If you are interested in carrying out a practical project (research module, practical module, project module) or writing your Bachelor's or Master's Thesis at our department, we would be delighted to receive an email from you. As we are currently still a small team and strive to provide intensive and high-quality supervision, we only supervise a limited number of theses simultaneously.

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If you are interested, please contact Mr. Schleicher for further information and to discuss a possible start date.

Topics for theses and practical modules are available across all of the chair’s research areas.

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Our main topics are currently understanding and improving the?subjective quality of experience (QoE) and user satisfaction of internet applications as well as monitoring and analyzing network traffic for QoE and network security. We are currently primarily working on interactive web applications such as short-form video streaming (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, etc.) as well as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR). In this environment we offer various topics for theses and practical modules, such as:

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• Using Large Language Models and Chatbots for QoE Assessment
• Automated QoE Factor Identification Using Camera- and Capture-Based Systems
• QoE?Monitoring Performance of Resource-Constrained Machine Learning Models
• QoE Evaluation of Microsoft Teams using Subjective Studies
• Automated Generation of Session-Based Datasets for QoE?Monitoring Research
• ML-based Network Security
• Design and Setup of a Multipath Testbed for Networking Research
• Rule-based Genetic XAI for QoE Monitoring
• An Arduino Robotic Arm for XR Testbed Automation
• Position Spoofing in Augmented Reality Systems

If you are interested or have questions about writing a thesis with our chair, feel free to contact us via? email.

2025

Bachelor Theses:

• Impact of Brightness Adaptation on QoE of Short-Form Videos with Reduced Visual Quality
  Student: Eckel Phillip
  Supervisor: Filip Simonovski M.Sc.

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2024

Master Theses:

• Design and Evaluation of Active-Learning-based Network Intrusion Detection Systems

  Student: Leo Stumpf B.Sc.
  Supervisor: Johannes Schleicher M.Sc.

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Bachelor Theses:

• Assessing the Quality of Experience of Short Video Services using Crowdsourcing Studies
  Student: Alperen Sayin
  Supervisor: Filip Simonovski M.Sc.
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• Understanding the Influence of Session and Stimuli Characteristics on Webs Session QoE
  Student: Johannes Bulun
  Supervisor: Johannes Schleicher M.Sc.
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• Improving Crowdsouricng-based QoE Studies for Point Clouds via Interaction Incentives
  Student: Andreas Wilms
  Supervisor: Filip Simonovski M.Sc.