Master's thesis presentation. Mohammad is advised by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Roman Obermaisser (University of Siegen) and Prof. Dr. Felix Dietrich.
The SCCS Colloquium is a forum giving students, guests, and members of the chair the opportunity to present their research insights, results, and challenges. Do you need ideas for your thesis topic? Do you want to meet your potential supervisor? Do you want to discuss your research with a diverse group of researchers, rehearse your conference talk, or simply cheer for your colleagues? Then this is the right place for you (and you are also welcome to bring your friends along).
Upcoming talks
Mohammad Asif Ibna Mustafa: Wearable device-based human activity recognition
SCCS Colloquium |
The focus on many of the state of the art researches is now to recognize human behavioral pa@ern
through their acAviAes and reacAons to specific events that can lead to Innumerable applicaAons, for
instance, in medical, security, entertainment, and tacAcal scenarios. The master thesis under Project:
Human Ac0vity Recogni0on and Simula0on(MARS) will provide students the opportunity to
understand the behavioral and health pa@erns of a person with the use of computer vision and
machine learning. Daily human acAviAes, such as “walking” and “running,” are quite common for
everyone and are relaAvely easy to recognize. But for more complex acAviAes, such as “Grabbing an
object” or “Performing a skill-based work” are more difficult to idenAfy. These complex acAviAes may
be divided into smaller and simpler acAviAes, which are generally easier to recognize. But due to
environmental and human-made noisy arAfacts, the development of a fully automated human acAvity
recogniAon system, capable of classifying a person’s acAviAes with low margin of error, is a complex
task. The thesis will focus on developing methods to subtract such noisy arAfacts while tracking and
predicAng the humans gestures and health state for specific acAviAes. MulAple external, non-invasive
and wearable sensors will be used with different persons to create a user-specific acAvity recogniAon
model that can efficiently idenAfy kineAc state of a human and how their health vitals are changing
through these states.
The ideal candidate should be enrolled at a German university and have general idea on machine
learning algorithms. As the thesis requires intensive programming, we expect the candidate to be at
ease with programming environments such as Python/C++. Knowledge on sensors based embedded
system will be an advantage.
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Contribute a talk
To register and schedule a talk, you should fill the form Colloquium Registration at least two weeks before the earliest preferred date. Keep in mind that we only have limited slots, so please plan your presentation early. In special cases, contact colloquium@mailsccs.in.tum.de.
Colloquium sessions are now on-campus. We have booked room MI 00.13.054 for WS24/25. You can either bring your own laptop or send us the slides as a PDF ahead of time. The projector only has an HDMI connection, so please bring your own adapters if necessary.
Do you want to attend but cannot make it in person? We now have a hybrid option. Simply join us through this BBB room: https://bbb.in.tum.de/shu-phv-eyq-rad
We invite students doing their Bachelor's or Master's thesis, as well as IDP, Guided Research, or similar projects at SCCS to give one 20min presentation to discuss their results and potential future work. The time for this is typically after submitting your final text. Check also with your study program regarding any requirements for a final presentation of your project work.
New: In regular times, we will now have slots for presenting early stage projects (talk time 2-10min). This is an optional opportunity for getting additional feedback early and there is no strict timeline.
Apart from students, we also welcome doctoral candidates and guests to present their projects.
During the colloquium, things usually go as follows:
- 10min before the colloquium starts, the speakers setup their equipment with the help of the moderator. The moderator currently is Ana Cukarska. Make sure to be using an easily identifiable name in the online session's waiting room.
- The colloquium starts with an introduction to the agenda and the moderator asks the speaker's advisor/host to put the talk into context.
- Your talk starts. The scheduled time for your talk is normally 20min with additional 5-10min for discussion.
- During the discussion session, the audience can ask questions, which are meant for clarification or for putting the talk into context. The audience can also ask questions in the chat.
- Congratulations! Your talk is over and it's now time to celebrate! Have you already tried the parabolic slides that bring you from the third floor to the Magistrale?
Do you remember a talk that made you feel very happy for attending? Do you also remember a talk that confused you? What made these two experiences different?
Here are a few things to check if you want to improve your presentation:
- What is the main idea that you want people to remember after your presentation? Do you make it crystal-clear? How quickly are you arriving to it?
- Which aspects of your work can you cover in the given time frame, with a reasonable pace and good depth?
- What can you leave out (but maybe have as back-up slides) to not confuse or overwhelm the audience?
- How are you investing the crucial first two minutes of your presentation?
- How much content do you have on your slides? Is all of it important? Will the audience know which part of a slide to look at? Will somebody from the last row be able to read the content? Will somebody with limited experience in your field have time to understand what is going on?
- Are the figures clear? Are you explaining the axes or any other features clearly?
In any case, make sure to start preparing your talk early enough so that you can potentially discuss it, rehearse it, and improve it.
Here are a few good videos to find out more:
- Simon Peyton Jones: How to Give a Great Research Talk (see also How to Write a Great Research Paper)
- Susan McConnell: Designing effective scientific presentations
- Jens Weller: Presenting Code
Did you know that the TUM English Writing Center can also help you with writing good slides?
Work with us!
Do your thesis/student project in Informatics / Mathematics / Physics: Student Projects at the SCCS.