Program Overview

Proseminar Medieninformatik

The Proseminar Medieninformatik is a seminar that focuses on the current state of research and developments in media informatics. The overarching theme for the summer semester 2010 is Algorithms in Media Informatics.

Objective

The objective of this proseminar is to provide students with the fundamentals of research, documentation, and presentation, and to promote these skills.

Target Audience

This proseminar is exclusively designed for students of Media Informatics (Bachelor).

Scope and Credits

• Umfang: 2 SWS + Vortrag
• ECTS-Credits: 3

Lecturers and Supervision

• Dozent: Prof. Butz, Prof. Hußmann
• Betreuung: Dominikus Baur

Aktuelles

Recent updates and announcements regarding the proseminar include:

• 07.7.10: No meeting on Friday, 9.7.; submission of work via email.
• 02.7.10: Submission requirements include LaTeX source code, used images, and a PDF version.
• 02.7.10: Deadline for written assignments is Friday, 9.7., 12 Uhr, to be submitted via email to Dominikus Baur.
• 04.5.10: Example of a previous proseminar assignment available.
• 30.4.10: Recommended IDEs for LaTeX are TeXnicCenter + MikTeX (Windows) and TeXShop (Mac OSX).
• 23.4.10: Topics have been assigned; please note the research hints in the forum and the introduction to the main seminar.
• 19.3.10: Application deadline has passed; 63 applications received. The list of participants is now online.
• 10.3.10: Registration via email to Dominikus Baur by Wednesday, 17.3.2010, 12 Uhr, including first name, last name, matriculation number, course of study, and semester.
• 10.3.10: The proseminar has been rescheduled to 9 - 11 Uhr due to overlapping schedules.

Termine und Ort

• Seminar: 9 - 11 Uhr, Fridays
• Ort: Amalienstr. 17, Raum A105

Inhalt

The seminar involves students presenting the current state of research and developments in a media informatics-related topic. The goal is to teach and promote the basics of research, documentation, and presentation.

Aufgaben

Tasks in this proseminar include:

• Regular participation
• Holding a presentation (15 minutes, in German or English)
• Creating a handout (in English)
• Writing a paper (using LaTeX, 2-3 pages, in English)

Themen

Topics and their assignees:

• 23.04.: Introduction and topic assignment
• 30.04.: Tips and Q&A session
• 07.05.:
• 14.05.:
• 21.05.:
  • Pathfinding B* by Felix Praschak
  • Minmax + Alpha-Beta Pruning by Corinna Lins
  • Breadth-/Depth-first by Sarah Torma
  • Intelligent Camera Control by Christian Becker
• 28.05.:
  • Cellular Automata by Thomas Burghart
  • Genetic Algorithms by Florian Hähnel
  • Particle Swarm Optimization by Christiane Wölfel
  • Ant Colony Optimization by Benjamin Maldoner
• 04.06.:
• 11.06.:
  • Level of Detail by Sylvia Kempe
  • Normal Mapping by Susanne Zirker
  • Ray Tracing by Johannes Preis
  • Particle Systems by Jonas Hartmann
• 18.06.:
  • Force-based layout by Elisa Raabe
  • Simulated Annealing by Thomas Rixner
  • Ragdoll Physics by Marko Nalis
  • Collision Detection by Sarah-Kristin Thiel
• 25.06.:
  • Collaborative Filtering by Hon Nguyen
  • Porter Stemming by Max Kleucker
  • PageRank by Rhea Marstaller
  • Self-Organizing Maps by Florian Weinhart
• 02.07.:
• 09.07.: Submission of papers via email (no meeting)