Monocular Depth Estimation for Autonomous Drones Using Deep Learning

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Ingolstadt, Bayern, Deutschland Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Vollzeit

The Fraunhofer Application Center for Connected Mobility and Infrastructure at the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt focuses on current and future topics of automated and cooperative driving. The center combines diverse competences in the fields of sensor technology, communication, and artificial intelligence, fostering synergies with the local industry and aiming for close cooperation with the city of Ingolstadt and its partners.

For our current projects, we are looking for excellent students who would like to write their thesis in the area of Computer Vision and Deep Learning. The thesis(es) will develop cutting-edge methods for monocular depth estimation, which will be applied in the environment perception of autonomous drones.

Requirements

  • Student of Computer or Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical and Information Engineering or similar
  • Strong background in the areas of Deep Learning and Computer Vision
  • Excellent academic performance
  • Very good programming skills in Python
  • Experience with frameworks like PyTorch and/or TensorFlow
  • Own work in the field of Computer Vision
  • Deep understanding of neural networks and transformer architectures
  • Structured, self-dependent, and result-oriented way of working
  • Ambition, creativity, and commitment in the daily work routine
  • High motivation and ability to work in a team

What You Can Expect

  • Challenging tasks in cutting-edge and application-relevant subject areas
  • Interdisciplinary research on promising technologies
  • Professional supervision
  • Adequate remuneration
  • A modern research infrastructure
  • Flexible working hours
  • A young, dynamic team in an open and friendly working environment

Fraunhofer is Europe's largest application-oriented research organization. Our research efforts are geared entirely to people's needs: health, security, communication, energy, and the environment. We are creative. We shape technology. We design products. We improve methods and techniques. We open up new vistas.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI in Dresden employs more than 150 research fellows in five departments and collaborates closely with the TU Dresden, the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, and the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt.

We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation, and identity. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability.

We are a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, helping shape society now and in the future.



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