Staff

Doctoral candidate and staff member of the project MAUS – contact

SONAR, ALGORITHM

Thomas Wilts is responsible for the SONAR data interpretation for navigation and collision avoidance. Furthermore, he designs algorithms for an optimiszed route planning and positioning.

Staff member of the project UFOTrinet – contact (email)

IT, INTERSYSTEM COMMUNICATION

Jonny Westphalen works in different areas of the team and is currently studyingies computer science (Bachelor’s). He has already developed a graphic interface for mission planning and created the homepage of the team. As a part of the project UFOTrinet, he is workings  on the visual representation and conversion of sonar data and is developing s a software to facilitate the workingwork with the data.

Ph.D. candidate

Julian Winkler has obtained his master's degree in electrical engineering from Kiel University of Applied Sciences. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. in the field of signal processing. His research interests include underwater positioning, navigation, and communication using acoustic signals.

Ph.D. candidate

DATA SCIENCE, BIG DATA, COMPUTER VISION

Fatna Barkouch obtained her master's degree in Data Science and Big Data in 2020 from Hassan II University in Casablanca, Morocco. Currently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in the field of signal processing group. Her research interests include computer vision and image processing.