Final thesis at Fraunhofer FOKUS

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

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. 

The business unit “Colalborative Safety and Security” offers students of computer science and related topics the opportunity to realize and get support for master theses (currently no bachelor theses). Some of the theses have a research and design focus in the subject area and can be carried out in particular by non-computer scientists. Other work also requires programming, i.e. experience in computer science or software development is assumed.

We will be happy to provide details of the work by email or in a meeting.

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

• “Design and development of an evaluation model for intrusion detection systems with a focus on IoT botnets” (design, development)
• “Development of an intrusion detection system to detect the scanning, propagation and attack phases of an IoT botnet”
  
• “Realization of interactive (SVG) images as response options for questionnaires”
  
• “Energy-efficient CI/CD pipelines”
  
• “Draft of a mobile application for communicating with citizens in the event of a power outage”
  
• “Requirements analysis for a semantic-based aggregation, classification and metadata-enriched management tool for situation-based reactive offers in the field of IT security”

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.

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

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.

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