Theses, Guided Research/Projects, and

Seminars
Co-Supervised by Syed Saqib Bukhari
January 2016 - February 2019

Master Theses:

1. “Unsupervised OCR Model Evaluation Using GAN”, Abhash Sinha, Master

Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November 2018.
2. “anyOCRWeb 2.0: An Advanced and Expandable E2E Web Service Leveraging
Heterogeneous OCR Methods for any Document Analysis”, Md Ajraf Rakib,
Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November 2018.
3. “OCR for Handwritten Document Images Using CNN and LSTM Architectures”,
Arman Sadeghi, Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI,
November 2018.
4. “Applying User-Centered Design Principles to Improve User Experience of
anyOCRWeb and anyTrain Web Application”, Thanjira Amornkosit, Master
Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, October 2018.
5. “Document Semantic Zone Classification using Deep Learning”, Redy
Andriyansah, Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, September
2018.
6. “ToyAlive 3.0: Improvement through Artificial Intelligence with Classification,
Segmentation and Realistic Movement Implementation”, Roberto Moreu, Master
Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, September 2018.
7. “Predicting Human Perception while Reading using Eye Tracking and Other
Metrics”, Soumy Jacob, Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI,
September 2018.
8. “Agile UX Design - Towards the making of an intuitive, usable and responsive
User Interface of DOC-TOR (Document Investigator)”, Ananya Mukerjee, Master
Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, August 2018.
9. “Semantic Information Extraction (SIE) Design and Implementation of Information
Extraction with Semantics for Business Document Images and its Integration with
DOCument-investiTOR”, Sameed Munir, July 2018, Master Thesis, University of
Kaiserslautern and DFKI, July 2018
10. “Mini Web Services Architecture for a Digital Mailroom System” Christian Sporer,
Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, April 2018.
11. “ToyAlive 2.0 : An Intelligent and Interactive App For Developing Senses and
Real-Life Skills in Children Through Interaction With Real-World Objects”,
Deepan Raj Jayaseelan, Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI,
April 2018.
12. “anyAlign: A Social Community Platform for Interactive Text Alignment of
Historical Documents using Hadoop”, Manesh Kumar Lohano, Master Thesis,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, April 2018.
13. “anyOCR: A Translation form Python Prototypes to C++- System and Web
Service, Ahmad Kadi, Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, April
2018.
14. “Automatic and Interactive Analysis of 2D Chemical Structures in Document
Images”, Zaryab Iftekhar, Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI,
February 2018.
15. “anyTrain: A Web Application for Training anyOCR Model for Any Language and
Script”, Raees Khan, Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI,
February 2018.
16. “Framework for Semi-Automated Digitization of Engineering Drawings”, Nafees
Ahmed, Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, February 2018.
17. “A Configurable Hardware Architecture for Historical Document Image
Processing Text Image Segmentation”, Sheikh Suleman, Master Thesis,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, February 2018.
18. “A configurable hardware architecture for historical document image processing
for Gaussian based text line extraction”, Marius Duentzer, Master Thesis,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, February 2018.
19. “Extension of DOCument investigaTOR(Doc-Tor) With Named Entity
Recognition(NER) Based Information Extraction”, Yasser Toubaji, Master Thesis,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, January 2018.
20. “Investigating Reading and Skimming Classifier And Its Application In Gaze
Oriented Reading”, Jawad Hussain, Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern
and DFKI, January 2018.
21. “A Configurable Hardware Architecture for Historical Document Image
Processing
 22. Percentile Based Binarization”, Aaqib Ghafor, Master Thesis, University of
Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November 2017.
23. “ToyAlive: An Intelligent and Interactive App For Developing Senses and
Real-Life Skills in Children Through Interaction With Real-World Objects”,
Arunava Chaki and Muhammad Junaid Khan [Group Work], Master Thesis,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, September 2017.
24. “Development of a Modular Software Framework for Supporting Architects
During Early Design Phases”, Johannes Bayer, Master Thesis, University of
Kaiserslautern and DFKI, September 2017.
25. “An Investigative Analysis of Different LSTM Architectures for anyOCR Training
Framework”, Sumam Francis, Master Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and
DFKI, September 2017.
26. “anyOCRWeb - An Expandable E2E Web service Leveraging Heterogeneous
OCR Methods for any Document Analysis”, Fahim Mohammad Mir, Master
Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, June 2017.

