The entrance of the B-IT building. The entrance of the B-IT building at night. Inside the B-IT building. Inside the B-IT building. Entering the garden of the B-IT building. A view into the garden. The B-IT building overlooking the river Rhine. A view over the Rhine river. Architects meet in augmented reality. Beethoven's parlour in the virtual Beethoven House. A presentation in the virtual reality cave (i-CONE (TM)). -------- What our alumni say: - I am currently doing my PhD and I have to say a lot of thanks to our B-IT, especially my master program Media Informatics. I could not only build the basis for my current research but I also had the opportunity to gain project experience and to improve my various soft skills including language, presentation, communication, and teamwork. - In my opinion the program Media Informatics is quite unique in the sense that it combines the elements of theoretical knowledge with practical experience which I have rarely seen in other graduate programs. In my current job I regularly have to interact with people from different nationalities.and I would strongly recommend this program to anyone who wants to develop a specialization in media technology while building on his intercultural skills. (Till now we had students from 46 nations. Within one year group we regularly have students from more than 12 nations.) - This program was a very good mix of theory and practice which is very helpful for both industrial job minded and research minded students. - A lot of the courses from my master programme have come very handy at my work and the practical and research experiences gained e.g. at the Fraunhofer Institutes through my internships and thesis changed my way of thinking on solving research problems. - After I received my master’s degree I started my PhD studies at B-IT. Within 9 months one article from me was accepted for publication by IEEE Computer Society and I received a best student paper award for another article from ICISIE. - I would like to express my most sincere gratitude for all the support in the completion of my Master's studies. I really enjoyed staying in Germany and reserve very fond memories of the place, the people, and it's culture. The years I spent there have been a wonderful learning experience for me and I look forward to visiting the country in the future. (About 2/3 of our alumni stay in Germany, the others return to their home country or work in other countries of the EU or abroad.) - I can attribute much of my professional success to sound foundations developed during my masters’ studies in Media Informatics. The distinguishing feature of this program is the amazing variety of available courses and labs. Media Informatics students have a unique opportunity to participate in courses from three leading institutions, with accompanying labs to consolidate their concepts via hands-on application. Last, but not the least, my thesis at Fraunhofer IAIS, gave me the chance to become actively involved in German research project VIOLA and EU research project PHOSPHOROUS, which was itself a great experience. My description would stay incomplete without a word about beautiful city of Bonn. The friendly atmosphere and scenic landscape of this city makes it a fascinating living place whose memories are still captivating for me. - The programme was both challenging and fun. It gave me an opportunity to work with students from different countries and with varying perspectives. One of my favourite aspects were the labs where we went out into the field and obtained some hands-on experience while working with top researchers. I would recommend this programme to anyone! -------- Media Informatics graduates accepted a wide range of positions in research and business, e.g. at: Ableton AG Adecco Engineering & IT, Adecco Phaholyothin Recruitment Ltd. Arab American University Jenin Atma Jaya Yogyakarta University Avedas AG B-IT Bahria University, University of Stuttgart Bank of Mexico Bertelsmann AG/Lycos GmbH Bombardier Inc. Brainloop AG BTC Business Technology Consulting AG CAS GmbH CBC Cologne Broadcasting Center GmbH COMNEON GmbH Deutsche Telekom AG Dynevo GmbH (Bayer) Ericsson AG European Computer Telecoms AG FGAN Finantix Srl Forth Fox Chase Fraunhofer FIT Fraunhofer IAIS IdeaObject Softwares (Pvt) Ltd. IP Labs iPharro Media GmbH IW-One AG / QSC AG Kisters AG Lakshmi Technology and Engineering Industries Ltd. LHS Telekommunikation Lycos Mastercard Microsoft NAVTEQ Next Level Integration GmbH Novartis Oando Plc PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Qiagen GmbH Research Center Jülich RWTH Aachen University Samsung Electronics SAP AG sd&m AG Siemens AG Siemens Healthcare AG Solutions 4 Media T-Systems Technical University Eindhoven Teleca Tessella plc The University of the West Indies TU Darmstadt TU Munich University of Asia and the Pacific University of