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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
[Translate to English:] © Peter Sondermann​/​TU Dortmund

Main research areas

  • Simulation and modeling of high-resolution headlamp systems in vehicles
  • Optimizing the illumination of high-resolution headlamp systems in virtual environments
  • Optimal illumination of high-resolution headlamp systems for automated driving

Further activities

  • WiSe 2024/2025: Co-supervision of the lecture and exercise Automated Driving
  • SoSe 2024: Co-supervision of the lecture and exercise Automotive Systems
  • Summer semester 2024: Supervision of the project group "Robust Object Detection at Night for Automated Driving"
  • WiSe 2023/2024: Design and implementation of the elective internship "Mobile Robotics with ROS"
  • Summer semester 2023: Co-supervision of the Automotive Systems lecture
  • Summer semester 2023: Design and implementation of the elective internship "Mobile Robotics with ROS"
  • Summer semester 2023: Supervision of the project group "Environment Modeling for Robotics and Automated Driving"
  • Winter semester 2022/2023: Design and implementation of the elective internship "Mobile Robotics with ROS"
  • Summer semester 2022: Design and implementation of the elective internship "Mobile Robotics with ROS"
  • Summer semester 2022: Design and implementation of the elective internship "Mobile Robotics with ROS"

Conference contributions and lectures

2024

2023

  • Müller, N., Felix Glatzel, Mirko Waldner and Torsten Bertram: "Virtual Optimization of Matrix Headlights for Improved Automated Object Detection and Energy Efficiency" 15th International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL), 2023
  • Waldner, M., Nathalie Müller and Torsten Bertram: "Lessons Learned in the Development of a High-Definition Matrix Headlight Real-Time Simulator" 15th International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL), 2023
  • Kauschke, R., Boris Kubitza, Carsten Wilks, Mirko Waldner, Nathalie Müller, Torsten Bertram and Markus Grünke: " AHEAD - Innovative Lighting for Automated Driving - Lighting Strategies for a Better Camera Detection " 15th International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL), 2023
  • Müller, N., Mirko Waldner and Torsten Bertram: "Usage of Material Properties of 3D Objects for an Improved Illumination by High-Definition Matrix Headlights" Lux junior 2023: 16th International Forum for Young Lighting Engineers, 2023
  • Waldner, M., Nathalie Müller and Torsten Bertram: "Different Approaches to Optimize High-Definition Matrix Headlights to Improve Computer Vision" Lux junior 2023: 16th International Forum for Young Lighting Engineers, 2023

2022

  • Müller, N., Mirko Waldner and Torsten Bertram:"Virtual Development and Optimization of High-Definition Headlights" International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME) 2022 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9988290
  • Waldner, M., Nathalie Müller and Torsten Bertram: "Flexible Modeling of High-Definition Matrix Headlights" IEEE/ASME (AIM) International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics 2022 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9863399
  • Kauschke, R., Mirko Waldner, Nathalie Müller, Torsten Bertram and Markus Grünke: "Is automated driving better with camera-optimized lighting functions? Top-down development of optimized light distributions for automated driving" 9th VDI Conference on Optical Technologies in Automotive Engineering 30.06. - 01.07.2022

Journal and book contributions

2022

  • Waldner, M., Nathalie Müller and Torsten Bertram: "Energy-Efficient Illumination by Matrix Headlamps for Nighttime Automated Object Detection" International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research, Vol. 2 No. 3 (2022)
    https://www.ijecer.org/ijecer/issue/view/6

Student research projects / Bachelor's / Master's theses

  • B. Basci:
    Evaluation of the influence of lighting and training parameters on the object recognition of artificial neural networks during virtual night driving
    Bachelor's thesis at the Chair of Control Systems Engineering at Dortmund University of Technology,
    May 2024.
    Supervision: Müller, N., Waldner, M., Bertram, T.
  • B. Basci:
    Improvement of object detection at night through deep learning
    Scientific project work at the Chair of Control Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund,
    September 2023.
    Supervision: Müller, N., Waldner, M., Bertram, T.
  • F. Glatzel:
    Optimization of the illumination of matrix headlights for computer-based vision
    at the Chair of Control Systems Engineering at Dortmund University of Technology,
    March 2023.
    Supervision: Müller, N., Waldner, M., Bertram, T.

 

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