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ICT thesis contest 2018

ICT thesis contest 2018 will take place on the 15th of June in TTÜ Mektory

      June 15, agenda

The competition takes place for the sixth time, including all the School of IT specialities.

ICT thesis competition scholarship fund is 4300€. The scholarship fund is co-financed by Study IT in Estonia Programme. Each category winner is awarded with a scholarship of 500€ (exception is the BSc* level software category). The special prize is 200€ for BSc* and 300€ for MSc. In addition, Cybernetica-named scholarship worth of 500€, Swedbank-named scholarship worth of 500€, Erlpy-named scholarship worth of 500€ and Scoro-named scholarship worth of 300€ will be granted.

*BSc category also includes theses of applied higher education studies.

Photo gallery of the ICT thesis contest can be seen here.

Photographer: Sten-Ander Ojakallas

  • Acknowledge thesis writers for their academic accomplishments;
  • introduce the process of thesis defence;
  • involve as many students as possible in the audience, to give them a possibility to gather inspiration for writing their own thesis;
  • introduce the themes and level of students’ theses to companies;
  • give good opportunities for companies and students to meet and discuss potential collaboration possibilities;
  • to introduce the Shool of IT specializations and fields of research to the high school students through the thesis presentations, and thereby to guide the students to make an informed choice of specialty.
BSc software category
Ragnar Luga Virtuaalse keha juhtimine Kindecti sensori ja Unity abil, supervisors Senior Research Sven Nõmm and Software Engineer Jaagup Irve Best thesis
Tarmo Oja Vabatahtliku pääste häireteadete edastamise infosüsteemi alustehnoloogiate valik ja evitustehiste loomine, supervisor Early Stage Researcher Toomas Lepik Best applicable thesis
Epp Mauring Ristmiku kinnisõitmise ennustamine fooritsükli optimeerimiseks, supervisor Early Stage Researcher Martin Rebane Special prize
 
BSc hardware and systems category
Janno Jõulu Analysis of a Hardware and Codesign Based Convolutional Neural Networks' Accelerators, supervisor Professor Peeter Ellervee Best thesis
Marko Ratas Maapinnal asuvate objektide positsioneerimine videol, supervisors Associate Professor Vladimir Viies and Marek Truu (AS Teede Tehnokeskus) Special prize
 
MSc software category
Liisi Soots Pavement Mapping Using Convolutional Neural Networks, supervisors Kristjan Korjus and Associate Professor Juhan-Peep Ernits Best thesis
Daniele Mucci TED - the ELF Doctor A Container Based Tool to Perform Security Risk Assessment for ELF Binaries, supervisor Bernhards Blumbergs Special prize
Liisi Soots Pavement Mapping Using Convolutional Neural Networks, supervisors Kristjan Korjus and Associate Professor Juhan-Peep Ernits AS Swedbank scholarship
Kristo Raun Creedy Coverage - an Algorithm for Covering a Dataset, supervisor Lecturer Ants Torim OÜ Scoro Software scholarship
Leo Kristopher Piel Speech-based Identification of Children's Gender and Age with Neural Networks, supervisor Senior Researcher Tanel Alumäe Oü Erply scholarship
 
MSc hardware and systems category
Andrei Maalberg SpaceWire to SPI Bridge in VHDL for Microsemi ProASIC3E FPGA, supervisors René Beuchat (EPFL), Associate Professor Eduard Petlenkov, Jean-Luc Josset (Space-X) and Mitko Tanevski (Space-X) Best thesis
Stiven Vesi Sensoorikaplaat tudengivormelile FEST18, supervisor Professor Olev Märtens Special prize
Andrei Maalberg SpaceWire to SPI Bridge in VHDL for Microsemi ProASIC3E FPGA, supervisors René Beuchat (EPFL), Associate Professor Eduard Petlenkov, Jean-Luc Josset (Space-X) and Mitko Tanevski (Space-X) AS Cybernetica scholarship
 
MSc information society category
Kai Kreos Reducing Barriers in Cross-Border E-Commerce Through an Automated VAT Declaration System, supervisor Associate Professor Ermo Täks Best thesis
Evelin Anion Analysis of Selected Quality Indicators in the Estonian Cervical Cancer Screening Program in 2016, supervisors Piret Veerus and Professor Peeter Ross Special prize

MSc software category
  • Daniele Mucci, TED - the ELF Doctor A Container Based Tool to Perform Security Risk Assessment for ELF Binaries, supervisor Bernhards Blumbergs
  • Kristi Kert, Veebisaitide kasutatavuse automaathindamine, vahendid ja nende võrdlus, supervisors professor Ahto Kalja, Jevgeni Marenkov and Research Scientist Tarmo Robal
  • Kristo Raun, Creedy Coverage - an Algorithm for Covering a Dataset, supervisor Lecturer Ants Torim
  • Leo Kristopher Piel, Speech-based Identification of Children's Gender and Age with Neural Networks, supervisor Senior Researcher Tanel Alumäe
  • Liisi Soots, Pavement Mapping Using Convolutional Neural Networks, supervisors Kristjan Korjus and Associate Professor Juhan-Peep Ernits
  • Olesja Senkiv, Fatigue Recognition Modelling, supervisors Senior Researcher Sven Nõmm and Aaro Toomela
     

