CS Bachelor Project and Thesis
About
- Course: Project Computer Science (CA10-320305)
- Course: Thesis Computer Science (CA10-320306)
- Semester: Fall 2019
- Semester: Spring 2020
- Instructor: Peter Baumann
- Instructor: Andreas Birk
- Instructor: Horst Karl Hahn
- Instructor: Sergey Kosov
- Instructor: Kinga Lipskoch
- Instructor: Francesco Maurelli
- Instructor: Jürgen Schönwälder
- Instructor: Peter Zaspel
- Prerequisites: Two CS core modules passed
Timeline
| Activity | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Project topic/supervisor selection (campus track) | 2019-09-20 (Friday) |
| Project topic/supervisor selection (world track) | 2020-02-03 (Monday) |
| Project and thesis kickoff meeting | 2020-02-10 (Monday) |
| Presentations | 2020-05-11 (Monday) |
| Presentations | 2020-05-12 (Tuesday) |
| Bachelor thesis submission | 2020-05-15 (Friday) |
We expect that our students take the initiative and drive the process. How self-organized students work is part of the assessment. In terms of effort, please note that 1 CP equals ~25 hours.
Student Project and Thesis Topics (2019/2020)
Below is a collection of ideas for student projects. Some are half-backed, some are not even written down. If you are interested in systems-oriented computer science and computer security, talk to me in person. In general I expect that students have a solid understanding of operating systems and computer networks and that they are able to handle programming tasks well.
Trusted Execution Environments
Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) such as ARM's Trustzone or Intel's Enclave are secure areas inside a main processor. The idea is that data and applications contained in TEEs is protected with respect to confidentiality and integrity. Systems execute a trusted operating system inside the TEE and they may load trusted applications into the TEE. The goal of this project is investigate the state of the art in TEEs and their open source software systems and to prototype novel trusted applications that may help to secure networked embedded devices.
CS Bachelor Project and Thesis
About
- Course: Project Computer Science (CA10-320305)
- Course: Thesis Computer Science (CA10-320306)
- Semester: Fall 2018
- Semester: Spring 2019
- Instructor: Peter Baumann
- Instructor: Andreas Birk
- Instructor: Horst Karl Hahn
- Instructor: Herbert Jaeger
- Instructor: Szymon Krupinski
- Instructor: Kinga Lipskoch
- Instructor: Francesco Maurelli
- Instructor: Jürgen Schönwälder
- Prerequisites: Two CS core modules passed
Timeline
| Activity | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Project topic/supervisor selection (campus track) | 2018-09-21 (Friday) |
| Project topic/supervisor selection (world track) | 2019-02-04 (Monday) |
| Presentations | 2019-05-13 (Monday) |
| Presentations | 2019-05-14 (Tuesday) |
| Bachelor thesis submission | 2019-05-17 (Friday) |
Materials
Doing research in computer science usually starts with a lot of reading and learning. In order to do research that is significant, it is crucial to pick a tractable topic and it is essential to understand the state of the art as well as any algorithms and tools that are relevant. While the details differ depending on the area of computer science, reading about the state of the art is essential for all of them. To find relevant literature, it is good to be aware of systems such as:
Student Project and Thesis Topics (2018/2019)
Below is a collection of ideas for student projects. Some are half-backed, some are not even written down. If you are interested in systems-oriented computer science, talk to me in person. In general I expect that students have a solid understanding of operating systems and computer networks and that they are able to handle programming tasks well.
Soundification of Status Information
This is a topic for someone interested in computer generated sounds. I am interested in algorithms that convert status information obtained by monitoring systems (say a monitor of computer network) into audible sounds that (i) are not intrusive but (ii) can signal significant changes in the conditions. There is work in this space. Some people recently wrote special programming languages that allow to describe sound generations as programs.
Computer Science Guided Research (2016)
Guided Research Timeline
| Introduction | 2015-09-14 (Monday) |
| Topic selection | 2015-10-01 (Thursday) |
| Proposal submission | 2015-12-04 (Friday) |
| (Proposal submission 1) | 2016-03-06 (Sunday) |
| Thesis submission | 2016-05-08 (Sunday) |
| Presentations | 2016-05-13 (Friday) |
Guided Research Materials
Guided Research Proposal
The preparation of the Guided Research Proposal is the first half of your thesis work. Don't underestimate it! Without a successful preparation phase, by experience, thesis finalization will be less thorough and, hence, less successful. For example, large parts of the Guided Research Proposal will go into the main thesis, related work being a good example.
Computer Science Guided Research (2017)
Guided Research Timeline
| Introduction | 2016-09-05 (Monday) |
| Topic selection | 2016-10-01 (Saturday) |
| Proposal submission | 2016-12-07 (Wednesday) |
| (Proposal submission 1) | 2017-03-10 (Friday) |
| Thesis submission | 2017-05-12 (Friday) |
| Presentations | 2017-05-15 (Monday) |
| Presentations | 2017-05-16 (Tuesday) |
Guided Research Materials
- Guided Research Computer Science (Introduction)
- Large-Scale Information Services (Peter Baumann)
- Machine Learning (Herbert Jaeger)
- Logic (Florian Rabe)
- Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (Jürgen Schönwälder)
Below are some LaTeX templates that you are expected to use for typesetting the proposal and later the thesis. Please do not change or improve the format, it is usually far better to spend your brain cycles on the content instead of the format (and we really appreciate a common format).
CS Bachelor Project and Thesis
About
- Course: Project Computer Science (CA10-320305)
- Course: Thesis Computer Science (CA10-320306)
- Semester: Fall 2017
- Semester: Spring 2018
- Instructor: Peter Baumann
- Instructor: Andreas Birk
- Instructor: Horst Karl Hahn
- Instructor: Herbert Jaeger
- Instructor: Kinga Lipskoch
- Instructor: Jürgen Schönwälder
- Instructor: Michael Sedlmair
- Prerequisites: Two CS core modules passed
Timeline
| Activity | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 2017-09-11 (Monday) |
| Project topic/supervisor selection (campus track) | 2017-09-18 (Monday) |
| Project topic/supervisor selection (world track) | 2018-02-02 (Friday) |
| Presentations | 2018-05-14 (Monday) |
| Presentations | 2018-05-15 (Tuesday) |
| Bachelor thesis submission | 2018-05-16 (Wednesday) |
Materials
Doing research in computer science usually starts with a lot of reading and learning. In order to do research that is significant, it is crucial to pick a tractable topic and it is essential to understand the state of the art as well as any algorithms and tools that are relevant. While the details differ depending on the area of computer science, reading about the state of the art is essential for all of them. To find relevant literature, it is good to be aware of systems such as:
Computer Science Guided Research (2015)
Guided Research Timeline
| Introduction | 2014-09-08 (Monday) |
| Topic selection | 2014-10-01 (Wednesday) |
| Proposal submission | 2014-12-05 (Friday) |
| (Proposal submission 1) | 2015-03-08 (Sunday) |
| Thesis submission | 2015-05-10 (Sunday) |
| Presentations | 2015-05-13 (Wednesday) |
| Presentations | 2015-05-15 (Friday) |
Guided Research Materials
Guided Research Proposal
The preparation of the Guided Research Proposal is the first half of your thesis work. Don't underestimate it! Without a successful preparation phase, by experience, thesis finalization will be less thorough and, hence, less successful. For example, large parts of the Guided Research Proposal will go into the main thesis, related work being a good example.