TU Chemnitz, Fakultät für Informatik: Department of Computer Science: Study Programs
Master Programme Intelligent Media and Virtual Reality
Ín the programme concept of the department of Informatics the master programme Intelligent Media and Virtual Reality forms the logical continuation of the bachelor programme Applied Informatics with the focal points Media Informatics as well as Computer Graphics and Visualisation. Within the conception of the master programmes it is incorporated in the degree programmes of the core Informatics and the interdisciplinary degree programmes within the faculty’s key activities.
The aim of this degree programme is the comprehensive education in technical aspects of media, reaching from classical textual media through to sound, vision, video and virtual worlds. On the one hand, the special aspect of the degree programme lies in the shared handling of artificially generated media as they are dealt with in Computer Graphics and picturing media as they are dealt with in Media Informatics. On the other hand, intelligent procedures concerning the treatment of media are integrated as taught in Artificial Intelligence. Such procedures enable, for example, the application of avatars in artificially generated worlds or the identification of objects in photographs.
The degree programme is research-based due to the integration into the faculty’s main research area Intelligent Multimedia-based Systems. Besides that, in the third term one research-relevant seminar and one work placement are part of the curriculum which aim at the teaching of scientific working methods. Eventually, the degree programme is structured in a way that the students have an exceptionally large range of options to choose from in order to specialise in a topic of the main research area.
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| Entry Requirements: | Bachelor Informatics or Applied Informatics at Chemnitz University of Technology. The board of examiners decides on entry requirements for applicants from other universities. |
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| Standard Duration: | 4 terms | |
| Award: | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | |
| Start Date: | Summer and winter term |
Informatics applications have almost completely infiltrated everyday life. Accordingly, there are hardly any areas that do not need any computer scientists. The degree programme grants the future degree holders access to the entire labour market available to computer scientists.
Additionally, the degree programme qualifies the degree holders for activities that require a more advanced specialisation than a bachelor programme of Informatics can offer. Such activities can be in media but can also extend to other areas such as robotics. Examples for fields of activities which specialists are educated for are:
- Archiving of digital and digitised artefacts, photo and video material
- Search engines for visual contents
- Simulation of complex architectures or production processes by combining real graphical material and artificially generated worlds
- Development of object recognizing robots which self-dependently operate in complex virtual and, in a further step, in real worlds - these robots have the capability to automatically create a model of their world from identified objects
- Development of games programs and of complex procedures to optically process the filmed reality
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The master programme is based on the three thematic pillars:
- Graphical Data Processing and Visualisation
In the area Computer Graphics students will acquire fundamental knowledge in the field of modelling of free-form curves and surfaces, modelling of volumetric objects, the reconstruction of models from discrete data as well as the programming of virtual reality applications. Students can choose from the courses Computer Aided Geometric Design, Solid Modelling, Digital Reconstruction and Virtual Reality.
- Media Informatics
In the area Media Informatics students acquire a deep understanding of theories, concepts, methods, techniques and the modes of actions of media. Focal points are the interaction of media (media ergonomics) as well as technical aspects of encoding (data formats, theoretical aspects, compression algorithms and the IT handling of media (media programming). One further significant aspect is the retrieval in large multimedia-based data sets. Here, interpretation algorithms for the automatic image and speech recognition are presented.
- Artificial intelligence
In Artificial Intelligence students acquire all necessary skills of Artificial Intelligence. These skills are applied in the field of graphical and multimedia-based data. For instance, these consist of the classical introduction to the methods of Artificial Intelligence. Furthermore, procedures of the automatic object recognition as well as automatic language comprehension are taught. These processes are primarily used for the interpretation of multimedia-based data, i.e. with their help it is for example possible to identify and name objects in videos or to automatically transcribe speech sequences. Besides that, the contents are also dedicated to the extension of multimedia-based data. Thus, for example, virtual worlds are populated by autonomous agents.
In the first two terms courses are offered in these areas which, together with the basic principles of the bachelor programmes and the possibilities of the electives, offer a comprehensive insight into the world of multimedia-based applications, be it images, videos or even immersive virtual worlds. The distinctiveness lies in a holistic consideration of all forms of multimedia-based data and in the involvement of the perspective of the Artificial Intelligence, i.e. the question how to artificially interpret (e.g. via automatic object recognition) or extend (e.g. via autonomous agents) the media.
The contents of the course are designed in a way that the future degree holders of the bachelor programme Applied Informatics at Chemnitz University of Technology may already have attended some courses and, at this point in their studies, will attend the remaining courses. Degree holders of other bachelor programmes may attend the complete series of courses via their electives.
A large part of the degree programme is dedicated to practical works. Thus, most of the lectures are complemented by tutorials and work placements.
Besides the already mentioned areas, it is also possible to attend additional Informatics courses or even courses concerning the so-called soft-skills, e.g. language studies, economics courses or even rhetoric seminars. Thus, the degree programme is characterised by a very high freedom of choice.
In the third term the transition from hearing lectures to interactive seminars is made. Here, students are instructed to self-reliantly develop research works. For this purpose, we will offer a research seminar and a work placement where students will learn to scientifically deal with a subject matter over a longer period of time.
The research placement may either be carried out at the Department of Informatics or in collaboration with a company. In combination with the research seminar, it particularly teaches students special skills and forms ideal preconditions for the master’s thesis which will be written in the fourth and final term.
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Structure of the Master Programme Intelligent Media and Virtual Reality
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You can apply via internet at https://sbservice.tu-chemnitz.de/onlbew.
You can also apply by use of this form:Antrag auf Zulassung/Immatrikulation.
For documents and further information on enrolment please refer to:
- Technische Universität Chemnitz
Studentensekretariat
09107 Chemnitz
Office: Straße der Nationen 62, Zimmer 043
Phone: (0371) 531-33333
- Internet: http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/studentenamt/abt12
| Please note: | The admission restriction of degree programmes may change annually. |
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Course Guidance
Chemnitz University of Technology
Department of Informatics
D-09107 Chemnitz
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Eibl
Office: Straße der Nationen 62, Room 316c
Phone: (0371) 531-25780
Email:maximilian.eibl@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de
Dipl.-Math. Margitta Pippig
Office: Straße der Nationen 62, Room 226f
Phone: (0371) 531-31363
Email:margitta.pippig@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de
Student Advice and Counselling Centre
Chemnitz University of Technology
Student guidance and counselling centre
09107 Chemnitz
Office: Straße der Nationen 62, Room 046
Phone.: (0371) 531-55555, -31637, -31690
Fax: (0371) 531-12128
Email: studienberatung@tu-chemnitz.de
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