Thesis

Theses

On this page you will find an overview of theses advertised by the chair for bachelor's and master's students as well as for students of the LL.M. program "Information Technology and Law". Please refer to the topics and apply exclusively by filling out our application form. You should describe briefly but meaningfully which research question(s) you would like to address within the topic areas.

Requirements

Please note that the requirements do not apply to LL.M. students but only to M. Sc. and B. Sc. students.

Students who would like to write their thesis at our chair should have the following prerequisites:

For bachelor theses

  • Interest in working scientifically on issues of legal informatics, IT security or technical data protection.
  • Further requirements result from the respective thesis. In most cases, programming skills are required; often, basic knowledge of computer networks (e.g. from corresponding lectures) is helpful.

For master theses additionally

  • Successful participation in a lecture or seminar from the topic area of the master thesis

Current offers

Currently  we are offering theses in the following topics. We will work out the concrete topic in personal discussions with you.

  •     Topic area machine learning & legal texts
    •     e.g. evaluation of court decisions or other legal documents
  •     Topic area Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning
    •     e.g.: Anonymization and pseudonymization methods and their (functional and/or legal) implications.
  •     Topic area privacy-preserving wearables
    •     e.g.: Privacy-friendly evaluation of (health) data in the employment environment
  •     Topic area detection of botnet
    •     e.g.: Privacy-friendly design of collaborative anomaly-based detection methods
  •     Topic area IT forensics
    • e.g.: applied multimedia forensics
  • Topic area NIS-2 directive
    • e.g.: critical analysis of national implementation on state and federal level and on impact of existing IT security infrastructure

In addition to the advertised topics, other topics are also possible upon request. Just contact us to talk about a possible thesis.

Further information

Please also refer to our notes on final theses for bachelor's and master's students as well as the notes on final theses for students of the LL.M. program "Information Technology and Law".