Thesis

Bachelor thesis

2010

Stefan Pfister (EIA-FR/Eindhoven, Netherlands) - A Product That Remembers

This project analyses Echo State Networks in order to implement learning from memory over time. The report acts as a practical exploration on how to apply and optimize Echo State Networks. Existing implementations will be used and adapted to conform the different experiments to show the abilities of Echo State Networks. The project was elaborated at the University of Technology in Eindhoven.

Raphael Jacquiard - CowSTAR: Cow Smartphone Automatic Recognition

The goal of this project is to develop an increased reality application, which enables us to recognise a cow among other cows indexed in a database. In order to recognise the cow, we will use its skin, which is “unique” as a comparison criterion. When the cow is recognised, the information is transmitted to an iPhone.

Fabien Guillod - JIMEE: Image Processing Education Environment

Oliver Price - ICP in VTK: 3D Image Processing Algorithms in VTK

The aim of this project is to enrich the application developed in an earlier semester project with an image processing toolkit. At the end the application will use basic 3D segmentation tools, which will be applicable to the data extracted from a three-dimensional camera.    

Michael Gendre - Photomaton 3D 

This project is elaborated within the framework of the project Biometry 3D, elaborated at EIA-FR. The principal aim of the Bachelor thesis is to guide a user in front of a 3D camera to place himself/herself correctly. The Photomaton will consequently take a screenshot and save it. The goal of the screenshot in the “correct position” is to be able to simplify the 3D and 2D data processing from several cameras. A “combination” of these data will also be possible.

Alain Menoud - 3D Face recognition via PCA

The project focuses on the face recognition, which is a widespread technology in biometric systems. The algorithm used in this project already exists, it is the Principal Component Analysis (PCA).  

Frédéric Nell - Data synchronisation for distributed sensors' systems

This project is realized within the framework of the doctoral thesis ARAMIS, elaborated at EIA-FR. Its aim is to conceive and develop a synchronisation technique for data coming from different sensors (accelerometers and cameras) positioned on a user in an environment in which he/she will develop. 

Garry Heger (EIA-FR/ETHZ) - Open Track

This project aims to design a "tracking system". Such systems enable the observation of a person or an object on the move. This will be applied to the lecture rooms of ETH as part of an e-learning system. This project was elaborated in collaboration with Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Julien Tscherrig - Head-Computer Interface 

The aim of the project is to develop an application which would enable the users to move in a virtual environment, such as  Google Street View, with help of physiological sensors, such as Electroencephalograph (EEG) and Electromyograph (EMG).

Martin Maillard - SmartPhone-Based Assistive Technologies

Increased reality on smartphones is a quickly expanding domain with interesting perspectives. The goal of the SBAT project is to combine this and other technologies with the aim of improving the daily life quality of certain users. The first idea was to help people suffering from visual deficiencies by enabling them, for example, to follow a line marked on the ground using an acoustic and vibrating guiding.  

Cedric Demierre - Interactive poker table

Sébastien Baudin - Web Management for NAIF framework

Natural Ambient Intelligence Framework (Framework NAIF) was developed at the College of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg. To eliminate the main problem of this application - not containing a summary application for starting and stopping services, a development of a web site called Web Manager was launched in the framework of this Bachelor thesis. With the Manager it should be possible to add, delete, start and stop different services “without aiming at them.” Developers will then be able to easily integrate their proper services and to display all the essential data in order to facilitate the debugging of certain applications. 

Mathieu Barras (EIA-FR/CERN) - BibSword: implementation of SWORD client in Invenio for the automated submission of digital objects to ArXiv 

The aim of this project is to analyse, design and implement a library oriented SWORD client module (BibSword). This module will offer a user interface and will be integrated in the Invenio submission process. This project was elaborated in collaboration with CERN.

Christian Aebischer - iPad@Home

The goal of this project is to create a home automation environment simulating a living room operated with the latest generation Apple tool, iPad, which brings a flexible and ergonomic interface.