people:simon

Simon Haller-Seeber

Scientific Systems Engineer

Office: T12 (ICT) 3W02
Phone: +43 512 507 53201
Email: simon.haller-seeber@uibk.ac.at
Key Fingerprint: E3A2 8470 EB26 FCEB 5796 07A2 0C6F D316 41F4 1090

Areas of Interest

Free Software
System Automation
(Educational) Robotics and everything related to the topic

Positions

Systems Engineer at the Department of Computer Science, Intelligent and Interactive Systems, University of Innsbruck (since 2010)
Lecturer at the Research Area Scientific Computing (part time, since WS22/23)
Lecturer at the Faculty of Teacher Education, Department of Science Education (part time, 2018-2019)
Systems Developer and Administrator for Large Scale Linux Systems at the Central IT Services, University of Innsbruck (part time, 2005-2010)
Internship at the HyperStudio at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (02/2006)
Systems Administrator, User Support Department, Central IT Services, University of Innsbruck (part time, 2002-2005)

Education

06/2014 Apprentice Instructor
02/2012 Engineer Degree (Ing., granted by the Federal Ministry of Economics)
10/2006 Bachelor Degree in Computer Science (granted by the University of Innsbruck)
06/2000 Technical High School for Telecommunication ('HTL für Nachrichtentechnik')

Talks and Workshops

A most recent list of talks and workshops can be found here.

Publications

See also Google Scholar

Thomas Auer, Simon Haller-Seeber, Thomas Gatterer, Towards the design of an interactive continuing training for software engineers in the Internet of Things sustainability using the example of autonomous vehicles. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, 2023. © IEEE [Link] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]
Thomas Auer, Simon Haller-Seeber, Thomas Gatterer, User Experience design of further training on Test automation of an AI self-driving robotic car powered by a Raspberry Pi. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, 2023. © IEEE [Link] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]
Antonio Rodríguez-Sánchez, Simon Haller-Seeber, David Peer, Chris Engelhardt, Jakob Mittelberger, Matteo Saveriano, Affordance detection with Dynamic-Tree Capsule Networks. IEEE-RAS 21st International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2022. © IEEE [Link] [arXiv] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]
Simon Haller-Seeber, Thomas Gatterer, Patrick Hofmann, Christopher Kelter, Thomas Auer, Michael Felderer, Software Testing, AI and Robotics (STAIR) Learning Lab. Robotics in Education, pp. 182–189, 2022. Springer LNNS 515. © Springer-Verlag [Link] [arXiv] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]

Martin Sereinig, Matteo Saveriano, Johannes Gerstmayr, Michael Pieber, Justus Piater, Simon Haller-Seeber, Peter Manzl, Metiyan Ata, Burkhard Moser, Rene Neurauter, Lukas Possenig, David Freina, Michael Dejanovic, Patrick Hofmann. Team Description Paper - Team TYROLICS RoboCup@Work 2021 Tech Report May 2021. [PDF] [BibTex]

@techreport{Sereinig-2021,
author = {Sereinig, Martin and
  Saveriano, Matteo and 
  Gerstmayr, Johannes and 
  Pieber, Michael and
  Piater, Justus and
  Haller-Seeber, Simon and
  Manzl, Peter and 
  Ata, Metiyan  and
  Moser, Burkhard  and
  Neurauter, Rene and
  Possenig, Lukas and
  Freina, David and
  Dejanovic, Michael and 
  Hofmann, Patrick
},
year = {2021},
month = {05},
title = {RoboCup@Work Team Tyrolics Team Description Paper 2021},
doi = {10.13140/RG.2.2.13392.64008}
}