Augsburg University of Bonn University of Duisburg-Essen University of Edinburgh University of Hamburg University of Heidelberg University of Trento Vodafone AG Werum Software & Systems Workplace Systems -------- Examples of done master's theses topics: - Interactive Path Planning and Real-Time Motion Synthesis for Articulated Humanoid Characters in Virtual Environments - User Centered Requirements Engineering for Highly Situated Collaborative Activities (Early Prototyping of a Wearable Computing System for Fire Fighters) - Improving Schema Matching by Exploiting Semantic Information - Building an Internet Community for Cooperative Work and Information Sharing - Deployment and Evaluation of GMPLS Networks in Context of Scalability - Secure Distribution of closed group data for the BSCW System - Creating and Exploiting Ontology for Flexible and Natural Multimodal & Voice Dialogs - Implementation and Performance Analyzis of a UDP Binding for SOAP - Developing an Interactive Software Visualization and Navigation Framework for Eclipse - Development of robust video recognition system and alignment tool - Effective Bandwidth Management for Roaming Users in an 802.11 Wireless MAN - A Multimodal Digital Map System with Mutual Disambiguation - Model Driven Approach in VoiceXML Application Development - Tracking with Ultrasonic Model Recognition, an Approach towards Ultrasonic Vision - A Comparative Study of Static Software Analysis Tools with a Special Focus on Software Visualization - Incorporating E-Accessibility in the Workflow and Design Process of Content Management Systems - A Reliable Grid Information Service Using a Unified Information Model - Sensor Fusion for Location Awareness - Matching Operators for Models represented in a Generic Meta Model - Automatic RTL Implementation of Reconfigurable ASIPs from High-level Description - Pyragrid: Integrating Peer to Peer and Grid Architectures - Updating XML - Contextualization of Office Artifacts using RFID - Data Policy Aware Scheduling in Grid Computing Environments - Designing an Information Service for Grid Environments - Security Aspects Analysis in Mobile Web Service Provisioning - Adapting User Interfaces to Mobile Input Devices - Community-Collaboration using Online-maps - An integrated approach to biological data management based on ER modelling - Development of a Newspaper Image Understanding System - Generic Schema Merging Based on Complex Mappings - Design and Implementation of Peer-to-Peer based on Virtual Private Network - View Planning for Robot-Based 3D Reconstruction - Computer-supported Shape Modeling by Re-Combination of Geometric Components - Dynamic Awareness for Shared Workspaces - Quality of Service Enhancement and Interface Development for Disaster Time Communication Network using WIMAX and Wi-Fi - Composition of Mappings for a Generic Meta-Model - Device and Route Discovery in Hetrogeneous ZigBee-IP Networks - Transformation of Modelling Language on Medical Domain into Excecutable Language: The Case of GLIF to JPDL - Advanced Mobility Management for seamless Voice Call Handover in the IMS - Predictive Filtering & Effects on Human System Interaction in Virtual Environments - A Toolkit to support Dynamic Social Network Visualization - Plans from Proofs - A Neural Network Approach to Learning the Benavior of a Kicking Device in the Gazebo - Integration of Smart Caching and Overlay Networks for Wireless Communication Networks - Clustering Photos to Improve Visualization of Collections - Accessibility Analysis of Dynamically Changing Online Applications - An Advanced Map Service for Cultural Heritage Communities - Context-Based Navigation Support for Commuters - SCA Compliant Waveform Design for future Software Defined Radios - Building Semanticmodel for Common Document Formats With Optimized Searching - Realization and Evaluation of an Asynchronous Service Access Protocol for Mobile Web Services - Distributed Meta-Learning for Document Classification - Awareness Visualization of BSCW Server - Diagnostic Analysis of Control Plane Signalling in Optical Networks - Multimodal Search Interface for Next gEneration sEarch engine for Digital Libraries (NEEDLE) - Mixup: A Design Tool for the Rapid Integration of Presentation components - Tailorability of personalized web services composition - Characterisation and Applications of MANET Routing Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks - Frequency-Dependent Resource Signalling and Scheduling for an OFDMA based Data Link Layer - Dynamic Patterns for the Analysis of Cultural Science Discourses - Haptic Palpation based on Anatomical Simulation for Virtual Environments - Mobile Cocktail Party - Exploring Interaction with Spatial Audio Applications on Mobile Devices - Visualization of Parameter Data - Identity Based Encryption: Security Notions and New Identity Based Encryption Schemes based on Sakai-Kasahara