MSc hardware and systems category
  • Alexander Raldugin, Host Controller Development for an Oil Spill Sensor, supervisors Professor Olev Märtens, Associate Professor Martin Jaanus and Viktor Alekseev
  • Andrei Maalberg, SpaceWire to SPI Bridge in VHDL for Microsemi ProASIC3E FPGA, supervisors René Beuchat (EPFL), Associate Professor Eduard Petlenkov, Jean-Luc Josset (Space-X) and Mitko Tanevski (Space-X)
  • Erko Kulu, Seniitkiirgusega side Eesti tingimustes (300 kHz - 30 MHz), supervisor Associate Professor Ivo Müürsepp
  • Stiven Vesi, Sensoorikaplaat tudengivormelile FEST18, supervisor Professor Olev Märtens
     

MSc information society category
  • Evelin Anion, Analysis of Selected Quality Indicators in the Estonian Cervical Cancer Screening Program in 2016, supervisors Piret Veerus and Professor Peeter Ross
  • Hannalore Taal, Evaluation of the Results of an ICU Digital Checklist Implementation Project in Estonia - Mapping the Needs for Further Evaluation and Development, supervisor Priit Kruus
  • Irene Nonyelum Azogu, A Framework for the Adoption of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Information Management System: A Case Study of Nigeria, supervisor Associate Professor Alexander H. Norta
  • Kai Kreos, Reducing Barriers in Cross-Border E-Commerce Through an Automated VAT Declaration System, supervisor Associate Professor Ermo Täks
  • Kerli Metsla, Estonian Family Physicians Usage and Satisfaction with Drug-Drug Interaction Alert System, supervisors Health Care Specialist Tanel Ross and Expert of E-Health Janek Metsallik
  • Peep Palts, Automatiseeritud kliendihalduse tulemuslikkuse analüüs ja CRM-tegevuskava välja töötamine ettevõttes Palmatin OÜ, supervisor Associate Professor Innar Liiv

BSc software category
  • Andres Trei, ASP.NET Core 2.0 rakenduste autentimise ja autoriseerimise modulariseermine, supervisor Andres Käver
  • Epp Mauring, Ristmiku kinnisõitmise ennustamine fooritsükli optimeerimiseks, supervisor Early Stage Researcher Martin Rebane
  • Etienne Iotefa Marie Barrier, Extendable Botnet for IT College Lab, supervisor Lecturer Margus Ernits
  • Eva Maria Veitmaa, Veebipõhiste testidega seotud ründed ja tulemuste rikkumatuse tagamine TTÜ sisseastumistesti näitel, supervisor Early Stage Researcher Sten Mäses
  • Kairit Laht, Virtual Reality in Journalism: Ekspress Meedia's Pilot in the Immersive Storytelling, supervisor Associate Professor Eduard Petlenkov
  • Markus Somp, Aktsiaindeksi hinnaliikumiste prognoosimine masinõppega üllatavate majandusindikaatorite põhjal, supervisor Early Stage Researcher Martin Rebane and Kristofer Vähi
  • Ragnar Luga, Virtuaalse keha juhtimine Kindecti sensori ja Unity abil, supervisors Senior Research Sven Nõmm and Software Engineer Jaagup Irve
  • Sten Sang, Üldhariduskooli toitlustusprotsessi parendamine kasutades RFID tehnoloogiat Jõõpre kooli näitel, supervisor Lecturer Ants Torim
  • Tarmo Oja, Vabatahtliku pääste häireteadete edastamise infosüsteemi alustehnoloogiate valik ja evitustehiste loomine, supervisor Early Stage Researcher Toomas Lepik
     

BSc hardware and systems category
  • Elvar Liiv, Madala taseme juhtkontrolleri arendus isejuhtivale sõidukile, supervisor Research Scientist Mairo Leier
  • Jaan Veersoo, Software for Tuning of Auto Audio Amplifiers, supervisor Lecturer Viktor Leppikson
  • Janno Jõulu, Analysis of a Hardware and Codesign Based Convolutional Neural Networks' Accelerators, supervisor Professor Peeter Ellervee
  • Marko Ratas, Maapinnal asuvate objektide positsioneerimine videol, supervisors Associate Professor Vladimir Viies and Marek Truu (AS Teede Tehnokeskus)
  • May 21st - June 13th – period for submitting formal application and thesis*;
  • no later than June 14th - organizers announce who has qualified (or not qualified) to the final stage;
  • June 14th – submit defense speech slideshow digitally to iktkonkurss@ttu.ee;
  • June 15th – ICT thesis contest (final stage).

 

  • Documents (application and thesis) should be submitted via TTÜ Development Fund’s web form.
  • The documents must be in pdf format and named as follows: “first name_last name_thesis/presentation”.


For further details see the terms of participation here!

* An application is deemed to be accepted if the thesis has received a recommendation to participate in the competition from the defense committee (see the terms of participation, clause 4); A personal deadline for submitting an application is notified by email.

In case of questions related to the competition please contact the organizers via email: iktkonkurss@taltech.ee

Partners

IKT lõputööde konkursi 2018 partners

 

The competition is organized by the TTÜ School of Information Technologies with Information Technology Foundation for Education's Study IT in Estonia programme.