Latest News

Here we will inform you about the latest research topics, upcoming events and other news of the department.

News from the Department

 

Article in the magazine »inspect« / 01.10.2024

3D Image Analysis for the Microstructure of Materials

The October issue of »inspect« is dedicated to a vision system with a liquid lens that can adjust the focus in record time.

Our colleague Dr. Katja Schladitz wrote one of the articles on »3D Image Analysis for Microstructures«.

 

Research News / 02.09.2024

Harnessing AI to Fight Global Deforestation

The new EU regulation on combating deforestation requires the species and legal origin of imported timber products to be documented. In order to facilitate this process, we are developing AI analysis software for automatic wood species identification in the project »KI-Wood« together with the Thünen Institute of Wood Research.

 

Article in the Magazine »Qualität und Zuverlässigkeit (QZ)« / 06.05.2024

Pandora's Box for Image Data

In the »eQuality« project a team of our researchers is developing a digital defect library that provides synthetic image data for optical inspection with Kl.

Current Events

 

Karlsruhe / Seminar with Practical Course / 27.11. – 28.11.2024

Seminar »Surface Inspection«

 

The seminar focuses on the modern detection of 3D surface structures down to the nanoscale. Our experts from the »Image Processing« department will give two presentations on the development and application of algorithms in surface inspection and on innovative approaches that surpass traditional methods.

 

Köln / Fair / 12.11. – 14.11.2024

FILTECH 2024

FILTECH is the world's largest event for filtration and separation, where innovative technologies and research results are presented at a trade fair and an accompanying conference. As part of this community, our »Flow and Material Simulation«, »Transport Processes« and »Image Processing« departments contribute to innovations in this important field of application through modelling, simulation and digitalization and present their latest developments on site.

 

Mailand, Italy / Conference / 29.09. – 04.10.2024

European Conference on Computer Vision ECCV 2024

ECC 2024 is the leading conference for computer vision and machine learning. Our employees Mao Runzhou, Juraj Fulir and Lars Nieradzik will be there with the paper »Sequential PatchCore: Anomaly Detection for Surface Inspection using Synthetic Impurities«.

 

Kaiserslautern, Fraunhofer ITWM, Workshops

ToolIP Training Courses

In 2024 - 2025, two workshops on our image processing tool  »ToolIP« will be held, covering the basics of image processing.

Vacancies

For working at industrial and research projects, the department Image Processing is always looking for

Interns

  • We offer internships to students and apprentices in technical or natural scientific area
  • As your work requires a period of vocational adjustment, we can only offer internships of one month or longer

 

BSc/MSc and Diploma Students

  • in mathematically motivated image processing, stochastical geometry and spatial statistic
  • Your field of study is not restricted to mathematics or computer science, but students of physics, engineering or related areas are also invited to apply. We supervise your thesis in cooperation with your university or university of applied sciences (German "Hochschule")

 

PhD Students

  • We are permanently looking for PhD students. PhD students will gain scholarships according to the DFG guidance.