Research and Teaching Activities of Prof. Rudolf Mester
Computer Science Dept. (IDI), NTNU
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Research Topics
In Rudolf Mester's research group, we are currently addressing several areas of Embodied Robotics
- Environment Perception for Autonomous Driving
- Environment Perception for Autonomous Marine Vehicles
- marine surface vehicles (autonomous ferry projects, together with Assoc. Prof. Edmund Brekke et al.)
- underwater snake robots (together with Prof. Kristin Y. Pettersen, Assoc. Prof. Annette Stahl)
- AI-based inspection of ships
- Deep learning - based inspection of cracks in ship tanks
- Autonomous and semi-autonomous inspection of ship hull coatings
- AI-based traffic surveillance
- Multi-sensor based surveillance of complex urban road crossings
- car-based traffic parameter extraction (measuring in the flow)
These are my research associates and project students
Student projects (offered as April 2021)
From all the research areas listed above, there are topics available. Individually designed student project topics based on personal background and interest are possible. For a complete list of project topics see here in Innsida.
Topics of particular interest currently are the following:
- Visual SLAM for Underwater Snake Robots
- Self-Learning Environment Perception for Mobile Robotics
- Perception for the Revolve Autonomous Racing Car project
- AI-based ship hull surface and ship tank inspection
- Building Digital Ships Models from video footage, using Computer Vision and AI
For students who have a particular interest in deep investigations into the mathematical/statistical structure of deep learning and who are not afraid of thorough theoretical analysis, there are challenging topics that can be defined also on individual preferences