Final thesis at Fraunhofer FOKUS

Still writing your thesis and already gaining practical work experience? DO.

At the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, we focus on young scientists. That is why we are happy to support young scientists with their theses. Our business units welcome fresh blood from university and offer theses on various topics.

Here you can find information on possible topics for theses in cooperation with our business units:

Digital Public Services

Topics for the Bachelor's or Master's thesis:

  • E-file/DMS
  • Open Data / Open Government
  • Data and service marketplaces
  • IoT in the public sector
  • Blockchain applications for the public sector
  • Artificial intelligence in the public sector
  • Automation of administrative processes
  • Usability & software ergonomics
  • Digital identities

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Kompetenzzentrum Öffentliche IT

Career Team

Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin

Competence Center Public IT

The Competence Center for Public IT (ÖFIT) is based at Fraunhofer FOKUS and sees itself as a contact and think tank for issues relating to public IT, with a particular focus on social trends and the resulting fields of action.

Information on theses in this research area can be found on the website of the Competence Centre Public IT. 

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Kompetenzzentrum Öffentliche IT

Career Team

Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin

Collaborative Safety and Health

Topics for the Bachelor's or Master's thesis:

  • “Conception and development of an evaluation model for intrusion detection systems with a focus on IoT botnets” (conception, development)
  • “Development of an intrusion detection system for the detection of scanning, propagation and attack phases of an IoT botnet”
  • “Realization of interactive (SVG) images as answer options for questionnaires (conception, development)”
  • “Energy-efficient CI/CD pipelines” (research, implementation)
  • “Design of a mobile application for communication with citizens during power outages” (conceptual design)
  • “Requirements analysis for a semantic aggregation, classification, and metadata-enriched management tool for situational reactive offerings in IT security” (research, conception)
Hannes Restel

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M.Sc. Hannes Restel

Scientist

Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin, Germany

Phone +49 30 3463-7583

Future Applications and Media

The business unit Future Applications and Media (FAME) researches and develops in the field of machine learning for media technologies, the interoperable support of various media platforms, the personalization of services and the interaction with these services on a wide range of end devices. When participating in one of our student projects, you get the possibility to learn about interactive media, improve coding skills and establish contacts to prominent companies of the media industry. Additionally, we provide support for your bachelor or master thesis.

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Business Unit Future Applications and Media

Career Team

Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin, Germany

Smart Mobility

In cooperation with the Daimler Center for Automotive IT Innovations (DCAITI), we regularly offer topics for final theses.

Ilja Radusch

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Dr.-Ing. Ilja Radusch

Director Business Unit Smart Mobility

Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin, Germany

Phone +49 30 3463-7474

Software-based Networks

We do not offer a list of open theses topics. Instead, we're developing interesting research questions jointly with our students in the core areas 5G/6G, TSN, and Edge Computing.

Marius-Iulian Corici

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Dr.-Ing. Marius-Iulian Corici

Deputy Director Business Unit Software-based Networks

Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin, Germany

Phone +49 30 3463-7271

Quality Engineering

Topics for Bachelor or Master theses:

Testing

  • Methodology of model-based testing (MBT, UTP)
  • Test automation (e.g., TTCN-3, TDL, RobotML)
  • Risk-based testing
  • Fuzzing, security testing, and pen testing
  • Testing and certification of AI
  • Data quality assessment
  • ML-based testing
  • Interactive analysis: combination of static and dynamic analysis (e.g., SAST, DAST, IAST)
  • Security assessment of software-based systems (Common Criteria, security testing, fuzz testing)
  • Variant testing

Applications

  • eHealth Testbed (IHE/HL7)
  • Aerospace Applications
  • Industry 4.0 / Factory of the Future
  • International Data Spaces
  • IoT, IoT Architectures, IoT Applications

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Business Unit Quality Engineering

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Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin, Germany