Henri Kiesel - Projects
M.Sc. Student in Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence at TUM Munich
Projects
HDRI Map Estimation from Single Face Portraitsince Apr 2026Technical University of Munich · Course project · MunichCurrent master's course project in Advanced Deep Learning for Computer Vision by Prof. Matthias Nießner
Current master's course project in Advanced Deep Learning for Computer Vision by Prof. Matthias Nießner
Project Milestones:
- Generation of dataset and implementation of dataloader (completed)
- Implementation of simple encoder decoder architecture and overfitting on small subset of the data (completed)
- Architecture refinement and upscaling to the entire dataset
- Evaluation and documentation of the results
Key skills
- Python
- CNNs / ViTs
Autonomous Systems: UAV cave explorationDec 2025 – Mar 2026Technical University of Munich · Course project · MunichMaster's course project in Autonomous Systems by Prof. Markus Ryll
Master's course project in Autonomous Systems by Prof. Markus Ryll
Task: implementation of a control system, able to autonomously navigate a UAV in a cave environment and locate a number of hidden lanterns in a unity simulation Implemented parts included:
- State machine
- Perception pipeline generating a voxel occupancy map
- Trajectory planning and obstacle avoidance
- Flight controller
Key skills
- ROS
- C/C++
Adsorption façade: RL based operational strategy2024–2025Institute for System Dynamics · Bachelor’s thesis · Student research assistant · StuttgartFurther development and optimization of a reinforcement-learning-based operational strategy for an adsorbing building façade.
Further development and optimization of a reinforcement-learning-based operational strategy for an adsorbing building façade.
Follow-on from student assistant work and research at ISYS; emphasis on strategy refinement and robustness of the RL control approach.
- Reinforcement learning
- Python
- Energy / buildings
Key skills
- RL
- Python
- Building energy
- Simulation
IST project competitionApr – Jul 2024Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control (IST) · University of Stuttgart · Stuttgart VaihingenInstitute-wide project competition at IST; our team placed second.
Institute-wide project competition at IST; our team placed second.
Team-based competition format with project development and final presentation of results.
- Team project
- Competition
- Control & systems theory
Key skills
- Teamwork
- Project work
- Presentation
Faro-Labs: test automation & diagnostics2019–2020FARO Europe GmbH & Co. KG · Korntal-MünchingenUI and API tests for embedded firmware plus diagnostics and filtering around SLAM and point clouds.
UI and API tests for embedded firmware plus diagnostics and filtering around SLAM and point clouds.
JavaScript UI automation (TestComplete); embedded testing with C++/Python in ROS; system-state monitoring and quality evaluation.
- ROS
- JavaScript
- C++
Key skills
- TestComplete
- ROS
- Embedded
- SLAM