Teaching

Defended theses

Take a look at all the magnificent theses that our students have written about self-driving. Surely this list contains the names of future leading specialists of the self-driving academia and industry!
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Learned Control Barrier Function for Reactive Navigation in Unknown Environments

Duc-Man Vo • MSc

• Supervisor: Arun Kumar Singh, Priit Kull

• 2026

Test Platform for Self-driving Vehicles with a LiDAR-based Navigation System

Kaisa Talts • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Karl Kruusamäe

• 2026

Snowplow Drivers Assistance System

Matis Vahter • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Edgar Sepp

• 2026

Vision-based Localisation on City Scale Using OpenStreetMap

Karmen Laud • BSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Dmytro Zabolotnii

• 2026

Sample-efficient risk-aware trajectory optimization leveraging maximum mean discrepancy

Basant Sharma • PhD

• Supervisor: Arun Kumar Singh

• 2026

A Mobile App for GNSS-free Autonomous Vehicle Localization

Ander Saarniit • BSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Faiz Ali Shah

• 2026

Localization of an Autonomous Vehicle Using City Distances Read from Roadside Signs

Samuel Kolsar • BSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Syeda Zillay Nain Zukhraf

• 2026

A Comparative Study of FFT, DWT, and EMD for Robust Airflow-Based Vehicle Length Estimation

Md Murad Alahi Misu • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad

• 2026

A Scenario-Based Safety Evaluation Framework for Autonomous Driving at Urban Intersections

Lu Zhang • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Edgar Sepp

• 2026

Data-Driven Identification of ODD-Compatible Corridors for Shared Autonomous Shuttle Deployment: A Case Study of Gotland, Sweden

Yifei Song • MSc

• Supervisor: Amnir Hadachi

• 2026

Absolute Positioning of Drones Based on Visual Matching

Raido Rehepapp • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2026

Multi-Dataset 3D Object Detection with LiDAR

Buraq Khan • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2026

Cyberattack Simulation and Detection in CARLA-Based Digital Twin of Tartu City

Ahmed Ruhul Quddos Joyon • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Mubashar Iqbal

• 2026

Evaluating Visual-Language Models for Turn Signal Labeling in Autonomous Driving

Elizabeth Ann Dwenger • MSc

• Supervisor: Amnir Hadachi, Tambet Matiisen, Helena Sokk

• 2026

Requirements for Integrating Robotaxis to Ride-Hailing User Interfaces

Jerin George • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Antti Juhana Ainamo

• 2026

Addressing real-world scenarios via motion prediction in autonomous driving

Mahir Gulzar • PhD

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Yar Muhammad

• 2026

Measuring Vehicle Teleoperation Latency

Mattias Mäe • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Karl Kruusamäe

• 2025

Socially Aware Planning for Indoor Navigation

Paola Avalos Conchas • MSc

• Supervisor: Karl Kruusamäe, Bin Zhang

• 2025

Model-based Planning Using GPU-accelerated Simulator as a World Model

Iryna Hurova • MSc

• Supervisor: Arun Kumar Singh, Karl Kruusamäe

• 2025

Risk-Aware Planning on Point Clouds

Kwasi Akuamoah Boateng • MSc

• Supervisor: Arun Kumar Singh, Basant Sharma

• 2025

A multimodal approach for refining mapping and localization by integrating generative AI and pedestrian-centric data

Alireza Akhavi Zadegan • PhD

• Supervisor: Amnir Hadachi

• 2025

Development and Application of a Program for Traversing Drivable Lanes

Rauno Raa • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Edgar Sepp, Karl-Johan Pilve

• 2025

GNSS-free Localization Using Milestone-board Information

Henri Poolakese • BSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad

• 2025

Setting up a Real-time Kinematic Base Station and Accuracy Assessment

Jaagup Kopli • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Edgar Sepp

• 2025

Development of a Remote Control System for a Small-Scale Car in the University of Tartu Autonomous Driving Lab

Markkus Koddala • BSc

• Supervisor: Ardi Tampuu

• 2025

Outdoor Navigation with a Model Car

Kennar Kahju • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2025

On the Road to Security Risk Management in Vehicle Teleoperation Scenarios

Aqel Rizza Ndifuna • MSc

• Supervisor: Raimundas Matulevičius

• 2025

Edge-Case Handling via Message-Based V2X for Enhanced Vehicle Autonomy

Lisanne Siniväli • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad

• 2025

Vision-based Localization on City Scale Using Open Street Map

Helena Sokk • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Dmytro Zabolotnii

• 2025

Secure Data Sharing in the Internet of Vehicles Using Blockchain-based Federated Learning

Mykyta Luzan • MSc

• Supervisor: Raimundas Matulevičius, Mubashar Iqbal

• 2025

Digital Twin-Based Deception Solution for Autonomous Vehicles Security

Md Al Amin Khan • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Mubashar Iqbal

