Doctoral Examinations (Rigorosen)

Group Decision Technologies for Complex Products and Services

Dipl.-Ing. Müslüm Atas, BSc

17 September 2020, 13:30
SR IST, Inffeldgasse 16b, 8010 Graz

Chairman: Denis Helic
1^st examiner: Alexander Felfernig
2^nd examiner: Tomi Männistö

Magnetic Induction Tomography Spectroscopy (MITS): Tomograph Optimization for Biomedical Application

Dipl.-Ing. Sinan Issa

21 September 2020, 10:00
BMT03094, Stremayrgasse 16, 3^rd floor

Chairman: Gerhard Sommer
1^st examiner: Hermann Scharfetter
2^nd examiner: Karl Helmut Lackner
3^rd examiner: Werner Renhart

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Stefan Manfred Spann

25 September 2020, 11:00
BMT03094, Stremayrgasse 16, 3^rd floor

Chairman: Hermann Scharfetter
1^st examiner: Rudolf Stollberger
2^nd examiner: Stefan Ropele

Semantic Analysis of Mobile Applications

Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Feichtner, BSc

29 September 2020, 14:00
WebEx

Chairman: Denis Helic
1^st examiner: Reinhard Posch
2^nd examiner: Kai Rannenberg

Biologically plausible learning and meta-learning in recurrent networks of spiking neurons

Anand Subramoney

01 October 2020, 15:00
WebEx

Chairman: Denis Helic
1^st examiner: Wolfgang Maas
2^nd examiner: Sepp Hochreiter

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Markus Alfons Geith

09 October 2020, 14:00
BMT03094, Stremayrgasse 16, 3^rd floor

Chairman: Gerhard Sommer
1^st examiner: Gerhard Holzapfel
2^nd examiner: David A. Nordsletten

Deep Learning with Structured Models

Dipl.-Ing. Patrick Knöbelreiter, BSc

14 October 2020, 16:00
WebEx

Chairman: Denis Helic
1^st examiner: Thomas Pock
2^nd examiner: Andreas Geiger

Utility of Social and Narrative Features in Recommender Systems

Dipl.-Ing. Lukas Eberhard, BSc

14 October 2020, 10:00
WebEx

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1^st examiner: Denis Helic
2^nd examiner: Martin Atzmüller

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Reinmar Kobler

19 October 2020, 13:00
WebEx

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1^st examiner: Gernot Müller-Putz
2^nd examiner: Tonio Ball

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Andreas Schwarz

27 October 2020, 16:00
BMT03094, Stremayrgasse 16, 3^rd floor

Chairman: Marcel Baunach
1^st examiner: Gernot Müller-Putz
2^nd examiner: Luis Montesano

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Past Examinations

Application of Variational Methods for Field Mapping in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Johann Lesch, BSc

16 September 2020, 11:30
BMT03094, Stremayrgasse 16, 3^rd floor

Chairman: Hermann Scharfetter
1^st examiner: Rudolf Stollberger
2^nd examiner: Maxim Zaistev

Characteristics and Use of the International Microtask Workforce

Dipl.-Ing. Lisa Posch, BSc

27 August 2020, 12:30
Webex

Chairman: Denis Helic
1^st examiner: Markus Strohmaier
2^nd examiner: David Garcia

Sum-Product Networks for Complex Modelling Scenarios

Martin Trapp

25 August 2020, 14:00
Webex

Chairman: Denis Helic
1^st examiner: Franz Pernkopf
2^nd examiner: Kristian Kersting

tba

Andreas Gerd Petrovic

31 July 2020, 08:30
Webex

Chairman: Hermann Scharfetter
1^st examiner: Rudolf Stollberger
2^nd examiner: Roland Bammer

tba

Tiago Filipe Teixeiera dos Santos

30 July 2020, 09:00
Webex

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1^st examiner: Denis Helic
2^nd examiner: Markus Strohmaier

Single Image 3D Vision for Objects in the Wild

Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Grabner, BSc

29 June 2020, 15:00
Webex

Chairman: Denis Helic
1^st examiner: Vincent Lepetit
2^nd examiner: Federico Tombari

Enclave Security and Address-based Side Channels

Dipl.-Ing. Samuel Weiser, BSc

26 June 2020, 11:00
Webex

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1^st examiner: Stefan Mangard
2^nd examiner: Thomas Eisenbarth

The role of nuclear quadrupole spin resonance in the design of a new class of MRI-contrast agents

Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gösweiner, BSc

09 June 2020, 10:00
Webex

Chairman: Gerhard Sommer
1^st examiner: Hermann Scharfetter
2^nd examiner: Per-Olof Westlund

Managing Open Ecosystems: An Agile Approach

Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Müller, BSc

29 May 2020, 09:00
Webex

Chairman: Denis Helic
1^st examiner: Wolfgang Slany
2^nd examiner: Kenji Tanaka

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Dipl.-Ing. Peter Mohr-Ziak, BSc

