Martin Knoche

About Me

I am currently a Ph.D.student at Institute of Human-Machine Communication, Technical University of Munich. I am supervised by Prof. Gerhard Rigoll. Before that, I received my Master's (2017) and Bachelor's (2014) degree in Electrical Engineering from Technical University of Munich. In 2016 I studied two month at the The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). In 2015 I spent one Semester in Trondheim, Norway at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

My research interests lie in computer vision, deep learning, and their applications. Specifically on tasks related to face-recognition and super-resolution.

Education

Mar. 2018 - Present, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Germany,

Ph.D.

Oct. 2014 - Jul. 2017, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Germany,

Master of Science

Mar. 2016 - Apr. 2016, Department of Arctic Technology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Norway,

Research Internship

Aug. 2015 - Dec. 2015, Department of Electrical Engineering and Geophysics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway,

Study abroad

Oct. 2010 - Oct. 2014, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Germany,

Bachelor of Science

Work Experience

Uniscon GmbH
Project collaboration
Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2020, Munich, Germany
Facial recognition in public areas consistent with fundamental rights (e-freedom)

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE
Project collaboration
Mar. 2018 - Sep. 2018, Munich, Germany
Data-driven added value of multimedia content (ICON)

Bourns Sensors GmbH
Working Student
Aug. 2014 - Jun. 2015, Munich, Germany
Program Management

IAV automotive GmbH
Working Student
Dec. 2011 - May 2013, Munich, Germany
Oil-level sensor development application

Publications

• Cross-Quality LFW: A Database for Analyzing Cross-Resolution Image Face Recognition in Unconstrained Environments, in FG 2021
  M.Knoche, S. Hörmann, G. Rigoll   [code] [website]
   
• Image Resolution Susceptibility of Face Recognition Models, 2021
  M.Knoche, S. Hörmann, G. Rigoll  
   
• A multi-task comparator framework for kinship verification, in FG 2020
  S. Hörmann, M. Knoche, G. Rigoll  
   
• Attention Fusion for Audio-Visual Person Verification Using Multi-Scale Features, in FG 2020
  S Hörmann, A Moiz, M Knoche, G Rigoll  
   
• Outlier-Robust Neural Aggregation Network for Video Face Identification, in ICIP 2019
  S. Hörmann, M. Knoche, M. Babaee, O. Köpüklü, G. Rigoll  
   
• A system for automated vision-based sea-ice concentration detection and floe-size distribution indication from an icebreaker, in ASME 2017 H.M. Heyn, M. Knoche, Q. Zhang, R. Skjetne   [code]
   
• Improving facial landmark detection via a super-resolution inception network, in GCPR 2017
  M. Knoche, D. Merget, G. Rigoll   [code]
  
   

Professional Service

Signaltheorie (Bachelor's Level)
Teaching assistant (2018 - current)

G7 Summit
Regional Ambassador Jun. 2015

Organizations

Empire of Mountains
Founder (2012 - 2020)
A platform for outdoor sports.
Responsible for social media, sponsorships, media distribution, and projects.

Activities and Interests

Outdoor Sports
I love spending time in the outdoors and do
running, skiing, climbing, hiking, cycling or paragliding.

Interior Design
I love to create handcrafted interior design pieces.
Have a glimpse into my artwork on Pinterest.

Video Editing
I simply like telling stories.
Check out my Iceland 2019 | Drone Edit.

Food and Baking
I enjoy good and healthy food.
Cooking and baking makes me always happy.