Simon Haller-Seeber, Erwan Renaudo, Philipp Zech, Florian Westreicher, Markus Walzthöni, Cornelia Vidovic, Justus Piater, ROSSINI: RobOt kidS deSIgn thiNkIng. Robotics in Education, pp. 16–25, 2021. Springer AISC 1316. © Springer-Verlag [Link] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]
Patrick Lamprecht, Simon Haller-Seeber, Justus Piater, A Block–based IDE Extension for the ESP32. Robotics in Education, pp. 304–310, 2021. Springer AISC 1316. © Springer-Verlag [Link] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]
Erenus Yildiz, Tobias Brinker, Erwan Renaudo, Jakob Hollenstein, Simon Haller-Seeber, Justus Piater, Florian Wörgötter, A Visual Intelligence Scheme for Hard Drive Disassembly in Automated Recycling Routines.. International Conference on Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems, pp. 17–27, 2020. ROBOVIS 2020 Best Paper Award. [Link] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]
Philipp Zech, Erwan Renaudo, Simon Haller, Xiang Zhang, Justus Piater, Action representations in robotics: A taxonomy and systematic classification. International Journal of Robotics Research 38 (5), pp. 518–562, 2019. [Link] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]

Simon Haller, Über "Bildung 4.0", "Schule 4.0" und andere Dinge, die keine Versionierung brauchen. Medienimpulse, Volume: 26 (1), 2018. [Link] [PDF] [Online] [BibTex]

 @article{Haller-2018-MI,
  title = {{Über "Bildung 4.0", "Schule 4.0" und andere Dinge, die keine Versionierung brauchen}},
  author = {Haller, Simon},
  journal = {{Medienimpulse}},
  year = {2018},
  month = {3},
  day = {16},
  volume = {26},
  number = {1/2018},
  publisher = {Republik Österreich, Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung},
  address = {Wien},
  issn = {2307-3187},
  note = {https://iis.uibk.ac.at/public/simon/Haller-2018-MI.pdf},
  url = {http://www.medienimpulse.at/articles/view/1187},
  copyright = {CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 AT}
  }

Thiusius Savarimuthu, Anders Buch, Christian Schlette, Nils Wantia, Jürgen Rossmann, David Martínez, Guillem Alenyà, Carme Torras, Aleš Ude, Bojan Nemec, Aljaž Kramberger, Florentin Wörgötter, Eren Aksoy, Jeremie Papon, Simon Haller, Justus Piater, Norbert Krüger, Teaching a Robot the Semantics of Assembly Tasks . IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems 48 (5), pp. 670–692, 2018. © IEEE [Link] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]
Stefan Spiss, Yeongmi Kim, Simon Haller, Matthias Harders, Comparison of Tactile Signals for Collision Avoidance on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Haptic Interaction (Proceedings of the 2nd Asia Haptics Conference, 2016), pp. 393–399, 2018. Springer LNEE 432. © Springer-Verlag [Link] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]
Philipp Zech, Simon Haller, Safoura Rezapour Lakani, Barry Ridge, Emre Ugur, Justus Piater, Computational models of affordance in robotics: a taxonomy and systematic classification. Adaptive Behavior 25 (5), pp. 235–271, 2017. [Link] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]
Thiusius R. Savarimuthu, Anders G. Buch, Yang Yang, Simon Haller, Jeremie Papon, David Martínez, Eren Aksoy, Manipulation Monitoring and Robot Intervention in Complex Manipulation Sequences. Workshop on Robotic Monitoring, 2014 (Workshop at RSS). Extended Abstract. [Link] [PDF] [BibTeX]
David Martínez, Guillem Alenyà, Pablo Jiménez, Carme Torras, Jürgen Roßmann, Nils Wantia, Eren Aksoy, Simon Haller, Justus Piater, Active Learning of Manipulation Sequences. International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 5671–5678, 2014. © IEEE [Link] [PDF] [Abstract] [BibTeX]

Apprentice

Bryan Fasching (since 04/2020)
Adnan Ali (05/2018 - 05/2019)
Tizian Müller (09/2014 - 02/2018)