• 2025

Automating the Classification of Disengagements Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Elisabet Hein • BSc

• Supervisor: Dietmar Pfahl

• 2025

Absolute Positioning of a Drone Using Aerial Images

Gregor Nepste • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2025

Eyes Wide Shut: Analyzing Object Detection Performance Under Degraded Sensor Input Scenarios

Maksim Ploter • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2025

Validation of NoMaD as a Global Planner for Mobile Robots

Robert Allik • MSc

• Supervisor: Arun Kumar Singh, Karl Kruusamäe

• 2024

Towards Reliable Real-time Trajectory Optimization

Fatemeh Rastgar • PhD

• Supervisor: Arun Kumar Singh, Alvo Aabloo

• 2024

The Analysis of the Effectiveness of Fiery Semantic Segmentation Model

Ilmar Möls • BSc

• Supervisor: Markus Kängsepp

• 2024

Simulation-based Safety Testing of an Automated Driving System (ADS)

Laima Anna Dalbina • MSc

• Supervisor: Dietmar Pfahl

• 2024

Automating Classification of Disengagements using FoxGlove

Pirjo Jõelo • BSc

• Supervisor: Dietmar Pfahl

• 2024

Designing and Implementing a Bird's-eye View Interface for a Self-driving Vehicle's Teleoperation System

Rauno Põlluäär • MSc

• Supervisor: Karl Kruusamäe

• 2024

Creation of Materials to Teach Data Science via Self-Driving

Artur Kreegipuu • BSc

• Supervisor: Ardi Tampuu

• 2024

Lane Centerline Detection from Orthophotos using Transformer Networks

Karl-Johan Pilve • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Edgar Sepp

• 2024

Asymmetric Deep Multi-Task Learning

Ali Maharramov • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2024

Physical A*: Graph-Based Search Algorithm for Robot Navigation On-the-Go

Anish Shrestha • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2024

Creation of Digital Twin for Tartu

Allan Mitt • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2024

Security Risk Management in Teleoperated Driving

Nataliia Pabat • MSc

• Supervisor: Raimundas Matulevičius, Abasi-amefon Obot Affia

• 2024

Small-Scale Cars for Autonomous Driving Research

Uroš Petrovic • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad

• 2024

Continuous Collaborative Mapping in Unknown Environments: A Multi-Robot System Approach

Malcom Maurice Radigon • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad

• 2024

Machine learning solutions for the task of pedestrian trajectory prediction – a systematic literature review

Ankit Garg • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad

• 2024

Exploring Smartphone-Based Reinforcement Learning Control for Educational Robotics: Implementation on OpenBot

Lilou Gras • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad

• 2024

Georeferenced Visual SLAM

Erik Mägi • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Edgar Sepp

• 2023

Semi-automatic generation of Lanelet2 maps for autonomous driving

Valentina Sagris • MSc

• Supervisor: Edgar Sepp, Tambet Matiisen

• 2023

Object Recognition Using a Sparse 3D Camera Point Cloud

Timo Tiirats • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Jan Bogdanov

• 2023

XR Teleoperation Demo Development

Matevž Zorec • MSc

• Supervisor: Ulrich Norbisrath

• 2023

Development of a continuous teleoperation system for urban road vehicle

Erki Veeväli • BSc

• Supervisor: Karl Kruusamäe, Ulrich Norbisrath

• 2023

Sampling-based Bi-level Optimization aided by Behaviour Cloning for Autonomous Driving

Jatan Shrestha • MSc

• Supervisor: Arun Kumar Singh

• 2023

Visibility aware navigation

Houman Masnavi • PhD

• Supervisor: Arun Kumar Singh, Karl Kruusamäe

• 2023

Using Adversarial Defense Methods to Improve the Performance of Deep-Neural-Network-Controlled Automatic Driving Systems

Mike Gomes Camara • MSc

• Supervisor: Dietmar Pfahl

• 2022

Agent Behavior Modeling in Roundabout Traffic

Heidi Korp • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Yar Muhammad

• 2022

State of the art VR Driving Simulation for Physical Test Car Using LiDAR for Mapping the Surrounding Environment

Raigo Kõvask • MSc

• Supervisor: Ulrich Norbisrath

• 2022

Forecasting Human Trajectories with Uncertainty Estimation

Karl Riis • MSc

• Supervisor: Meelis Kull, Novin Shahroudi

• 2022

Teleoperation of Remote Controlled Toy Cars in VR

Amirabbas Sherafatian • MSc

• Supervisor: Ulrich Norbisrath

• 2022

Effect of Delays/Lag and Fighting it in Self-driving Neural Networks

Ilmar Uduste • MSc

• Supervisor: Ardi Tampuu

• 2022

Leading Vehicle Length Estimation Using Pressure Data for Use in Autonomous Driving

