Dates of the Public Presentations
Dates of the Public Presentations
We congratulate our students for their public presentations!
On this page you can find an overview of all the students that have had their public presentations since WS2020/21. Their theses titles, supervisors, and the dates of the public presentations are featured next to their names.
Summer semester 2023
13 September 2023
Lorenz Kummer
Thesis: "Robustness of Graph Neural Networks under Expressivity and Efficiency Constraints"
Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr. Nils Morten Kriege
Lukas Thoma
Thesis: "Cognitive Plausibility of Large Language Models"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
Yuxi Xia
Thesis: "Combining Knowledge from Multiple Machine Learning Models for Natural Language Processing"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
29 June 2023
Ghaith Mqawass
Thesis: "Graph Neural Networks in Drug Discovery: Theory and Applications"
Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr. Nils Morten Kriege
28 June 2023
Andrey Nagiyev
Thesis: "Resource Management for Compute- and Data-intensive Applications"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Siegfried Benkner
Anna Sumereder
Thesis: "Conceptual Modelling for Digital Twins: A model-based Approach"
Supervisor:o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. techn. Dimitris Karagiannis
02 June 2023
Pierre-Jean Maurice Khaled Quéval
Thesis: "Detection of Secure Designs in Microservices-based Applications"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
Alexander Völz
Thesis: "A Knowledge engineering Approach to Leverage Conceptual Modeling through Machine Learning"
Supervisor:o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. techn. Dimitris Karagiannis
12 May 2023
Aleksandar Doknic
Thesis: "Explainable models: Visual parameter space analysis in neural networks"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD
Christian Knoll
Thesis: "Designing Data Visualizations for People with and without Domain Expertise"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD
Regina Maria Veronika Schuster
Thesis: "Understanding data visualizations about climate change and Covid-19"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD
Winter semester 2022/23
14 February 2023
Tobias Pfaller
Thesis: "Modelling, Executing and Evaluating Cyber Exercises through Business Process Utilisation"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Maria Leitner, Bakk.
30 January 2023
Joao Nuno Estevao Fidalgo Ferreira Alves
Thesis: "Portable Software Optimizations for Current and Future Memory-Hierarchies Architectures"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Siegfried Benkner
11 January 2023
Sadiq Adewale Adedayo
Thesis: "Causal Discovery to Link Neuronal Circuits to Behavior and Plasticity"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
Tryggvi Edwald
Thesis: "Using techniques of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to investigate human vision acquisition and processing"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
Timo Klein
Thesis: "Representation Uncertainty for Exploration in Deep Reinforcement Learning"
Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Sebastian Tschiatschek, BSc
Vasiliki Kougia
Thesis: "Knowledge-infused Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
Pedro Henrique Luz de Araujo
Thesis: "Cross-validation Analysis of Structured Learning"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
Timothée Schmude
Thesis: "Interpretability and Explainability as Drivers to Democracy"
Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Sebastian Tschiatschek, BSc
Martin Teuffenbach
Thesis: "Representation Learning and Clustering of Text and Ordinal Data"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
29 November 2022
Florian Wörister
Thesis: "Semantical Reduced Programming Languages in the Context of Programming Education"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Dr. Maria Knobelsdorf
24 November 2022
Samir Moustafa Soliman Mahmoud Mohamed
Thesis: "Towards More Efficient Graph Neural Networks"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wilfried Gansterer, M.Sc.
