If you are interested in doing a research project (“semester project”) or a master’s project at IVRL, you can do this through the Master’s Programs in Data Science or in Computer Science. Note that you must be accredited to EPFL. This page lists available semester/master’s projects for the Fall 2026 semester. The order of the projects is random.
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Startup company Innoview has developed a software framework to create hidden watermarks printed on paper and to acquire and decode them by a smartphone. The acquisition by smartphone comprises many separate parametrizable parts. The project consists in improving some of the parts of the acquisition pipeline in order to optimize the recognition rate of the hidden watermarks (under Android).
Deliverables:
- Report and running prototype.
Prerequisites:
- basic knowledge of image processing and computer vision,
- Coding skills in Java Android, C#, and/or Matlab
Level: BS or MS semester project
Supervisors:
Dr. Romain Rossier, Innoview Sàrl, [email protected], tel 078 664 36 44
Prof. Roger D. Hersch, BC320, [email protected], cell: 077 406 27 09
Startup company Innoview has developed arrangements of transparent lenslets and of opaque structures that yield interesting moiré effects.
The goal is to create plastic objects composed of a revealing layer made of transparent lenses and of a base layer made of partly opaque structures. The superposition of the two layers shows interesting moiré evolutions. Once created as 3D volumes, their aspect can be simulated in Blender. After simulation and verification, these objects are to be printed by a 3D printer.
Deliverables:
Report and running prototype (Matlab). Blender lenslet simulations. Fabricated 3D objects showing the moiré evolutions.
Prerequisites:
1. Good knowledge of computer graphics, especially the construction
of 3D mesh objects,
2. Basic knowledge of Blender,
3. Good coding skills in Matlab
Level: BS or MS semester project, master’s project
Supervisors:
Prof. Roger D. Hersch, BC320, [email protected], cell: 077 406 27 09
Dr. Romain Rossier, Innoview Sàrl, [email protected], tel 078 664 36 44
Startup company Innoview has developed arrangements of lenslets that can be used to create document security features. By simulating the interaction of light with these 3D lenslet structures one can try to improve these security features. The interaction of light with the lenslets is simulated by ray tracing, applying Snell’s law and the Fresnel equations. Possibly, these ray-tracing based simulations can be compared with the simulations obtained with the Blender software.
Deliverables:
Report and running simulation prototype (Matlab), ray-tracing based and Blender simulations for various configurations.
Prerequisites:
Knowledge of computer graphics, interaction of light with surfaces,
basic knowledge of Blender, coding skills in Matlab
Level: BS or MS semester project
Supervisors:
Prof. Roger D. Hersch, BC320, [email protected], cell: 077 406 27 09
Dr. Romain Rossier, Innoview Sàrl, [email protected], tel 078 664 36 44