Bachelor Theses:

1. “Investigating OCR and Post Error Correction Options using Deep Learning
Approaches”, Mina Mekale, Bachelor Thesis, DFKI and German University Cairo,
September 2018.
2. “Text Line Segmentation Error Correction using Deep Learning Approaches”,
Omar Morsi, Bachelor Thesis, DFKI and German University Cairo, September
2018.
3. “Saliency Based ANP Detection System”, Marco Stricker, Bachelor Thesis,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, September 2017.
4. “The anyOCR System for Complex Layout Documents”, Ahmed Raya, Bachelor
Thesis, DFKI and German University Cairo, September 2017.
5. “OCR Error Correction: State-of-The-Art VS An NMT (Neural Machine
Translation) Based Approach”, Kareem Mukhtar, Bachelor Thesis, DFKI and
German University Cairo, September 2017.
6. “Table Detection and Segmentation in Heterogeneous Documents using Deep
Convolutional Nets and Interactive Verification User Interface”, Omar Radwan,
Bachelor Thesis, DFKI and German University Cairo, September 2017.
 7. “Table Detection and Recognition in Document Images: Text-Based VS Deep
Convolutional Nets with Interactive User-Interface”, Ahmed Oudah, Bachelor
Thesis, DFKI and German University Cairo, September 2017.
8. “DOC-TOR": a Web Based DOCument investigaTOR For Business Use-Cases”,
Amir Riad, Bachelor Thesis, DFKI and German University Cairo, September
2016.
9. “OCR-ection": An interactive OCR Error Correction Web Service for Medieval
Documents having No Language Corpus”, Mohamed Mehany, Bachelor Thesis,
DFKI and German University Cairo, September 2016.
10. “The Impact of Layout on the Understandability of Scientific Posters using the
Eye Tracking Technology”, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, Marc Beck,
Bachelor Thesis, September 2016.
11. “Alignment of Incomplete Transcription for Historical Documents of 4th century
BC tov 7th century AD”, Mariam Basili, Bachelor Thesis, DFKI and German
University Cairo, June 2016.
12. “OCR System for Historical Scripts Lacking Ground-Truth Text”, Brennan
Nunamaker, Bachelor Thesis, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, January
2016.

Master Guided Research/Projects:

1. “Removal of Historical Degradations in Handwritten Text Documents using High

Resolution Conditional GANs”, Veeru Dumpala, Guided Research, University of
Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November 2018.
2. “Document Image Dewarping Using Deep Learning”, Vijaya Kumar Bajjer
Ramanna, Guided Research, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November
2018.
3. “Investigation of Data Augmentation Techniques for Knowledge Base Population
Dataset”, Chinmaya Mishra, Guided Research, University of Kaiserslautern and
DFKI, November 2018.
4. “Enhancing Binarization Of Machine-Printed Historical Document Images based
on Global-to-Local Approach”, Sheela Raju Kurupathi, Guided Research,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November 2018.
5. “Benchmarking of relation extraction using CNN and Data Augmentation
Techniques for Semantic Evaluation Dataset”, Guided Research, University of
Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November 2018.
6. “Software Development Practices in Document Image Analysis (DIA)”, Ali Husan
Raza, Project, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November 2018.
7. “Feedback Learning - Post IE Error Correction and Completeness”, Sai Charan
Chakrapani Kusumapani and Rakshith Bymana Ponnappa, Group Project,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November 2018.
8. “Understanding Complex Table Structure in Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
(PID) Images.” Yashaswini Shivashankar, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI,
November 2018.
9. “Localization of Table Structure in Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (PID)
Images”, Arka Sinha, Project, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November
2018.
10. “Information Extraction from Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (PID) Images”,
Ramya Bangalore Ramakrishna, Project, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI,
November 2018.
11. “Approaches to Improve Accuracy of CNN based Document Classifier”, Elizabeth
Mathews Thekkekarottu, Project, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI,
November 2018.
12. “Comparative Study between Traditional Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Approaches for Text Classification”, Cannannore Nidhi Narayana Kamath,
Guided Research, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2018.
13. “Semantic Information Extraction Framework for Digitizing Invoices”, Felix
Helfrich, Guided Research, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2018.
14. “A High-Performance Document Image Layout Analysis for Invoices”,
Mohammad Mohsin Reza and Md Ajraf Rakib, Group Guided Research,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2018.
15. “anyAlign: An Intelligent and Interactive Text-Alignment Web-Application for
Historical Document”, Praveen Kumar Badiamala Giridhara, Guided Research,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2018.
16. “Implementation and Evaluation of Different RNN-LSTM Li”braries for
Handwritten OCR”, MirArman Sadeghi, Project, University of Kaiserslautern and
DFKI, March 2018.
17. “Sandbox Environment for Software Testing”, Redy Andriyansah, Project,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2018.
18. “Detection and Correction of Text Line Segmentation Errors using Deep
Learning”, Srie Raam Mohan and Pavithra, Group Project, University of
Kaiserslautern and DFKI, November 2017.
19. “Classication and Information Extraction for Complex and Nested Tabular
Structures in Images”, Christian Sporer, Guided Research, University of
Kaiserslautern and DFKI, May 2017.
 20. “Cognitive State Recognition for Intelligent Textbook”, Soumy Jacob and Apurba
Roy, Group Project, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, May 2017.
21. “Generating Artificial Eye Gaze for Objective Readability Measurement”,
Jayasankar Santhosh, Project, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, May 2017.
22. “OCRection: A Web-Service for OCR Error Correction”, Aamir Ud-Din Mian,
Project, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, April 2017.
23. “anyOCR: An OCR System for Historical Archives”, Ahmad Kadi and Mohammad
Ayman Jounah, Group Project, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, April 2017.
24. “Merging Strategies for Refining Clusters of Segmented Characters”, Sourabh
Sarvotham Parkala, Project, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2017.
25. “anyTrain: OCR Model Training Web-Service”, Ankur Mawandia, Project,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, February 2017.
26. “Intuitive Interaction With Documents for Layout Correction”, Fahim Mahmood
Mir, Project, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, October 2016.

Master Seminars:

1. “Language Translation Techniques”, Felix Helfrich, Seminar, University of

Kaiserslautern and DFKI, October 2018.
2. “Document Layout Analysis and Information Extraction Technology for
Semi-structured Forms, Mohammad Mohsin Reza, Seminar, University of
Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2018.
3. “Study of Character Segmentation Techniques For Joined Characters”,
Manabandra Saha, Seminar, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2018.
4. “Document Image Quality Assessment”, Redy Andriyansah, Seminar, University
of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, October 2017.
5. “Smart Irrigation using Internet of Things", Khojema Vora”, Khojema Vora,
6. “Patch-Based Scene Image and Ancient Script Identification Using CNN and
Non-Negative Matrix Factorization”, Arman Sadeghi, Seminar, University of
Kaiserslautern and DFKI, October 2016.
7. “Voting-based systems for layout, OCR and Binarization Systems”, Ahmad Kadi,
Seminar, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, October 2016.
8. “Impact of Multiple Representation on Learning and How Different Field Effects
The Representation, Muhammad Junaid Khan, Seminar, University of
Kaiserslautern and DFKI, October 2017
9. “Artificial Neural Networks for Segmentation-based and Segmentation-free
OCR", Srie Raam Mohan, Seminar, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI,
March 2017.
10. “Artificial Neural Networks for Document Processing and Layout Analysis,”
Pavithra Ramkumar, Seminar, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March
2017.
11. “Latest Trends in Digital Mailroom Systems”, Christian Sporer, Seminar,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2017.
12. “The effects in Learning with Dynamic Contents”, Qamran Shahzad, Seminar,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2017.
13. “Survey of OCR Error Correction Techniques”, Mian Aamir Ud Din, Seminar,
University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2017.
14. “Text Line Segmentation of Historical Documents: A Survey”, Ankur Mawandia,
Seminar, University of Kaiserslautern and DFKI, March 2016.