16 November 2022
Antoine El-Hayek
Thesis: "Algorithms For Communication Networks"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Henzinger
Sricharan Arunapuram Rangaramanujam
Thesis: "Interplay of Differential Privacy and Dynamic Algorithms"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Henzinger
11 October 2022
Stephen John Warnett
Thesis: "Supporting Software Architecture and Engineering for Machine Learning"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
Summer semester 2022
29 June 2022
Research cluster "Data and Knowledge (D&K)"
Anastasiia Sedova
Thesis: "Generating and Utilizing Labels for Weakly Supervised Information Extraction"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
Andreas Stephan
Thesis: "Representation Learning from Weak Labeling Signals"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. -Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
Pascal Weber
Thesis: "Clustering for Representation Learning and Causal Feature Learning"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
24 June 2022
Research cluster "Human - Computer Interaction and Education (HCIE)"
Roland Ambros
Thesis: "Von der Universität zur Schule: Prozess- und Lernenden - zentrierte Ansätze der Vermittlung digitaler Kompetenzen als Teil der '21st century skills"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Renate Motschnig / Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. Fares Kayali
Paul Fuxjäger
Thesis: "Persistent Addressability in Alternative Social Networks"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. Dr. Peter Reichl
Mustafa Mohammed
Thesis: "Block-Based Programming as Pattern of Actions: An Ethnographic Approach to the Habits of Mind"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Dr. Maria Knobelsdorf
26 April 2022
Research cluster "Algorithms and Computing (A&C)"
Maximilian Vötsch
Thesis: "Small Space and Private Graph Algorithms"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Henzinger
Winter semester 2021/22
16 February 2022
Research cluster "Data and Knowledge (D&K)"
Franka Regina Bause
Thesis: "Scalable Methods for Graph Similarity"
Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr. Nils Morten Kriege
Akshey Kumar
Thesis: "Algorithms for Learning Causally Consistent Transformations"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
Philipp Raggam
Thesis: "A Virtual Reality-Based Brain-Computer Interface System for Post-Stroke Motor Rehabilitation for Home Training"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
Sebastian Ratzenböck
Thesis: "Facilitating the Search for Stellar Structures in the Milky Way With Gaia"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD
Simon Sebastian Rittel
Thesis: "Causal Structure Learning Probabilistic Inference"
Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Sebastian Tschiatschek, BSc
28 January 2022
Research cluster "Human - Computer Interaction and Education (HCIE)"
Kaspar Lebloch
Thesis: "Retrofitting and Upgrade-Ability: A Path towards Sustainable Internet of Things Technology"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. Dr. Peter Reichl, Privatdoz.
28 October 2021
Research cluster "Models and Systems (M&S)"
Patric Genfer
Thesis: "Microservice API Analysis"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
Summer semester 2021
02 July 2021
Research cluster "Models and Systems (M&S)"
Amirali Amiri
Thesis: "Automatic Management of Cloud Resources Using Domain Knowledge of Service- and Cloud-Based Applications"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
Amine El Malki
Thesis: "Towards a Dynamically Adaptive Design of Microservices API"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
25 June 2021
Research cluster "Human - Computer Interaction and Education (HCIE)"
Pamina Maria Berg
Thesis: "Der Einfluss naturwissenschaftlicher Fragestellungen in Kombination mit dem didaktischen Konzept "Informatik im Kontext" auf das Fachinteresse von Schülerinnen und Schülern in der Sekundarstufe I."
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Dr. Maria Knobelsdorf
Andreas Harapat
Thesis: "Informatik und Allgemeinbildung - Didaktische Grundlagen des Unterrichtsfachs Informatik"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Dr. Maria Knobelsdorf
Thomas Spielhofer
Thesis: "Patterns of Constructive Online Communication in Self-Organizing Teams"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Renate Motschnig
Heinrich Unger
Thesis: "Benefits and Challenges of Problem Structuring Approaches at the Front-End of IT Projects"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Renate Motschnig
23 June 2021
Research cluster "Data & Knowledge (D&K)"
Luisa Katharina März
Thesis: "Knowledge Infused Information Extraction"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Roth, B.Sc. M.Sc.