Key Construction - Web based multi user annotation framework for multimedia data - Process Modelling Support in the Disaster Management Domain - Mobile User Interface for Outdoor Sports Applications - Human Computer Interaction Using Vision Based Gesture Recognition with Depth Maps - Dynamic Data Flow Analysis for MPSoC Software Development - Rich Tactile Output and Feedback on Mobile Devices - Realtime Nocturnal Rendering - Handwrite: A Text Input Technique for Multitouch Tabletops Using Hand Gestures - Modelling and Simulation of Network Architectures for Triple-Play Services - Linear Discriminant Analysis in a Log-Linear Framework for Speech Recognition - An Enhanced Mechanism for Content Distribution in Next Generation Networks - Software Configuration Management for Change-Sensitive Real-Time Simulation Software with Many Variants - Transformation and Visualization of Mappings between Models - Evaluating the Effectiveness of Information Presentation Methods in Spoken Dialogue Systems - Evaluating Parallel Programming Models - Generic Activity Recognition for Real-World Application - Improving User's Awareness of Diet and Physical Activity Using Mobile Persuasive Technologies - Design of a Personal Data Service with Collaborative Capabilities - Web 2.0: A Classification Framework Based on Technology and Application - Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Framework for Mobile Phone Interaction with Personalized Web Application and Asynchronous Communication Back Channel - Evaluation and Improvement of Security in Zigbee Networks - Feature Selection and Extraction: A Video Retrieval Perspective - Location-Awareness and Tracking to improve Museum Experience - Personalizing Music in Public Places for Individuals and Groups - Internet Congestion Control Equilibra: A Strategy-Proof Approach - An Evaluation of Salience-Driven 3D Shape Retrieval Methods - Complex Action Selection in Spoken Dialogue Systems - A comparative study of record matching algorithms - Music Recommendation Based on Album Reviews - The HomeMedia Project: Studying Mobile Interaction in Ubiquitous Home - Data Classification in Wireless Sensor Networks for Habitat Monitoring - A Supporting Environment for Review Management Systems Analysis in Scientific Publication - Disk-based Interface for Semantic Composition - Software Framework for Computing Semantic Relatedness using Explicit Semantic Analysis (ESA) - Computation of Saliency Maps in Street Videos acquired by a moving Camera - Certain and Maybe Answers in Data Exchange - Performance Evaluation of Handoff and Connectivity Optimization Techniques for Wi-Fi based Mobile Access Networks - Robust logo recogniton from color documents using region-based shape descriptors - Exchange of Graphical Data between Application Specific Software and COTS Software - Development of a Model-Based Workflow-Designer - Resource Allocation and Access Control in a Dynamic Process Management System - Web Browser Service Continuity on Portable Storage Devices with Utility-Based Evaluation for Personal Privacy Tradeoff - Application of SIOC Ontology for the Development of Workspace Interoperability in MS Sharepoint - Influence of Magnification to Distance Pointing - Design and evaluation of a minimally-distraction in-car video communication system - Incremental evaluation of XML views (relational subsystem) - A Metadata-Based Media Player for Viewing and Sharing of Streaming Content - Asynchronous Distributed Indexing of Large Media Collections - Process Support in the Emergency Management Domain - Physics Abstraction Layer for Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications - Semi-Automatic Validation of Semantic Business Process Models - Towards a Flexible, Modular Geodata Visualization System - Image Clustering Using Machine Learning Algorithms - Word Dependant Scaling Factors in Automatic Speech Recognition - Development of a Semiautomatic Graffiti Tag Identification System - Magic Lense Tracking with an Infrared Grid - PLEM: A Web 2.0 Driven Service for Personal Learning Management - Time-Based Video Annotation and Time-based Video Linking - A Concept Analysis Realized with the Joomla! Framework - Activity Recognition in Still Images - Using semantic web technologies for data update - Application of (indoor) Positioning Technology to Support Cooperative Tasks and Intergration of Selected Positioning Systems into a Groupware System (FIT-Tracker) - Development of Error Concealment Algorithms for H-264/AVC Scalable Video Coding - Concept and Implementation for Context-Based Documents within Groupware Systems - Combinatory Categorial Grammar Parser in Natural Language Toolkit - Trained Graph Cut for Image Segmentation - Semantic Web Service Selection supporting QoS and Context Awareness - Dynamically Coupling ERP Information Pieces by Task Flow - Visualization of Large Process Models