Theses

Hey, great that you are interested to write a thesis with us!

Below you can find a list of topics of NET and the respective persons working on that topic. 
Please contact the area head of your preferred topics via mail and ideally include some background about yourself such as programming experience or other relevant prior knowledge.
If you already have a idea for your topic that fits to one of the listed topic areas, you can pitch that topic to the respective supervisor as well.

Alternatively, and in case your topic is not a direct fit, write an E-Mail to Prof. Dr. Mathias Fischer.

1. Resilient networks (Area Head: Dr. Nurefsan Sertbas Bülbül)

• Resilient and high-performance communication for time-sensitive and critical networks
• Software-defined networks and virtualized network functions
• Sustainable datacenter networking
• Wireless networks, ad hoc communication, and UAVs
• People: Dr. Nurefsan Sertbas Bülbül, Cornelia Brülhart, Moritz Greiner, Oliver Wandschneider

2. Security and privacy for distributed systems (Area Head: Dr. Heiko Bornholdt)

• Protocol analysis and reverse engineering for security assessment
• Web security and privacy
• Security and privacy of modern transport layer protocols (e.g., TLS and QUIC)
• Secure middleware and secure P2P networks
• People: Dr. Heiko Bornholdt, Liliana Kistenmacher, Kevin Röbert, Sehrish Shafeeq

3. Cyber Security Data Science and threat detection (Area Head: Dr. Anum Talpur)

• Real-time monitoring, intrusion detection, and cyber defense against complex attacks
• Digital security twins
• Automated threat hunting
• Generation, sharing and application of Threat Intelligence
• People: Dr. Anum Talpur, Jeetesh Gupta, Liliana Kistenmacher, Tatjana Wingarz