Kinga Anna Wozniak
Thesis: "Deep Learning Applications for High Energy Physics"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Torsten Möller, PhD
Jiachen Xu
Thesis: "Machine Learning Based Closed-Loop Personalized Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interface"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
22 June 2021
Research cluster "Models and Systems (M&S)"
Olamide Omolola
Thesis: "Swimming in Murky Waters: Exploring Protocols, Security Features and Practices on The Internet"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. techn. Edgar Weippl
16 June 2021
Research cluster "Human - Computer Interaction and Education (HCIE)"
Christoph Braun
Thesis: "Abbildung von Lehrräumen in Form von virtuellen Rundgängen Gestaltung, Umsetzung, Evaluierung - untersucht am Beispiel einer Industrie 4.0 Laborumgebung"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. techn. Fares Kayali
05 May 2021
Research cluster "Models and Systems (M&S)"
Apitchaka Singjai
Thesis: "Understanding and Semi-Automatically Supporting DDD-Based API Design"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
23 March 2021
Research cluster "Algorithms and Computing (A&C)"
Wenkai Dai
Thesis: "Efficient and Reliable Algorithms for Next-Generation Network and Distributed Systems"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Schmid
Juan Martin Vanerio
Thesis: "Machine Learning for Self-Diving Networks"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Schmid
03 March 2021
Research cluster "Algorithms and Computing (A&C)"
Wolfgang Martin Ost
Thesis: "Private Data Analysis and Dynamic Graph Algorithms"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Henzinger
Winter semester 2020/21
28 January 2021
Research cluster "Data & Knowledge (D&K)"
Lena Greta Marie Bauer
Thesis: "Mining High Dimensional Data with Applications in Medicine"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
Robert Fritze
Thesis: "Machine Learning and Data Mining Methods for Medical Applications"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
Alexander Markham
Thesis: "Measurement Dependence Inducing Latent Causal Models"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
Anja Karolin Meunier
Thesis: "Finding and Leveraging Similarities Between Deep Neural Networks and the Brain"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup
Lukas Johannes Miklautz
Thesis: "Representation Learning for Clustering"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
Ylli Sadikaj
Thesis: "Embedding and Clusterin Multidimensional Attributed Networks"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dr. Claudia Plant
11 January 2021
Research cluster "Models and Systems (M&S)"
Guntur Budi Herwanto
Thesis: "An Intelligent Systems Approach for Supporting Privacy Awareness in Agile Software Development"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Dr. Gerald Quirchmayr
Victoria Döller
Thesis: "Towards a Formal Theorie for Conceptual Modelling Methods"
Supervisor: o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. techn. Dimitris Karagiannis
Christian Muck
Thesis: "Metamodels at Runtime: Adjusting Modelling Environments to Meet Dynamically Changing Requirements"
Supervisor: o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. techn. Dimitris Karagiannis
Barbaros Özdemir
Thesis: "Building Rule-Based Goal-Oriented Conversational Agents through Information Retrieval from Dialogue Corpora"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Dr. Gerald Quirchmayr
Richard Thron
Thesis: "Increasing the Level of Digital Forensic Readiness in Industrial Automation and Control Systems by Determining and Priming the Appropriate Data Sources"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Dr. Gerald Quirchmayr
16 December 2020
Research cluster "Models and Systems (M&S)"
Matthias Ehrendorfer
Thesis: "Process Enhancement through Sensor-Awareness and Outcome Prediction During Design and Run-Time"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
Amolkirat Singh Mangat
Thesis: "Explainable Predictive Monitoring in Collaborative Process-Aware Information Systems"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
Evangelos Ntentos
Thesis: "Supporting Architecting Microservicebased Systems During System Evolution"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
Beate Scheibel
Thesis: "Data-Aware Decision Analysis in Process-Aware Information Systems"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
Alex Maximilian Wöhrer
Thesis: "Engineering of Blockchain-Supported Applications and Smart Contracts"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun
14 December 2020
Research cluster "Models and Systems (M&S)"
Alexander Kinast
Thesis: "Combining Meta-Heuristics and Process Mining to Improve Manufacturing Processes"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
Diana Viktoria Strutzenberger
Thesis: "Towards the Digital Representation of Continuous Processes"
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma
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