Announcing the 2016 AMOS Project Line-up

We confirmed the AMOS 2016 project line-up. Please find the available projects below (short description, more on StudOn over the next few weeks). Everyone, please spread the word to make sure that we can fill all teams!

Table of Contents

  1. A Mobile Remote for Hearing Aids via Bluetooth
  2. An App and Service for Managing a Mobile Robot
  3. A Wireshark Plugin for Monitoring In-car Communication
  4. A Web Service for Managing Project Name Shorthands
  5. Inter-car Communication for Autonomous Driving
  6. Optimizing Transportation for Efficiency and Revenue
  7. Using iBeacons in Retail Stores
  8. An App and Service for Conference Management
  9. Corporate Credit Profiles using Cognitive Services

A Mobile Remote for Hearing Aids via Bluetooth

Industry partner Sivantos GmbH (former Siemens Audiology)
Project summary Students will develop a cross-platform mobile app to manage hearing aids (Hörgeräte) via a new Bluetooth Low Energy communication protocol. The partner will provide the necessary hardware.
Core technologies Javascript, Cordova, HTML5 + CSS
Project language English or German

An App and Service for Managing a Mobile Robot

Industry partner Basys GmbH (Develop Group)
Project summary Students will develop a library for a small mobile robot and a mobile cross-platform app/dashboard for steering and controlling the robot. The partner will provide the necessary hardware.
Core technologies Python (robot), Javascript (client), Cordova, HTML5 + CSS
Project language German only

A Wireshark Plugin for Monitoring In-car Communication

Industry partner AVL DiTest GmbH
Project summary Students will develop a Wireshark plugin to analyze and monitor the DoIP protocol for TCP/IP-based in-car communication. The partner will provide the necessary hardware.
Core technologies C or C++, Wireshark, DoIP
Project language English or German

A Web Service for Managing Project Name Shorthands

Industry partner DATEV eG
Project summary Students will develop a web service for managing and maintaining project name shorthands (“Projektkürzel”). The application will be JEE-based and will have to fullfill (some) corporate identity and operations requirements.
Core technologies Java, Javascript, HTML5
Project language English or German

Inter-car Communication for Autonomous Driving

Industry partner Continental Automotive GmbH
Project summary Students will develop a simple object detection and inter-car communication scenario, in which one car warns another car about obstacles hidden from its view. The work will be based on Continental’s software agent library.
Core technologies Linux, C++
Project language English or German

Optimizing Transportation for Efficiency and Revenue

Industry partner Siemens AG (Corporate Technology)
Project summary At IT-Gipfel 2015 Siemens presented a flexible conveyance system to the German government. Students will receive a large data dump and first visualize and then analyze the transportation data for more efficient control and revenue maximization.
Core technologies Student choice
Project language English or German

Using iBeacons in Retail Stores

Industry partner Unnamed Startup
Project summary Students will develop a system that explores Apple’s iBeacon technology for supporting sales associates and customers in retail stores. If a customer enters a store, they receive special offers and targeted information. Sales associates are alerted as to the customer who entered the store.
Core technologies iOS, Swift, iBeacon
Project language English or German
Special note The industry partner is willing to supply Apple gear. This software will not be open source and students will have to transfer the rights to their work to the industry partner. Please take this into consideration before signing up / voting for this project.

An App and Service for Conference Management

Industry partner Senacor Technologies AG
Project summary Students will develop a service and a cross-platform app for conference participants. The app and service is to support managing a conference program, voting for events and providing feedback, as well as additional functionality.
Core technologies Service: Java
Apps: Javascript, Cordova, HTML5 + CSS or native clients
Project language English or German

Corporate Credit Profiles using Cognitive Services

Industry partner knowis AG
Project summary Students will develop a service that compiles data about companies from various sources (social media, open data, proprietary data) and analyses it using (IBM) Watson’s cognitive services to create a credit profile of the company in question.
Core technologies Service: Java
Project language English or German