Practical Research Projects
Q1+2 2011, Q3+4 2012, 5 ECTS
Aims
The purpose of Practical Research Projects is to give the students an opportunity to work together with the scientific staff at the department (PhD students and their advisors) in connection to ongoing research projects. This will give the students an introduction to the research work environment and strengthen the connection between the research and teaching activities.
Learning outcome
The participants will become able to:
- discuss the research work process,
- apply terminology, methods, and results from the respective area, and
- plan and execute a smaller research related project.
Additional more specific learning outcomes are specified in the individual project descriptions.
Open projects
Open projects are projects that have already been defined by a project owner (supervisor), but so far does not have an associated student who is performing it. If a project on the list has an associated quarter which has already started (or even ended), it may well be possible for the project owner to run the project later on, which is the reason why the projects are not automatically removed when the indicated quarter is about to start.
- Improving OpenStreetMap/Google Maps with spatio-textual region queries,
proposed by Anders Skovsgaard - Benchmarking systems for secure computation,
proposed by Thomas Jakobsen - Developing a parallel reduction of the backward and posterior decoding algorithms for hidden Markov models,
proposed by Andreas Sand - Implementing the parred hidden Markov model algorithms for general purpose GPUs,
proposed by Andreas Sand - Computing the triplet distance of binary trees in time O(nlog(n)),
proposed by Andreas Sand - Computing the all-pairs triplet distance,
proposed by Andreas Sand - Query processing with an uncertain data management system,
proposed by Matteo Magnani
If you are a student looking for a PREP to perform and there is no open project that matches your interests, you should note that it is always possible for a project owner and a project performer to make plans for a project and propose by email that it is registered as a PREP. This is actually a quite common way to establish PREPs today.
Current projects
- A new physically plausible reflectance model,
proposed by Toshiya Hachisuka - Implementing a Probability Model for XML Trees,
proposed by Jakob G. Thomsen - A User Experience Analysis of Google Latitude (2 projects in collaboration),
proposed by Susanne Bødker
Former projects
- Web data extraction frameworks,
proposed by Jakob Thomsen - Recognition of route similarity in indoor environments based on WiFi
measurements,
proposed by Mikkel B. Kjærgaard - Creating general context-aware software components for inferring complex situations,
proposed by Frank Allan Hansen - Experimental study of speeding up I/O algorithms using parallelism of multicores,
proposed by Nodari Sitchinava - Playful Interaction at home for older adults,
proposed by Nervo Verdezoto - Spatial organization for web content,
proposed by Niels Olof Bouvin - A Study of Mobile Location-aware Services' Use of Space and Place,
proposed by Matthias Korn - Morten Skov Jørgensen: "Visualizing data in time",
proposed by Morten Bohøj - Esben Andreasen: "Static Analysis of JWIG web application consistency",
proposed by Mathias Schwarz - Anders Andersen: "Implementing Cryptographic Protocols for Distributed RSA Key Generation",
proposed by Gert Læssøe Mikkelsen - Anders Jacobsen: "Literature Survey on Mobile User Experience Research Methods",
proposed by Matthias Korn - Jesper Asbjørn Sindahl Nielsen: "NP-completeness of puzzles",
proposed by Morten Schaumburg - Anders Leth Johnsen: "Comparing small molecular graphs",
proposed by Thomas G. Kristensen - Martin Castberg Thuesen: "Bridging text messages and Facebook",
proposed by Jakob G. Thomsen - Steffen Daniel Jensen: "Control-Flow Analysis with Reachability",
proposed by Jan Midtgaard - Tore K. Frederiksen: "Practical Attacks on Lattice-based Cryptosystems",
proposed by Peter Sebastian Norholt og Rikke Bendlin - Matthias Diehn Ingesmann: "Establishing a precise account of some novel OO language mechanisms",
proposed by Erik Ernst
How to participate
See the list above of open projects. If you wish to participate, send an application by email to the project owner (listed under 'Responsible' for each project) containing
- name and student ID
- the title of the project that you wish to perform
- a brief description of your qualifications and motivation for this particular project
Note that projects may require certain courses as prerequisites for participation. Participation is generally limited to students enrolled in the master's program (i.e., excluding bachelor's students).
Staff
The daily contact will typically be taken care of by PhD students (and their advisors, as formally responsible for the activities). Erik Ernst coordinates the list of research projects and the applications for participation.
Assessment
Written report, presentation for the research group (15 minutes), and oral examination (15 minutes). Grade by 7-scale.