Matis Ottan • BSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad

• 2022

Driving Speed as a Hidden Factor Behind Distribution Shift

Kristjan Roosild • MSc

• Supervisor: Ardi Tampuu

• 2022

In Search of the Best Activation Function

Marti Ingmar Liibert • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2022

Comparing Output Modalities in End-to-End Driving

Romet Aidla • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Ardi Tampuu

• 2022

Energy-Based Models for End-to-End Autonomous Driving

Mykyta Baliesnyi • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2022

A continuous teleoperating system based on shared control concept

Markus Erik Sügis • BSc

• Supervisor: Karl Kruusamäe, Arun Kumar Singh

• 2022

Review and Comparison of Vision- and LiDAR-based Methods for Autonomous Vehicle Localization

Anna Ulst • BSc

• Supervisor: Debasis Kumar, Naveed Muhammad

• 2022

Autonomous driving: Learning from Interventions

Thomas Churchman • MSc

• Supervisor: Ardi Tampuu, Tambet Matiisen, Umut Güçlü

• 2021

Change Detection in HD-Maps Using Camera Images for Autonomous Driving

Navid Bamdad Roshan • MSc

• Supervisor: Dmytro Fishman, Naveed Muhammad

• 2021

Creating High-Definition Vector Maps for Autonomous Driving

Edgar Sepp • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2021

Automatic Road Boundaries Extraction for High Definition maps

Dmytro Zabolotnii • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Dmytro Fishman

• 2021

Traffic Light Detection by Fusing Object Detection and Map Info

Tetiana Shtym • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Meelis Kull

• 2021

Using LiDAR as Camera for End-to-End Driving

Jan Aare van Gent • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2021

External human-vehicle interaction - a study in the context of an autonomous ride-hailing service

Kristina Meister • MSc

• Supervisor: Karl Kruusamäe, Alexander Udo Nolte, Andres Kuusik

• 2021

Securing Passenger's Data in Autonomous Vehicles

Mariia Bakhtina • MSc

• Supervisor: Raimundas Matulevičius, Mari Seeba

• 2021

Tool for Creating High Definition Maps in Lanelet2 format

Karl-Johan Pilve • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Edgar Sepp

• 2021

Generating Vector Map Data for Autonomous Driving

Krister Looga • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen, Edgar Sepp

• 2021

Human-like Speed in Curves

Eduard Rudi • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2021

Navigation Application Input Rendering for a Self-driving Car's Neural Network

Erik Marcus Maks • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2021

Modelling Interactions Between Traffic and Crosswalk Agents at Unsignalized Crossings

Laura Liis Metsvaht • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Yar Muhammad

• 2021

Multihead Attention Enhanced Memory Augmented Neural Network for Multimodal Trajectory Prediction

Farhan Syakir • MSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Yar Muhammad

• 2021

Air-flow sensing for applications in autonomous driving

Roman Matvejev • BSc

• Supervisor: Naveed Muhammad, Yar Muhammad

• 2021

Simulation of Tartu City Centre for Testing Autonomous Vehicles

Allan Mitt • BSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2021

Digital twin for Narva street roundabout in Tartu

Rudolf Põldma • BSc

• Supervisor: Karl Kruusamäe

• 2021

Sample-efficient Online Learning in a Physical Environment

Martin Liivak • MSc

• Supervisor: Rainer Paat, Tambet Matiisen

• 2020

Real-time 3D Object Detection on Point Clouds

Enes Özipek • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2020

Sim-to-Real Generalization of Computer Vision with Domain Adaptation, Style Randomization, and Multi-Task Learning

Hannes Liik • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2020

Security Risk Management in Autonomous Driving Vehicles: Architecture Perspective

Rando Tõnisson • MSc

• Supervisor: Raimundas Matulevičius, Abasi-Amefon O. Affia

• 2020

Design and Evaluation of a User Interface to Increase Trust in Autonomous Vehicles

Timo Soiunen • MSc

• Supervisor: Alexander Nolte

• 2020

Communicating and interpreting machine intent

Maarika Oidekivi • MSc

• Supervisor: Karl Kruusamäe

• 2020

Estimating the distribution of risks of a self-driving car's object detection model with a Poisson process

Getter Põru • MSc

• Supervisor: Meelis Kull

• 2020

Detection of Changes in Maps Using LiDAR Point Clouds

Vladyslav Fediukov • MSc

• Supervisor: Dmytro Fishman

• 2020

Automatic Labelling of Point Clouds Using Image Semantic Segmentation

Markus Loide • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2019

Object Detection Using LiDAR and Camera Fusion in Off-road Conditions

Mahir Gulzar • MSc

• Supervisor: Tambet Matiisen

• 2019