Feuerhake - Theses

Master Theses (finished)

  • Identification and analysis of movement patterns in trajectories
    In this work, movement patterns in trajectory datasets are identified with respect to the respective visited locations of a trajectory. For this purpose, further semantic information is assigned to the whereabouts points depending on the position, time of day, and duration of stay; the assignment of semantic information with respect to position is done using OpenStreetMap data. Another focus was on the identification of related trajectory segments, since the given dataset was anonymized as a consequence of data protection; for this purpose, coordinate prediction was performed for all trajectory endpoints in order to identify a suitable continuing starting point of another trajectory using a proximity search and temporal proximity. Recurrent motion pattern detection performed based on the whereabouts points does not produce meaningful patterns detected in multiple trajectories throughout the dataset for the datasets used; however, meaningful recurrent patterns are found for individual trajectories. An increasing level of detail in assigning categories with respect to whereabouts results in fewer recurring patterns, which, on the other hand, allow for greater meaningfulness given the interpretation of an observed person’s movement behavior.
    Led by: Golze, Feuerhake, Wage, Sester
    Team: Friderike Fischer
    Year: 2022
  • Development of a modular sensor platform for mobile detection of vehicle encounters
    Riding a bike in a shared traffic area with motor vehicles causes discomfort for many bicyclists. Avoiding busy roads is only possible with good local knowledge, as no data is available on the frequency of encounters with motor vehicles on most roads. Acquiring a dataset that collects smartphone sensor data on vehicle encounters could become the basis for a smartphone-based vehicle detector. Magnetometer and barometer readings are used as indicators of passing vehicles. In this thesis, a sensor platform is first constructed to collect smartphone and other sensor data while driving. The system is designed to be used with other sensor configurations in the future. A methodology is then presented to create a dataset of vehicle encounters based on data from a camera and a distance sensor on the sensor platform. This data set contains all important sensor data of a commercially available smartphone including the timestamp of vehicle encounters. Finally, a three-class classifier is trained and evaluated based on the data set. It is investigated which approach can provide a generalizable classifier. Approaches based on Random Forests are investigated for the classifier. The structure and parameters of a sliding window function are adjusted for feature generation.
    Led by: Wage, Feuerhake, Golze, Sester
    Team: Tim Schimansky
    Year: 2022
  • Nutzungsdatengetriebene Analyse des Potentials von Mikromobilitätsdiensten
    Der geteilten Mobilität wird in der öffentlichen Debatte um die Verkehrswende häufig eine entscheidende Rolle zugeordnet. Darunter fallen auch die sogenannten Mikromobilitätsdienste. Das Ziel dieser Masterarbeit ist es, das Potential von Mikromobilitätsdiensten für die Verkehrswende im Hinblick auf die Intentionen der Nutzer, auf zeitliche Variationen, sowie auf Vorteile gegenüber anderen Transportmitteln datenbasiert zu bewerten. Dafür wird eine Fallstudie anhand von Mobilitätsdaten der Bikesharing-Fahrräder und Elektrotretroller zweier Anbieter in Hannover durchgeführt.
    Led by: Wage, Feuerhake, Golze
    Team: Finn Boie
    Year: 2022

Open Bachelor Theses

  • Exploring Herrenhausen Gardens
    Development of an Location Based Interactive Mobile Web Application for Enriching Visitors' Knowledge and Experience
    Led by: Feuerhake, Sester
    Year: 2023
  • Bestimmung von Mustern in Fahrzeugtrajektorien
    Die Bewegungstrajektorien von Fahrzeugen erlauben Rückschlüsse auf raum-zeitliche Situationen. So können beispielsweise Haltepunkte detektiert werden oder auch Stausituationen, oder auch Anomalien wie temporär nicht zu befahrende Straßensegmente. In der Arbeit sollen in einem großen Trajektoriendatenbestand solche Muster automatisch erkannt werden. Der Datenbestand umfasst sehr viele Trajektorien. Bei Interesse kann ein Schwerpunkt auf die skalierbare Datenanalyse mittels Hadoop und Spark gelegt werden. Je nach Schwerpunkt ist die Arbeit sowohl als Bachelor- als auch als Masterarbeit bearbeitbar.
    Team: Feuerhake, Sester
    Year: 2020

Open Master Theses

  • Exploring Herrenhausen Gardens
    Development of an Location Based Interactive Mobile Web Application for Enriching Visitors' Knowledge and Experience
    Led by: Feuerhake, Sester
    Year: 2023
  • Occupancy-free Space Modeling and Navigation Path Planning in a 3D Voxel Grid Environment for Urban Digital Twin Applications
    The urban digital twin is an innovative concept within smart city technology, aiming to develop integrated and intelligent systems by harnessing diverse data from a multitude of sensors. Three-dimensional (3D) geodata plays a pivotal role in the representation and operation of urban digital twins. Tasks such as smart space management and navigation have become increasingly essential in urban digital twin applications, and they can be effectively facilitated using a foundation of 3D geospatial data. Therefore, this master thesis focuses on the modeling of unoccupied space and navigation path planning, employing a 3D voxel grid environment representation. The objective of the thesis is to develop a suitable approach for defining vacant space within urban area, which is utilized to enable collision-free 3D navigation. To achieve this, it is proposed to integrate the point cloud data of the Hannover urban area into a 3D voxel grid structure. In this context, grid cells containing point cloud data are treated as obstacles, while unoccupied cells are collectively constitute the occupancy-free space. The identified vacant space serve as a graph for implementing the shortest path algorithm. Ultimately, both the occupancy-free space and an illustrative route through it are visualized to demonstrate the approach viability.
    Led by: Shkedova, Feuerhake
    Team: Shkedova, Feuerhake
    Year: 2023
  • Development of an approach for integrating various format data into a 3D voxel-based Urban Digital twin
    The advancements in instruments and methodologies for collecting, transmitting, analyzing, and representing three-dimensional (3D) geodata over the past few decades have opened up extensive possibilities for various applications. 3D geoinformation plays a pivotal role in the operational frameworks of Smart City technology that can be represented within an Urban Digital Twin concept. This involves utilizing diverse data from numerous sensors and designing an adaptive digital model that learns from and evolves alongside the real city.
    Led by: Shkedova, Feuerhake, Sester
    Year: 2023
  • Bestimmung von Mustern in Fahrzeugtrajektorien
    Die Bewegungstrajektorien von Fahrzeugen erlauben Rückschlüsse auf raum-zeitliche Situationen. So können beispielsweise Haltepunkte detektiert werden oder auch Stausituationen, oder auch Anomalien wie temporär nicht zu befahrende Straßensegmente. In der Arbeit sollen in einem großen Trajektoriendatenbestand solche Muster automatisch erkannt werden. Der Datenbestand umfasst sehr viele Trajektorien. Bei Interesse kann ein Schwerpunkt auf die skalierbare Datenanalyse mittels Hadoop und Spark gelegt werden. Je nach Schwerpunkt ist die Arbeit sowohl als Bachelor- als auch als Masterarbeit bearbeitbar.
    Team: Feuerhake, Sester
    Year: 2020