exploration of Biases in Word Embeddings DA 1
Visual Interface to a Random Circuit Generator BA, PR, DA 1
Visual Counterfactual Explanations BA, PR, DA 1
NEW Visualizing Disagreements between Human and Machine DA 1
X-Ray Path Tracing for CT Imaging BA, PR, DA 1-2
Dashboard Onboarding BA, PR, DA 1-2
Paid User Study Assistance PR 1-3
VISUAPPS Web-based Medical Visualization DA 2

Rendering and Modeling - Topics
Title Type Persons
Modern C++ and Vulkan Rendering Framework PR 0
NEW Point Cloud Rendering - Improve CloudCompare BA, PR 1
Dynamic Priority Queue for the GPU PR, DA 1
3D data Representation Conversion PR 1
Performance improvements for Machine Learning / Cuda implementation PR 1
Novel deep learning methods for 3d volumetric data DA 1
Backface Culling of Meshlets for Skeletal Animation PR, DA 1
Robustly Predicting Triangle Rasterization Errors PR, DA 1
Non-Linear Rasterization on a Mobile GPU DA 1
Lossy BVH Compression PR, DA 1
Shape optimization of light sources with global illumination objectives PR, DA 1
€1000 CycleSafely BA, PR, DA 1-3
€1000 Immersive Redesign BA, PR, DA 1-3
Screen-Space Material Based Variable Rate Shading BA, PR, DA 1-3
Real-Time Rendering BA, PR, DA 1-4
Virtual Vienna: Modeling the City with Machine Learning and Procedural Geometry BA, PR, DA 3
Anime Deep Learning BA, PR, DA 5-6

VRVis - Topics
Title Type Persons
Master Thesis Biomed.Vis. - ML for Attenuation Maps DA 1
Master Thesis Biomed.Vis. - PET/MR data DA 1
Neuron signature visualization DA 1
Agent-based Simulations (Crowd, Traffic) PR, DA 1-2
Rendering, Visual Data Science, and Simulation Topics in Visdom BA, PR, DA 7-10

Virtual Reality Group - Topics
Title Type Persons
1000€:Group navigation methods in large-scale collocated VR DA 1
Supportive Technology for Body Stretching via Online Gamification DA 1
Comparison of multiple commercial hand tracking solutions for VR DA 1
AR-Schulungs-Anwendung für die HoloLens 2 für das Lehrpersonal im Bauingenieurwesen DA 1
Molecular Properties Prediction Using Deep Lerning DA 1
€1000 Real-time 3D Reconstruction and Model-Based Tracking BA, PR, DA 1-2

Abgeschlossene Praktika und Diplomarbeiten