• Research Interests

    Computer Science

    • Computer Vision (esp. 2D/3D tracking, motion compensation, object detection)
    • Machine Learning (esp. deep learning, CNNs, global optimisation)
    • Image Processing (esp. image filtering, transformations, calibration)
    • Computer Graphics (esp. scene reconstruction, virtual and augmented reality)
    • Robotics (esp. navigatoin strategies, visual route identification)

    Engineering

    • 3D Printing (esp. FDM printing, autonomous printing supervision)
    • Imaging Techniques (esp. touch techniques, IR / UV/ POL imaging)
    • Sensor Fusion (esp. multi-camera systems, fusion of genetic techniques)

    Biomedicine & Ecology

    • Behavioural Biology (esp. navigation, insect eyes, laboratory / field experiments)
    • Neuroscience (esp. analysis of Drosophila flies / larvae, cell motion analysis)
    • Artificial Life (esp. simulated evolution)
    • Conservation (esp. insect defaunation)

    Digital Humanities

    • Computer Science Ethics and Implications (esp. artificial intelligence)
    • Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Humanities
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    • CV

      Education

      Professor, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
      Junior Professor (W1), University of Münster, Münster, Germany
      Ph. D. studies, University of Münster, Münster Germany
      Diplom Informatiker (Dipl. Inf.; MSc equivalent), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

      Positions

      Professor, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
      Junior Professor (W1), University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
      Research Associate, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Institute for Action, Perception and Behaviour (Insect Robotics Group)
      Ph. D. studies, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Supervisors: Prof. X. Jiang (Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis) & Prof. C. Klämbt (Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology)
      Diploma degree in computer science with a minor in biology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

      External Functions

      German Informatics Society Membership, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)
      IEEE Membership, Young Professionals and Computer Society Membership.
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    Honors

    WWU Teaching Prize – University of Münster
    Lehrpreis – Fachschaft für Mathematik & Informatik der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    BMVC Outstanding Reviewer Award – The British Machine Vision Association (BMVC)
    Award of Applied Computer Science – IHK Nord Westfalen