Professor Dr Michael Munz

Professor

Faculty Mechatronics and Medical Engineering

Address
Albert-Einstein-Allee 53-55 89081 Ulm Room: Q237
Contact
Telephone: +49 731 96537-538 Email: Michael.Munz(at)thu.de
Office hours

By arrangement via the booking form (see ‘Research and Teaching’)
Personal links
OrcID Research Gate LinkedIn Google Scholar Website GitHub

Functions at the university

Professor Mechatronics and Medical Engineering

Email: Mechatronik(at)thu.de

Telephone: +49 731 96537-260

Address:

Albert-Einstein-Allee 53-55

89081 Ulm

Room: Q115

Office hours:

Mo-Fr 9:30am-11:30am
Mo-We 1:00pm-2:30pm

Member Institute of Computer Science

Email: IFI(at)thu.de

Telephone: +49 731 96537-239

Address:

Albert-Einstein-Allee 53-55

89081 Ulm

Room: Q229

Member Institute for Teaching Excellence

Email: IHD(at)thu.de

Telephone: +49 731 96537-226

Address:

Albert-Einstein-Allee 53-55

89081 Ulm

Room: Q235

Member Institute of Medical Engineering and Mechatronics

Email: IMM(at)thu.de

Telephone: +49 731 96537-269

Address:

Albert-Einstein-Allee 53-55

89081 Ulm

Room: Q271

First aider Occupational safety specialist

Research and teaching priorities

Key areas of research

Machine learning, in particular deep learning for time series and image data
Reliable AI systems, Explainable AI
Automated sensor data analysis in therapy, diagnosis and sport (e.g. motion analysis)
Algorithms and AI applications for inertial sensor data in motion analysis

Teaching

Theses

I offer exciting topics for Bachelor’s and Master’s theses within the above-mentioned areas of focus. If you are interested in undertaking a thesis in these fields, please feel free to contact me.

Courses

Courses: Bachelor’s in Medical Technology / Bachelor’s in Mechatronics

Fundamentals of Software Development
Applied Software Development
Software Engineering
Machine Learning

Courses for the Master’s in Medical Devices – Research and Development

Software Development for Medical Devices
Image Analysis and Machine Learning
Scientific Computing for Medical Devices

Course materials for my modules are available exclusively on the THU’s Moodle platform.

Office hours

During term time: By appointment via the booking form (at the THU or online via MS Teams)
During the summer break: By appointment via email

About me

Head of the AI for Sensor Data Analytics (AISD) Research Group
Co-Director of the Biomechatronics Research Laboratory
Member of the BW-CAR Doctoral Centre of the Doctoral Association of Universities of Applied Sciences in Baden-Württemberg

Curriculum vitae

2007: Completed a degree in Computer Science (Diplom), University of Ulm, specialising in neuroinformatics
2011: PhD (Dr.-Ing.): ‘Generic sensor fusion framework for simultaneous state and presence estimation in vehicle environment recognition’
2010–2012: Development Engineer and Project Manager for Research and Pre-Development at Daimler AG, Sensor Fusion Division
2012–2014: Software architect and project manager in the development of camera-based vision and surveillance systems at Cassidian Optronics GmbH
Since 2014: Chair of Software Engineering and Sensor Technology (THU)

Projects

You can find an overview of my current and completed research projects on the website of the AI for Sensor Data Analytics research group.

Publications

Liste der Publikationen