The program for the double event OCM 2025 & SpectroNet Collaboration Conference 2025

Event content

The event addresses recent developments in innovative photonic micro sensors with digital image processing for geo-, color-, multi-, hyper- and full-spectral photonic measurement applications for the optical characterization of materials in industry, biology/medicine, environment and security and in daily life.

March 25, 2025

Schedule of the event


There will be 3 sessions with a total number of 23 presentations about the following topics:

  • Session 1: Sensors & Systems for Optical Characterization of Materials
  • Session 2: Components & Methods for Optical Characterization of Materials
  • Session 3: Applications & Challenges for Optical Characterization of Materials

Furthermore, there will be:

  • an exhibition with innovative products and services and
  • an exclusive Evening Event with Live Demonstrations.

For more information and the full programme, please visit the SpectroNet website.

March 26, 2025

An overview of implementing Multispectral Imaging coupled with machine learning for the assessment of microbiological quality and authenticity in foods

time action author organization title
   
10:00 a.m. Tour Fraunhofer IOSB (optional) 
11:30 a.m. Registration
12:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Beyerer from Fraunhofer IOSB
     
    Session 1: Standardization, Image acquisition
12:15 p.m. Lecture Bernd Jähne Uni Heidelberg-IUP Extending the EMVA 1288 Standard for Sensors Required for Optical Material Characterization
12:40 p.m.   Poster session: Methods 1, Modeling
  Poster Achim Kehrein Uni Rhine-Waal  About the Parameter Determination of Overlapping Voigt Profiles from Geometric Features of the Spectrum
  Poster Fabian Roth RWTH Aachen-ANTS Automated data acquisition method for sensor-based real-time material flow characterization of recyclable waste streams using sensor fusion A case study
  Poster Maria Jernej JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH Optimizing Illumination for Mid-Wave Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging in Black Plastic Recycling
  Poster Johannes Meyer Fraunhofer IOSB Inverse rendering for material characterization 
  Poster Andreas Polywka Fraunhofer IOSB Effective directional reflectance modelling of fine-structured surfaces
   
1:00 p.m. Lunch break & Poster session
    Session 2: Food & Agriculture
2:00 p.m. Talk Leo Fiedler Carl Zeiss AG Leveraging Grounded SAM and a weakly supervised CNN Filtering for Enhanced Leaf Segmentation in Automated Plant Phenotyping
2:25 p.m. Talk Thorsten Tybussek Fraunhofer IVV Non-Destructive and Inline Capable Characterization of Grapes by Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy
2:50 p.m. Talk Sabine Wittmann HS Weihenstephan-Triesdorf Use of VIS-NIR Spectroscopy to Monitor Mango Ripening Quality with Ripening Indices in Professional Ripening Processes
3:15 p.m.   Poster session: Food & Agriculture
  Poster Anna Taphorn Fraunhofer IOSB Non-Destructive Quality Control using a Multi-Sensory Fruit Scanner with NIR and Microwaves
  Poster Kay Plat greenhub solutions GmbH Optimisation of Plant Trials in CEA and Vertical Farming through Standardization and Modelling 
  Poster Pascal Gauweiler Fraunhofer IOSB Optimizing Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for On-line Grape Must Quality Assessment: Addressing the Impact of Suspended Solids
   
3:25 p.m. Coffee break & Poster session
    Session 3: Plastics Recycling
3:45 p.m. Talk Nikolai Kuhn  Montanuniversität Leoben Exploring Near-Infrared Spectra of Multi-Material Multi-Layer Packaging – Findings From the PET-Stream 
4:10 p.m. Talk Malte Vogelgesang Fraunhofer IWKS Detection of bio-based additives in plastics using NIR data Opportunity for bio-based markers
4:35 p.m.   Poster session: Recycling
  Poster Anna Tokareva Uni Luxembourg Impact of Demolition Waste Powders on the Microstructure of Cement Mortars: A Comparative Analysis of Concrete, Ceramic, and Mixed Wastes
  Poster Lukas Roming Fraunhofer IOSB Robust model development for HSI-based characterization of post-consumer plastics
  Poster Felix Kronenwett Fraunhofer IOSB / KIT Adaptive Architectures for Semantic Segmentation in the Field of Sensor-Based Sorting Systems
  Poster Fridolin Blum University of Applied Sciences Hamburg Bulky Waste Classification From a Distance: Challenges and First Insights
  Poster Wolfgang Becker Fraunhofer ICT MIR measurements combined with photon-up-conversion technology to measure and identify black polymers
   
4:50 p.m Coffee break & Poster session
    Session 4: Deep Learning in Recycling
5:10 p.m. Talk Maria Kainz JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH Supervised and Unsupervised Textile Classification via Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging and Deep Learning
5:35 p.m. Talk Gerald Koinig Montanuniversität Leoben CNN-Based Copper Reduction in Shredded Scrap for Enhanced Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking
   
6:00 p.m. End of the first day
7:00 p.m. Change of Location for Special Presentation and Dinner

March 27, 2025

 

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    Session 5: Methods
9:00 a.m. Talk Johannes Emmert Fraunhofer IIS Towards continual learning with the Artificial Neural Twin applied to recycling processes
9:25 a.m. Talk Genc Ahmeti Wilhelm-Schickard-Institute for Computer Science University of Tuebingen Transfer Learning for Hyperspectral Image Classification
9:50 a.m. Talk Abtin Maghmoumi RWTH Aachen  Assessment of compression algorithms and their reconstruction performance on 1 Near-Infrared Spectral Images
10:15 a.m. Talk Dennis Hofmann Uni Heidelberg-IUP Measurement of Air-Water Gas Exchange by Fluorescence Imaging
10:40 a.m.   Poster session: Methods 2 
  Poster Florian F. Linscheid Uni Augsburg Prediction of various material parameters using a combination of non-destructive sensors and artificial intelligence
  Poster Jannick Küster Fraunhofer IOSB Hyperspectral Data Compression and its Impact on Spectral Signatures of Water Bodies
  Poster Achim Kehrein Uni Rhine-Waal About the Determination of Intensities and Shape Parameters of Overlapping Voigt Profiles Directly from Geometric Properties of the Spectrum
   
10:50 a.m. Coffee break & Poster session
    Session 6: Methods 2
11:10 a.m. Panel talk Alexander Braun   A novel scan-free one-shot refractometer for the whole dispersion curve
   
12:00 p.m. Lunch break
    Session 7: Construction & Demolition Waste
1:00 p.m. Talk Paul Bäcker Fraunhofer IOSB PAH Detection in Road Surface Residue Using Various Hyperspectral Imaging Sensors
1:25 p.m. Talk Patrick Hunhold Materials Research and Testing Institute Weimar Approach to Increase Resource Efficiency in Natural Gypsum using Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning Methods
   
1:50 p.m. Coffee break
    Session 8: Food
2:10 p.m. Talk Sebastian Tück PROBAT SE Advancing Coffee Roasting: A Data-Driven Approach to Efficiency
2:35 p.m. Talk Patrick Menz Fraunhofer IFF On the Rapid Aging of Roasted Coffee Beans – A Hyperspectral Freshness Analysis
3:00 p.m. Talk Johannes Schlosser Uni Bayreuth Classification of overall sensory acceptability of modified-air packaged (MAP) minced pork stored at different temperatures using fluorescence spectroscopy
   
3:25 p.m. Best Paper Award, Summary and Conclusion
3:45 p.m. End