Topics for final theses

Topics for Master's theses arise primarily from our current research projects. If you are interested, please contact the relevant member of staff.

Topics for Bachelor theses

List of topics specifically for Bachelor students.

• Determination of channel parameters of wadis using high-resolution UAV data. (Contact: Robert Krüger)
• Combination of ground and airborne RTK point clouds from a handheld scanner and UAV for precise forest modeling (Contact: Anette Eltner and Carolin Rünger)
• Evaluation of Temporal Constraints and Image Alignment Parameters for Multi-Epoch Multi-Image 3D Reconstruction of the Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia, Argentina (Contact: Anette Eltner & Laura Camila Duran Vergara)

Topics for Bachelor's and Master's theses

List of topics suitable for both Bachelor and Master students.

• AI-based stabilization and occlusion correction of time-lapse images to optimize four-dimensional change detection (contact: Anette Eltner)
• Analysis of high-resolution 3D model time series of alpine mountain flanks (Swiss Alps) with py4Dgeo (contact: Hanne Hendrickx)
• Correction and mapping of thermal time-lapse images of the Murtèl rock glacier, Swiss Alps (contact: Hanne Hendrickx)
• Evaluation of methods for automatic change detection on sand surfaces using images from single or multi-camera systems (contact: Robert Krüger).
• Evaluation of computer vision methods for the automated detection of changes on river banks, bank structures and surrounding waters in Saxony (contact: Caterina Barrasso, supervision in English)
• Evaluation of the geometric accuracy of different Gaussian splatting methods (contact: Anette Eltner & Felix Rocco Matzke)
• Visualizing Point Clouds on the Web Using the 3D Tile Standard: The TUD Campus as an Example (Cooperation with the Institute of Cartography, contact: Steffen Isfort & Katja Richter)
• Visualization of point clouds using a game engine (contact: Steffen Isfort & Katja Richter)

Topics for master theses

List of topics especially for Master students.

• Development of a photogrammetric method for the automatic calculation of small-scale elevation changes in the Atacama Desert (contact: Anette Eltner)
• Observation of the tidal range at Gaussberg in the Antarctic based on photogrammetric (terrestrial and UAV images) and GNSS measurements (contact: Anette Eltner)
• Determination of the thermal properties of geomorphologic forms in alpine areas using UAV images (contact: Anette Eltner)
• Evaluation of image processing methods for the automated detection of pedestrians in high-resolution satellite images (Contact: Anette Eltner)
• 4D filter approaches for the evaluation of time series from 3D point clouds for geomorphological monitoring (Contact: Anette Eltner)
• Development of a 2D recognition-based annotation pipeline for the efficient labeling of 3D composite concrete structures. (Contact: Anette Eltner & Bindusara Nagathihalli Lokesh, supervision in English)
• Creating realistic image datasets for complex natural environments with pre-labeled masks for semantic segmentation. (Contact: Anette Eltner & Bindusara Nagathihalli Lokesh, Supervision in English)
• Long-term stability of internal camera geometry under different environmental conditions (Contact: Anette Eltner & Pedro Zamboni, supervision in English)
• Shoreline mapping with deep learning and two-dimensional Gaussian kernels to support uncertainty estimation in camera levels (contact: Anette Eltner & Pedro Zamboni, supervision in English)
• Evaluation of the geometric accuracy of SAM 3D in object reconstruction and segmentation (Contact: Anette Eltner & Pedro Zamboni, Supervision in English)
• Analysis of Gaussian splatting methods for the reconstruction of large-scale scenes (Contact: Anette Eltner & Felix Rocco Matzke)

Hints

Please ask the supervisors about the availability of the topics. For topic selection, processing, submission and evaluation of the thesis, please refer to our guidelines for theses.