(Co-)Supervised Theses

Lukas Widmoser, Thesis: Extending OpenRoberta (working title), ongoing.
Mirko Adam, Thesis: An URDF Builder for Lego Robots (working title), ongoing.
Michael Unterholzner, Thesis: Implementation of a Parcel Management System (wokring title), ongoing.
Tobias Steiner, Thesis: Building and programming quadcopters for school teaching (working title), ongoing.
David Gwiggner, Aufbau von Grundvorstellungen zu Computational Thinking durch Robotereinsatz, 2022/06.
Nico Vergeiner, Thesis: Development of simulation scenarios for testing self‐driving cars, 2022/01
Fabian Wechselberger, Thesis: Management tool for electrical appliances using IoT devices, 2021/06.
Sebastian Bergner, Fabian Kranewitter, IT-Kolleg Thesis: Vision Pipeline for ROS, 2020/06.
Patrick Lamprecht, Thesis: Entwicklung eines Block Programming Interfaces für den Microcontroller ESP32 zum Einsatz im modernen Informatikunterricht, 2019/11.
Jacob Jordan, Thomas Leitner, HTL-Dipl. Thesis: Schwarmintelligenz für autonomes Fahren, 2019/05.
Lee Chhong Shing, Thesis: Haptic Exploration of Images for the Visually Impaired, 2017/06/20.
Adrian Marxer, Thesis: Visual SLAM for Terrain Reconstruction and Autonomous Flight, 2016/04/19.
Stefan Spiss, Thesis: Intuitive Human-Computer Interface for Quadcopter Control, 2016/04/19.
Alexander Falch, Thesis: Entwicklung eines web-basierten Verwaltungstools zur Protokollierung und Zugangssteuerung von Industriegeräten, 2015/12/15.
Alexander Hirsch, Thesis: Improved On-Board Communication for Low-Cost Mobile Robots, 2014/10/14.
Martin Kolb, Thesis: Face-Tracking mit Scratch, 2013/06/25.

Teaching Assistance

Software Management for Scientific Computing [VU 198702 | winter term: 2022/23]
~~Enabling Music II [VU 703709 | summer term: 2020]~~postponed to 2022/23
Connective Playthings [VU/PR 800770/1 | summer term: 2019]
Fachpraktikum [PR 627824 | winter term: 2018/19]
Informatik Praktikum Robotik [PR 703051 | summer term: 2018]
Enabling Music [SE 800709 | winter term: 2017/18]
Bridge-Course [VO 703000 | winter term: 2012-2019]
Introduction to Autonomous and Intelligent Systems [PS 703031 | summer term: 2013-2017]

Projects

INNALP Education Hub (FFG, current - 2021): STAIR-Lab
IMAGINE (EU Horizon, 2018-2021)
Squirrel (EU FP7-ICT-STREP, 2016-2018)
PaCMan (EU FP7-ICT-STREP, 2014-2016)
Networking Lake Observatories in Europe (COST Action ES1201, 2013-2016)
IntellAct (EU FP7-ICT-STREP, 2011–2014)

Initiatives, Events, Misc

Science Slam: Explainable AI: A sneak peek into the Black-Box, (11/2020)
Erasmus+ Teaching Staff Exchange, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel (05/2019).
RoboCup Junior 2016/2019
Frau Hitt and the 19 Questions: AR Implementation of "Who will be granted a second chance?" (with Stefan Spiss, code, 02/2019).
RobOt kidS deSign thiNkIng (rossini workshops, since 2018)
HIT Hackathon 2018 (Press, Video)
Computer Camp Malbun (since 2003)
Co-Organizing Free Software Events (IFIT 2003, IFI10 2011, RMS Talk 2017, Panel Discussion 2017)
Robot Support for König Laurins Rosengarten 2017
Co-Organizing 1st Stupid Hackathon Tirol 2015
Capture the Flag (CTF @ IFI 10) 2011
Support for a state licensed IT–Center in Koudougou (AITED, 2009–2010)

Boards and Organisations

Chairman of the registered association “brainity” (since 2006)
Chairman of the registered association “Natur Mensch Technik” (since 2003)
Member of the academic senate at the University of Innsbruck (2004-2009)
Member of the science student representative body (2004-2007).
Member of the student's counsel for Informatics Students (2003-2008).