The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.de) is one of the world's leading organizations for application-oriented research. 74 institutes develop pioneering technologies for our economy and society—more precisely, 30,000 people from engineering, science, administration, and IT. They know: Anyone who joins Fraunhofer wants to and can make a difference. For themselves, for us, and for the markets of today and tomorrow. At the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, we work every day to make optical technologies usable for specific measurement tasks. At the intersection of science, research, and industry, we develop customized solutions and stand for application-oriented research at the highest level. In the Object and Shape Detection department, we develop mobile measurement systems for surveying infrastructure ranging from roads and railways to complex indoor environments. Our development process covers every step. From design and engineering to system integration and automatic interpretation of measurement data. A cornerstone of our systems is the automated, AI-driven interpretation of 3D point cloud data, which requires high-quality training datasets and, ideally, model interpretability. The primary objective of the thesis is to integrate explainability-driven approaches into the training pipeline. These approaches can be based on 3D uncertainty estimation to identify specific spatial regions or concept bottleneck models to analyze intermediate model representations. These are just examples—the thesis is not strictly limited to these approaches. By applying these methods to different domain-specific benchmarks, the resulting thesis will bridge the gap between model interpretability and dataset quality, providing robust, efficient, and transparent 3D point cloud solutions.
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We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications—regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation, and identity. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability. Remuneration according to the general works agreement for employing assistant staff.
With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial utilization of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps shape society now and in the future.
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Saskia Sailer
personal@ipm.fraunhofer.de
+49 761 8857 307
Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM
Requisition Number: 85383
Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ist eine der führenden Organisationen für anwendungsorientierte Forschung: Seit der Gründung 1949 stärken Fraunhofer-Institute die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Wirtschaft und den Innovationsraum in Deutschland und Europa. Mit ganzheitlichen Angeboten für Wirtschaft und Politik liefert Fraunhofer Lösungen für branchenübergreifenden Impact. Darüber hinaus ist die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ein bedeutender Standortfaktor für das Innovationsland Deutschland: Durch die Aktivitäten erhöhen sich Investitionseffekte in der Wirtschaft, erlangen Unternehmen innovationsbasierte Wettbewerbsvorteile, entstehen Arbeitsplätze, Fachkräfte werden qualifiziert und es steigt die gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz moderner Technik.
