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Read through them all and see which ones interest you. Final idea is decided together with the supervisor/manager.\nCategory\nElectrical or Computer Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mathematics and similar\nScope\nTwo Master Students, 30hp each\nIdea 1: Future aware rate control\nRelevant courses\nEfficient C (or similar), Automatic Control, possibly Algorithms and Data Structures (mostly for the algorithm aspect)\nBackground\nStandard real time system bitrate control algorithms are reactive, using the size of previously encoded frames to control the video encoding. While latency is always bad, this can be particularly problematic as the algorithm needs to be reactive enough for scenarios where there are large, sudden changes, e.g. a train passing by, but also not be too reactive to create self-oscillations.\nThere are however other indicative data available in our camera video pipeline that can estimate the amount of current motion in the scene and that is available several frames ahead of it's encoding which could be used to improve the bitrate control algorithm.\nGoal\nEvaluate the benefits of using future motion indicative data in video bitrate control algorithms.\nAs there are several options for the data types and how far into the future we can see, a good side goal would be to evaluate them.\nIdea 2: Capability based objective video quality\nRelevant courses\nC/Python (good to know), Mathematical Statistics\nBackground\nStandard objective video quality metrics (e.g. PSNR, SSIM, VMAF) all have issues in determining the surveillance quality of encoded video.\nA novel approach would to define new metrics based on the ability of different detectors to detect, classify, recognize and identify different object types. This would mean using e.g. the same analytics application on the raw video and various encoded versions of the video (where information and thus detection capabilities are lost). At far distances this will impact the ability to detect objects (\"there is something\"), at long distances the ability to classify objects (\"it's a human\"), at medium distances the ability to recognize objects (\"it's the same human\") and at short distances the ability to identify the object (\"it's Mr. Smith\"). In practice, a suite of different analytics applications would likely be the best.\nThe metric needs to be tuned to handle different light conditions and object distances and false detections might need to be handled somehow.\nGoal\nCreate a capability based objective video quality metric and investigate if this is suitable for measuring surveillance video quality.\nIdea 3: Weather aware rate control\nRelevant courses\nMathematical Statistics , Efficient C, Algorithms and Data Structures\nBackground\nThe local weather conditions can have a large impact on the bitrate generated by the camera and thus our long term bitrate control algorithms could greatly benefit from knowing the current and future local weather conditions when controlling the video encoding. A typical use case would be a 30 day storage on an on camera SD-card, where we'd like to be able to prepare in advance for a coming storm, but also not end up in a scenario where a couple of stormy hours has filled up most of the storage for the full month, severely limiting the video quality for the rest of the time.\nThe weather estimation could be done either by an on camera neural network or pushed to the camera by a connected web service. This doesn't need to be part of the thesis.\nGoal\nInvestigate if using weather data for the rate controller would be useful for long time storage control.\nIdea 4: Temporal difference based objective video quality\nRelevant courses\nMathematical Statistics, C/Python\nBackground\nStandard objective video quality metrics (e.g. PSNR, SSIM, VMAF) all have issues in determining the surveillance quality of encoded video.\nA novel approach would to define a new metric based on the preservation of temporal changes in the video. As standard objective video quality metrics only compare the current frame with the raw current frame, it will not give enough weight to temporal compression artifacts. The temporal changes can be measured between two neighboring frames or for a weighted set of frames and themselves be evaluated using standard objective video quality metrics.\nGoal\nCreate a temporal difference based objective video quality metric and investigate if this is suitable for measuring surveillance video quality.\nIdea 5: Quality measure for network transportation\nRelevant courses\nC/Python, Mathematical Statistcs, Communication Systems and Networks or Internet Protocols\nBackground\nThere is a need to be able to measure how badly a video is damaged during bitrate adaptation and transportation through unreliable networks. The damage to the video can be either seen as loss in video quality due to adaptation, packet loss and delayed or laggy video.\nGoal\nInspiration from Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM)? Many different aspects to boil down to one value.\nHow to weight video quality loss, packet loss and network latency? TCP latency & retransmission? Do we have the video both before and after the transmission?\nOK, I am interested! What do I do now?\nYou are valuable to us - how nice that you are interested in one of our proposals! There are a few things for you to keep in mind when applying.\nApplications are accepted in both Swedish and English, and you apply via the proposal advert.\nThe announced thesis is open only to students affiliated with a Swedish University/College either directly or via an exchange program.\nWhen the thesis proposal states that it includes two students working together, we would like you to apply in pairs. In these cases, send one application each but make sure to clearly state in your application who your co-applicant is. If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact us.\nPlease attach your CV and University/College grade summary.\nWho to contact for any questions regarding the position!\nMagnus Söderdahl at \nType of Employment\nThesis Worker (Fixed Term)Posting End Date\n2026-11-27Certain roles at Axis require background checks, which means applicable verifications will be done in these recruitments. Notice will be provided before we take any action.\nAbout Axis Communications\nWe enable a smarter and safer world by creating innovative solutions for improving security and business performance. As a network technology company and industry leader, we offer solutions in video surveillance, access control, intercom, and audio systems, enhanced by intelligent analytics applications.\nWith around 6,000 committed employees in over 50 countries, we collaborate with partners worldwide. Together, we thrive in our friendly, open, and collaborative culture and inspire each other to think beyond the expected. United by our commitment to inclusion, diversity, and sustainability, we consistently seek to develop our skills and way of working.\nLet´s create a smarter and safer world\nFor more information about Axis, please visit our website www.axis.com.\nListen to Axis Communications Playlist","description_format":"text","description_chars":7244,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Video Surveillance","Access Control & Alarm Systems"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-27T03:08:12Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":78,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.868,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":11,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/axis-communications-master-thesis-core-technologies-video","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/axis-communications-master-thesis-core-technologies-video.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-06T15:39:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":29225,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4200},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4200"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Faxis-communications-master-thesis-core-technologies-video"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Faxis-communications-master-thesis-core-technologies-video"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Faxis-communications-master-thesis-core-technologies-video"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/axis-communications-master-thesis-core-technologies-video\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Faxis-communications-master-thesis-core-technologies-video"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3310514}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"axis.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3310514},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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