26 May 2020, 10:00
SR ICG or Webex

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1^st examiner: Dieter Schmalstieg
2^nd examiner: Bruce H. Thomas

Edge-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

Dipl.-Ing. Fabian Schenk, BSc

18 May 2020, 15:00
SR ICG or Webex

Chairman: Denis Helic
1^st examiner: Friedrich Fraundorfer
2^nd examiner: Thorsten Sattler

System Architectures and Techniques for Efficient, Secure, and Trusted Code Execution

Dipl.-Ing. Mario Werner, BSc

07 May 2020, 10:00
SR ICG or Webex

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1^st examiner: Stefan Mangard
2^nd examiner: Ingrid Verbauwhede

Adaptive User Interfaces Based on Visualization, Analysis and Prediction of User's Interactions and Behaviors

Nelson De Jesus Silverio da Silva

30 April 2020, 15:00
Webex

Chairman: Denis Helic
1^st examiner: Tobias Schreck
2^nd examiner: Wolfgang Aigner
3^rd examiner: Stefanie Lindstaedt

Learning without Labeling for 3D Hand Pose Estimation

Dipl.-Ing. Georg Poier

03 April 2020, 12:30
SR ICG, Inffeldgasse 16a, 2^nd floor

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1st examiner: Horst Bischof
2nd examiner: Antonis A. Argyros

Evaluation of in-vitro and ex-vivo methods for bioequivalence testing of topically applied dermatological drug products

Dipl.-Ing. Katrin Tiffner

26 February 2020, 15:00
BMT03034, Stremayrgasse 16, 3^rd floor

Chairman: Gerhard Sommer
1st examiner: Hermann Scharfetter
2nd examiner: Frank Sinner

Development and Evaluation of a Single Site device for conjoined Glucose Sensing and Insulin Infusion in Diabetes Patients

Dipl.-Ing. Mathias Tschaikner

24 February 2020, 09:00
BMT03034, Stremayrgasse 16, 3^rd floor

Chairman: Gerhard Sommer
1st examiner: Hermann Scharfetter
2nd examiner: Lukas Schaupp

Extended Reality Interfaces for Teleoperation of Aerial Robots

Werner Alexander Isop, BSc MSc

03 February 2020, 15:00
SR Franz Leberl, Inffeldgasse 16, 2nd floor

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Dieter Schmalstieg
2nd examiner: Kiyoshi Kiyokawa

Shield Synthesis - Runtime Enforcement for Reactive Systems

Dipl.-Ing. Bettina Könighofer, BSc

24 January 2020, 14:00
SR IST, Inffeldgasse 16b, 2nd floor

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Roderick Bloem
2nd examiner: Ufuk Topcu

Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion Contrast for MRI at 3T.

Dipl.-Ing. Markus Bödenler, BSc

15 January 2020, 10:30
BKEG053, Petersgasse 14, ground floor

Chairman: Gerhard Sommer
1st examiner: Hermann Scharfetter
2nd examiner: Ludovic De Rochefort

Learning-Based Testing in Networked Environments in the Presence of Timed and Stochastic Behaviour

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Tappler, BSc

19 December 2019, 14:00
SR IST, Inffeldgasse 16b, 2nd floor

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1st examiner: Bernhard Aichernig
2nd examiner: Larsen G. Kim

Recommendation and Decision Support Techniques for Groups

Thi Ngoc Trang Tran

17 December 2019, 15:00
SR IST, Inffeldgasse 16b, 2nd floor

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Alexander Felfernig
2nd examiner: Gerhard Leitner

Usable Security and Privacy

Dipl.-Ing.ⁱⁿ Vesna Krnjic, BSc

13 December 2019, 14:00
SR IST, Inffeldgasse 16b, 2nd floor

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1st examiner: Wolfgang Slany
2nd examiner: Thomas Grechenig

Development of an event-related potential based brain-computer interface following user-centered design principles

Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Pinegger

12 December 2019, 14:00
BMTEG138, Stremayrgasse 16

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1st examiner: Gernot Müller-Putz
2nd examiner: Michael Tangermann

Model based evaluation of integrated care and health economic outcome in heart failure treatment

Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Lassnig, BSc

20 November 2019, 11:00
BMT01046, Stremayrgasse 16

Chairman: Hermann Scharfetter
1st examiner: Jörg Schröttner
2nd examiner: Daniel Baumgarten
3rd examiner: Christian Baumgartner

Mechanical Testing and Modeling of Human Thoracic Aortic Tissues in Health and Disease

Selda Sherifova, MSc

18 November 2019, 16:00
HS E3.1, Petersgasse 10-12, 8010 Graz

Chairman: Hermann Scharfetter
1st examiner: Gerhard Holzapfel
2nd examiner: David Nordsletten

Software-based Side-Channel Attacks and Defenses in Restricted Environments

Dipl.-Ing. Michael Schwarz, BSc

05 November 2019 | 14:30
SR IAIK, Inffeldgasse 16a

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Daniel Gruss
2nd examiner: Frank Piessens

