Niklas Penzel, M.Sc.
Niklas Penzel
Address: Computer Vision Group
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Inselplatz 5
07743 Jena
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 3641 9 46335
E-mail: niklas (dot) penzel (at) uni-jena (dot) de
Room: 3018
Links: Google Scholar
Curriculum Vitae
Since Dec. 2020 Research Associate at the Computer Vision Group, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2020 Master Thesis: “The Bias Uncertainty Sampling introduces into an Active Learning System”
2018-2020 M.Sc. in Computer Science at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2018 Bachelor Thesis: “Lebenslanges Lernen von Klassifikationssystemen ohne Vorwissen und mit intelligenter Datenhaltung” (Lifelong Learning of Classification Systems without Previous Knowledge and with Smart Data Management)
2015-2018 B.Sc. in Computer Science at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Research Interests
  • Explainable AI
  • Analyzing Model Training
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Super Resolution
Supervised Theses
  • Tristan Piater: “Robustness of Causal Discovery Methods Towards Gradual Violations of Assumptions”. Master thesis, 2024. (joint supervision with Gideon Stein)
  • Phillip Rothenbeck: “SIR-based modelling of COVID-19 pandemic using PINNs”. Bachelor thesis, 2024. (joint supervision with Sai Karthikeya Vemuri)
  • Maria Gogolev: “Comparing and Modifying Distributions of Latent Diffusion Models to Impose Image Properties”. Master thesis, 2024. (joint supervision with Sven Sickert and Tim Büchner)
  • Konstantin Roppel: “Model Feature Attribution for Single Images using Conditional Independence Tests”. Master thesis, 2024 (joint supervision with Jan Blunk)
  • Jan Blunk: “Steering Feature Usage During Neural Network Model Training”. Master thesis, 2023 (joint supervision with Paul Bodesheim)
  • Tristan Piater: “Self-Attention Mechanisms for the Classification of Dermoscopic Images”. Bachelor thesis, 2022 (joint supervision with Gideon Stein)
  • Maria Gogolev: “Continual fine-tuning with intelligent rehearsal selection”. Bachelor thesis, 2022 (joint supervision with Julia Böhlke)
Publications
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