Thesis: Learning Task-Relevant Latent Spaces for Sim-to-Real Transfer

SICK AG

Job

In dieser Thesis entwickelst du Methoden zur Bewertung synthetischer Datensätze basierend auf aufgabenrelevanten Informationen und arbeitest an der Verbesserung des Sim-to-Real Transfers in der industriellen Computer Vision.

Job-Zusammenfassung

Job-Technologien

Deine Rolle im Team

  • Would you like to explore a fundamental research question at the intersection of representation learning, synthetic data, and industrial computer vision? In this thesis, you will investigate how to determine whether a synthetic dataset contains the information needed to train a model for use in real-world applications.
  • Common dataset comparison metrics primarily measure visual or statistical similarities. However, they do not necessarily capture whether the shared information is relevant to a specific task, such as object detection. Existing methods for assessing transferability also often assume that a suitable pretrained representation is already available. This is not always the case, particularly in specialized industrial applications.
  • The goal of this thesis is to learn and evaluate latent representations that allow synthetic and real-world datasets to be compared based on their task-relevant information.
  • Investigate supervised and self-supervised approaches to learning task-aware representations from labeled synthetic data and unlabeled or partially labeled real-world data.
  • Develop distance metrics in latent space to compare datasets and evaluate how well these metrics predict downstream model performance in real-world applications.
  • Compare your approach with established methods, analyze its limitations, and implement a prototype for assessing synthetic datasets.
  • Validate your findings experimentally and investigate the underlying assumptions and potential failure cases.
  • Document your findings and derive recommendations for using and selectively improving synthetic datasets in industrial AI development.
  • The outcome of your thesis will be a validated methodology and a functional prototype for task-aware synthetic data assessment, together with a critical analysis of the underlying assumptions, limitations, and potential failure cases. Your findings could help improve the selection, reuse, and refinement of synthetic datasets.

Unsere Erwartungen an dich

Ausbildung

  • Currently pursuing an advanced master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Mathematics, Robotics, Physics, Engineering, or a related field.

Qualifikationen

  • Knowledge of representation learning, self-supervised learning, or synthetic data is an advantage.
  • Ability to understand scientific literature, formulate hypotheses, design controlled experiments, and critically evaluate results.
  • Ability to quickly grasp complex technical problems and work independently and systematically.
  • Ability to communicate findings clearly and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.
  • Strong interest in representation learning, synthetic data, sim-to-real transfer, and applied industrial AI research.
  • Good written and spoken English skills.

Erfahrung

  • Good knowledge of machine learning and deep learning, with practical experience in computer vision and neural networks.
  • Good Python programming skills and practical experience with PyTorch or a comparable deep learning framework.

Unser Angebot

  • Summer Semester 2027 - fixed term of 3-6 months.

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  • Standort Waldkirch
    79183 Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

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Thesis: Learning Task-Relevant Latent Spaces for Sim-to-Real Transfer

SICK AG