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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• 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
• Rule-based Genetic XAI for QoE Monitoring
• An Arduino Robotic Arm for XR Testbed Automation

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

2026

Bachelorarbeiten:

• QoE Differences between Web Browsing and Video Streaming?

  Student: Tim Negele
  Supervisor: Johannes Schleicher M.Sc.

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• Exploring User Perceptions: A Web Study on the Impact of Content Category Selection on the Browsing Experience
  Student: Cise Nil K?ksal
  Supervisor: Johannes Schleicher M.Sc.

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• Study Design for Investigating Longterm Effects on QoE of Video Streaming
  Student: Nicolai Kirndorfer
  Supervisor: Samuel Hufen M.Sc.

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2025

Bachelorarbeiten:

• 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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• Towards Energy-Efficient Container Deployment Strategies for Kuberenetes-based 5G Network Components

  Student: Micheler Tobias
  Supervisor: Filip Simonovski M.Sc.
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• Setup and Performance Evaluation of a Passive WLAN Sniffer

  Student: Constantin Spie?
  Supervisor: Johannes Schleicher M.Sc.
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• Enhancing User Behavior in Crowdsourcing Quality of Experience (QoE) Studies: Investigating the Impact of Video Quality and Bitrate Adaptation on the QoE of Short-form Videos

  Student: Theo Zahn
  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.