M.Sc.

Henning Konermann

Research Scientist

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Curriculum Vitae

Apr 2024 – Present Research Scientist, Institute of Imaging & Computer Vision, RWTH Aachen
Oct 2021 – Mar 2024 M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Information Technology & Technical Computer Science, RWTH Aachen
Sep 2022- Mar 2023 Internship in Driver Assistance Systems and Innovative Control at Porsche Engineering, Bietigheim-Bissingen
Oct 2021 – Jul 2022 Research Assistant, Institute for Communication Engineering, RWTH Aachen
Oct 2018 – Sep 2021 B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Information Technology & Technical Computer Science, RWTH Aachen

Research Field

Computer Vision in Retinal Interfaces via Deep Learning

Thesis Topics

Publications

 
2025

Emil Mededovic, Yuli Wu, Henning Konermann, Marcin Kopaczka, Mareike Schulz, René Tolba and Johannes Stegmaier
Eye on the Target: Eye Tracking Meets Rodent Tracking
In: arXiv:2503.10305

2025

Yuli Wu, Fucheng Liu, Rüveyda Yilmaz, Henning Konermann, Peter Walter and Johannes Stegmaier
A Pragmatic Note on Evaluating Generative Models with Fréchet Inception Distance for Retinal Image Synthesis
In: arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.17160

2025

Yuli Wu, Henning Konermann, Emil Mededovic, Peter Walter and Johannes Stegmaier
Evaluating Cross-Subject and Cross-Device Consistency in Visual Fixation Prediction
In: 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)

2025

Yuli Wu, Henning Konermann, Emil Mededovic, Peter Walter and Johannes Stegmaier
Dataset for Cross-Device and Cross-Subject Consistency Evaluation in Visual Fixation Prediction
In: IEEE Dataport

2025

Yuli Wu, Do Dinh Tan Nguyen, Henning Konermann, Rüveyda Yilmaz, Peter Walter and Johannes Stegmaier
Visual Fixation-Based Retinal Prosthetic Simulation
In: IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)

2025

Henning Konermann, Yuli Wu, Peter Walter and Johannes Stegmaier
Beyond downsampling: semantic preservation in retinal implant stimuli
In: Artificial Vision – The International Symposium on Visual Prosthetics

Teaching

Mathematical Methods in Electrical Engineering: Supervision and organization of small group exercises and global exercise representation

Completed and ongoing theses

2025

  • Tom Merten: Development and Comparison of Real-Time Camera Systems for VR-Based Retinal Implant Evaluation (Bachelor’s thesis)
  • Aleksandre Kandelaki: Evaluation and Optimization of Superpixel-Based Downsampling for Perception-Oriented Stimulation Simulations (Interdisciplinary project in cooperation with the Computer Vision Group at the Technical University of Munich)
  • Chourouk Abdemoula: Development and Evaluation of a Test Procedure for Investigating Image Processing Algorithm Preferences in the Virtual Simulation of Retina Implants (Bachelor’s thesis)
  • Vivien Hou: Student assistant in the field of virtual patients — implemented through virtual reality
  • Eric Christfreund: Exploring Optimal Transport with Wasserstein Metrics to Enhance Semantic Preservation in Retinal Implants (Master’s thesis in cooperation with the Computer Vision Group at the Technical University of Munich)
  • Ibrahim Ait el Hend: Optimizing Neural Network Loss Functions for Phosphene Quality in Prosthetic Vision through Preference Evaluation (Master’s thesis)