Terminated Projects

Artificial Neural Networks
Evolutionary Algorithms
Autonomous Mobile Robots
Applications of Bio- and Cheminformatics
Multimedia and Internet Applications

Artificial Neural Networks

Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator (SNNS) - a powerful yet flexible simulator for artificial neural networks.
Classification of Visual Field Test Results Scotoma Classification using Artificial Neural Networks (SCANN) - Our aim is to develop a computer-assisted system for the classification and interpretation of visual field test results.
SELF II SEa Level Fluctuations in the Mediterranean (SELF-II) - Development and training of neural networks to predict sea level fluctuations.
Topologien Neural networks with flexible topology - Internal generating and external growing cell structures
Motorenoptimierung Application support at motot test benches by using neural networks and evolutionary algorithms - Calibration of electronic control units (ECU) for combustion engines by means of neural networks and evolutionary algorithms (A. Sung)

Evolutionary Algorithms

Model-Based Online-Optimization - The mbminimize algorithm is a fully automatic online optimization algorithm for complex nonlinear real-world systems with nontrivial search space dimension, such as combustion engines (A. Sung).
Memetic Algorithms in Combinatorial Optimization. Memetic algorithms are a special class of evolutionary algorithms, which combine a local gradient search with crossover of locally optimal individuals.
Evolutionary Algorithms for Drug Design. We experiment with a special representation and new crossover and mutation operators suitable for the optimization of small proteins, incorporating amino acid similiarity matrices.
Spannmittel Positioning of vacuum clamps using genetic algorithms - Application of genetic algorithms in the woodworking and furniture industry.
EvA Evolutionary Algorithms (EvA) - Toolkit combining several implementations of genetic algorithms and evolution strategies as well as related optimization methods. 
Selbstorganisation Self-organizing evolution strategies - Combination of artificial neural networks and evolution strategies.

Autonomous Mobile Robots

Robocup Attempto Tübingen Robot Soccer Team (RoboCup) - Cooperation and competition of soccer-playing robots in a highly dynamic environment. We operate a team of RoboCup soccer playing robots and participate in international competitions (P. Heinemann).
Mobile Robot Control Mobile Robot Control - Control a mobile robot to push a rolling ball in an environment with obstacles (X. Li).
Mobile Roboter Mobile robots (Robin, Colin) - Robin and Colin are two prototypes of intelligent autonomous mobile service robots. We develop new methods for navigation and mapping, person detection and following, and visual localization (P. Vorst).
Mobile Roboter Visual Face Tracking and Recognition - The purpose of this project is to develop an effective way to use a low-redundancy image representation for robust automatic tracking and recognition of objects or structures appearing in images (A. Mojaev).
Biosonar robot navigation Biosonar based mobile robot navigation - The aim of this work is to overcome some inherent shortcomings of airborne sonar and to take advantages of bats’ perceived properties for mobile robots’ navigation in natural environments (M. Wang).
Particle Filter Particle filters for real-time object tracking - Stochastic approaches for visual tracking of moving objects from moving platforms are investigated (A. Treptow).
Indoor 3D Modeling Indoor 3D Modeling - Indoor 3D modeling with a mobile robot using a single laser range finder and a color camera (C. Weiss).
RoboNose Gas Source Localization with a Mobile Robot - gas distribution mapping and gas source localisation with a mobile robot.
Personenverfolgung Vision-based detection and tracking of humans -
Merkmalsdetektion Evolved feature detectors for mobile robots - Localization and control of mobile service robots. 

Applications of Bio- and Cheminformatics 

Systems Biology Inferring Gene Regulatory Networks - Modeling and simulationg of regulatory networks from microarray data (N. Speer, C. Spieth, J. Supper)
The Gene Ontology GO-based Functional Clustering - Group genes due to their function using Gene Ontology based metrics and/or kernels and sophisticated cluster algorithms (N. Speer).
TuebinGENome TuebinGENome - Genome Research Network of Tübingen: Functional Genomics of Infectious Disease Susceptibility. Our task is to build an infection gene expression database and perform bioinformatic analyses (C. Spieth, N. Speer).
JOELib JOELib - Cheminformatics library in Java: Assignment of atom types, search for substructures, descriptor calculation, Java3D molecule visualization, conversion of different chemical file formats (e.g. SDF, SMILES, MOL2) (J. Wegner)
Parallel Sequence Analysis Parallel Sequence Analyisis on PC Clusters - Algorithms for non-deterministic high-probability pattern matching, running on Kepler cluster (98 Dual Pentium III PCs), for applications in molecular biology (I. Fischer).
Biosonar signal classification Biosonar signal classification - The aim of our research is to develop a classification system based on the bat neurophysiology.
Animal behavior classification Animal behavior classification - The Forced Swim Test (FST) is a behavioral test used frequently to evaluate the potential efficacy of drugs (antidepressant) in rats or mice. Having activity profiles of FST, the goal of our research is to develop a classification system for those activity profiles aiming at studing the bahavior and reaction of rats to different drugs.
Kombinatorische Katalyse Metabolizer: Simulation of complex biological systems - Integration of deterministic and stoachastic simulation techniques of metabolic networks into a hybrid simulator, written in Java.
SOL Search and Optimization of Lead Structures (SOL) - search for lead structures from great substance data bases with neural networks and genetic algorithms (SOL is a new BMBF project).
COFEA COFEA - This Java software package includes pharmacophore development, adaptive similarity search and fast substructure search of chemical databases, based on the Compressed Feature Matrix (CFM) molecule descriptor.
Kombinatorische Katalyse Automated Crystallization - Methods to support high throughput crystallization with neural nets and evolutionary algorithms.
String Learning Pattern Recognition for Strings - By defining a metric or kernel function on strings, a number of classical pattern recognition techniques can be applied. This project investigates the performance of such algorithms.
AutoChem Automated Combinatorial Chemistry - Software development for laboratory automation systems. 

Multimedia and Internet Applications

SIOUX (Servlet Interface for Online User-Adaptive XML content). A publishing workflow for educational online material using an XML subset of the DocBook DTD standard, rendered by a web server extension in Java.
AURITUS - Automatic Meta-Data Extraction from Audio Documents. This research tool automatically finds chorus parts in audio files by segmenting these via a self-similarity matrix in the frequency domain.
VERN Vernetztes Studium Chemie (VS-C) - We participate in this large joint project funded by the BMBF to develop online chemistry learning courses with a module on artificial neural networks.
STOWS Simple Tool for Organizing Web Sites (STOWS) - a simple to use tool, written in PERL, for keeping hundreds of Web pages under control. Provides for uniform layout and navigation between the pages. Free under GPL.
Global Info GLOBAL INFO - A nationwide research program dealing with global digital information interchange and retrieval.
Virtugrade Virtugrade - Development of a multimedia-based self-studying environment in the field of neural networks.
Bioinform@tik Bioinform@tik - Development of multimedia-based self-studying environment used in the Bioinformatics program at the University of Tübingen.