Wave Oriented Swarm Paradigm: Unification of common swarm behaviors using minimalistic communication

Joshua Cherian Varughese, B.Tech.(Hons), MSc

04 November 2019 | 15:00
Siemens Hörsaal, Inffeldgasse 16b

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Franz Wotawa
2nd examiner: Heiko Hamann
3rd examiner: Thomas Schmickl

Evaluation of low-frequency EEG signals as an intuitive movement control signal for BCIs

Dipl.-Ing. Patrick Ofner, BSc

04 November 2019 | 14:00
BMT01046, Stremayrgasse 16/I

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1st examiner: Gernot Müller-Putz
2nd examiner: Moritz Grosse-Wentrup

Interaction-based Support of Selective Attention in Online Courses

Dipl.-Ing. Josef Wachtler, BSc

04 October 2019 | 14:00
SR PZ2EG034, Inffeldgasse 13

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Martin Ebner
2nd examiner: Thomas Köhler

Exploring the information worker's space

Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Geymayer, BSc

27 September 2019 | 13:00
SR Franz Leberl, Inffeldgasse 16/II

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Dieter Schmalstieg
2nd examiner: Harald Reiterer

Gradient descent learning in recurrent and spiking neural network models

Guillaume Bellec

24 September 2019 | 14:30
SR IGI, Inffeldgasse 16b/I

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Wolfgang Maass
2nd examiner: Wulfram Gerstner

Pattern Recognition in Analog Wafer Test Data - A Health Factor for Process Patterns

Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Schrunner, BSc

24 September 2019 | 13:00
HS i8, Inffeldgasse 13

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Stefanie Lindstaedt
2nd examiner: Jürgen Pilz

Recommendation and Configuration Technologies for the Internet of Things

Seda Polat Erdeniz

16 September 2019 | 14:00
SR IST, Inffeldgasse 16b/II

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Alexander Felfernig
2nd examiner: Ilias Maglogiannis

Mobile Application Testing Using Behavior-Driven Development Based Specifications for Android Platform

Zulfiqar Ali

[CHANGE OF DATE] 26 June 2019 | 11:30
SR IGI, Inffeldgasse 16b

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Wolfgang Slany
2nd examiner: Thomas Grechenig

A subdivision approach to isogeometric analysis

Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Riffnaller-Schiefer

18 June 2019 | 16:00
SR CGV, Inffeldgasse 16c/II

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Wolf-Dietrich Fellner
2nd examiner: Andre Stork

Application of Massively Parallel Geometry Processing

Dipl.-Ing. Mark Dokter, BSc

18 June 2019 | 10:30
SR ICG, Inffeldgasse 16/II

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1st examiner: Dieter Schmalstieg
2nd examiner: Karol Myszkowski

Knowledge Discovery in E-Learning with Social Media

Nauman Sharif, BSc MSc

12 June 2019 | 11:30
SR IGI, Inffeldgasse 16b/I

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1st examiner: Denis Helic
2nd examiner: M. Tanvir Afzal

Cryptographic Schemes with Enhanced Security Properties and Post-Quantum Instantiations

Dipl.-Ing. Sebastian Ramacher, BSc BSc MSc

17 May 2019 | 13:00
IFEG042, Inffeldgasse 16a, EG

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Christian Rechberger
2nd examiner: Tibor Jager

Speech enhancement using deep neural beamformers

Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Zöhrer, BSc

17 May 2019 | 11:00
SR IGI, Inffeldgasse 16b, 1.OG

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Franz Pernkopf
2nd examiner: Michael Pucher

Cryptanalysis of AES-like Ciphers and Reviving Old Design Ideas for New Constructions

Lorenzo Grassi

26.04.2019 | 14:00
SR ICG, Inffeldgasse 16, 2.OG

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Christian Rechberger
2nd examiner: Anne Canteaut

Variational Networks for Medical Image Reconstruction

Kerstin Hammernik, Dipl.-Ing. BSc

26.04.2019 | 12:30
SR Franz Leberl, Inffeldgasse 16/II

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Thomas Pock
2nd examiner: Daniel Rueckert

User-Assistance Systems for Measuring Human-Made Structures with Robotic Total Stations

Christoph Klug, Dipl.-Ing. BSc

23.04.2019 | 14:00
Franz Leberl Seminar Room, Inffeldgasse 16/II

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Dieter Schmalstieg
2nd examiner: Gudrun Klinker

Image-Based Urban 3D Reconstruction

Thomas Holzmann, MSc

21.03.2019 | 13:30
SR ICG, Inffeldgasse 16, 2.OG

Chairman: Denis Helic
1st examiner: Horst Bischof
2nd examiner: Florent Lafarge

Consensus Dynamics in Online Collaboration Networks

Dipl.-Ing. Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi

23.01.2019 | 13:00 PZ2, Inffeldgasse 13, 6.OG

Chairwoman: Ursula Augsdörfer
1st examiner: Denis Helic
2nd examiner: Tobias Ley