Theses and Research Projects

You must fulfill all requirements of your FPO before applying to a thesis!

Please directly contact a team member of SPARC if you have a particular interest in a project or topic for a thesis. Do not forget to include a transcript of records with all applications!

Master theses:

As part of the thesis, a prototyp for keeping the suture thread under tension (on demand) is to be designed and realised.

Required skills:

  • Fluent in English or German
  • Basic knowledge in mechatronics
  • Experience in designing of mechanical prototype
  • Experience in realising said prototype
  • Working independent and self-supervised
  • [optional] Basic coding skills and electrical engineering (if an automated system is used)

Supervisor:

Steffen Peikert

PhD Candidate

AIBE-SPARC
Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering (AIBE)

Relevant video (from 04:40 – 05:03):

As part of a master thesis, a tool recommendation system for endovascular interventions will be developed based on an existing Reinforcement Learning (RL) agent that can autonomously navigate a guidewire to a desired vessel location. To achieve this, an algorithm will be developed that suggests tools (such as guidewires and catheters) based on predefined metrics to best suit a specific intervention.
Tasks:
  • Conduct literature research on the topic
  • Enhance existing simulation to given problem
  • Define metrices for tool selection
  • Use the existing RL agent to develop a tool recommendation algorithm
  • Test and evaluate the algorithm
  • Participate in weekly team meetings and provide updates on progress

Required skills:

  • Good and clean coding skills
  • Understanding of neural networks, training, and validation
  • Ability to work independently and self-supervised
Good-to-have skills:
  • Familiarity with explainable AI
  • Experience with Simulation Open Framework Architecture (SOFA)

Supervisor:

Jonas Fischer

PhD Candidate

Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering (AIBE)
Surgical Planning and Robotic Cognition Lab

Research projects: