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Our Center for Vision, Automation & Control located in Vienna invites applications for a master’s thesis position.
For this Master thesis project, you will become a team member of the Competence Unit High-Performance Vision Systems (HVS), where we innovate 2D & 3D vision systems that go beyond the state of the art, by developing advanced vision sensor concepts, designing scalable embedded vision systems, and applying machine learning methods to conduct high-performance visual quality inspection in industrially relevant settings. The Competence Unit has been active in research for industrial inspection and quality assurance systems for over 20 years, which creates a stimulating and supportive framework for the students working with us.
The objective of this Master’s thesis project is to evaluate the potential of liquid lens technology for industrial inspection, particularly for two industrially relevant use cases, including fast optical line-scanning and 3D inline computational imaging. Several industries are facing the challenge of becoming more sustainable by enhancing their production processes to use energy and material resources more efficiently. This can be supported by vision-based quality inspection systems avoiding/reducing waste during production. However, for fast optical inspection systems, required for high-throughput production processes, the limited depth of field of view of conventional optical imaging systems becomes a major obstacle. It is possible to overcome this limitation with liquid lenses, which are mature enough to be used in industrially relevant scenarios.
MASTER THESIS “LIQUID LENSES FOR INLINE INSPECTION”
CENTER FOR VISION, AUTOMATION & CONTROL
Please note that the integration you will address will primarily be software-related, while mechanical integration will be handled by colleagues at HVS.
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At AIT diversity and inclusion are of great importance. This is why we strive to inspire women to join our teams in the field of technology. We welcome applications from women, who will be given preference in case of equal qualifications after taking into account all relevant facts and circumstances of all applications.
Please submit your application documents including your CV, cover letter, and relevant certificates (transcript of records) online.
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