Theses

Topics and Contact Persons

Contact person(s) for all mentioned topics: Prof. Dr. Rainer Malaka , DM Lab

• Vino Avanesi: Political economy of media, Society & technology studies, Governmentality studies, Communicative AI, Malicious design in conversational user interfaces
• Mehrdad Bahrini: Usable Security & Privacy
• Bastian Dänekas: Computer Science in Sports, Feedback Modalities for Heart Rate Zone Training in different Sport Scenarios
• Leon Dratzidis: Virtual Reality, Haptische Interfaces, Tangible User Interfaces, Social VR
• Thomas Eßmeyer: Dark Patterns, Digital Well-Being & Ethical Design
• Katharina Hasenlust: Investigation of various aspects around mobile health applications, e.g. accessibility, adherence, trust.
• Lisa Hesselbarth: Generative AI for image/video generation, tangible interaction (tangible user interfaces), mental models and the understanding of artificial intelligence, creativity and human-AI co-creation
• Kamyar Javanmardi: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Formal Semantics and Machine Learning Models in Language Processing, Knowledge Representation and Commonsense Reasoning
• Robin Nolte: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Hybrid and Meta Reasoning, Description Logics
• Robert Porzel: Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Representation and Embodied Interaction
• Rachel Ringe: Human-robot interaction, trust in robots, human-AI interaction, trust in AI, robots in VR (all with a focus on HCI, no AI or robotics knowledge required)
• Johanna Rockstroh: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Chatbots' Usage of Media, Text to Knowledge Graph Parsing, Neuro-Symbolic Methods, Frame Parsing, Enhancing & Searching Knowledge Graphs, Speech Act Classification
• Ameneh Safari: Play research, mental health and well-being
• Lennart Scheurer: Data quality, machine learning, explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), synthesized data
• Fenja Schweder: Analysis and visualization of astronomical data, machine learning and interactive knowledge transfer
• Karsten Sohr: Smart Home Security, Usable Security, Software Security
• Laura Spillner: Natural Language Processing, Explainable AI, Interaction with AI/Robots (HCI focused, does not require AI knowledge)
• Carolin Stellmacher: Designing haptic feedback for mixed reality, Haptic perception in mixed reality, Exploring scalable solutions for haptic technology
• Iddo Wald: NeuroHCI, Neuroscience, Sensory substitution, Muti-modal interactions, Haptics, Shape-changing interfaces, Social robotics, Human-robot Interaction
• Nina Wenig: Chatbots, Creative AI, Intelligent User Interfaces  
• Nima Zargham: Voice User Interfaces, Speech interaction in Games, Intelligent Personal Assistants

Additional information, as well as further topics and more specific proposals that go beyond these topics, can be found on the employee pages.

General information on theses can be found in the form of a Q&A from the Student Center for Computer Science(SiM).

For further helpful information see the Wiki of the Human-Computer-Interaction Lab.

Completed theses can be viewed in person upon request.

Please contact the Digital Media Lab secretary's office for this purpose. 

Please note

Please register your final colloquia at the examination office!

Note for all graduating Bachelor, Master and Diploma students:

If you have handed in your thesis and your colloquium is coming up, please remember that you have to register your colloquium at the examination office (there is a registration form)! On this form you have to get the signatures of both referees.

The colloquium registration form must be posted on the 7th level in front of the Examinations Office eight days before the colloquium date, so please remember to do this early!

Please contact Mrs. Erradi or Mrs. Schabbehard: MZH 7050, Tel.-63516/-63517.

Ongoing and completed theses

Information on and summaries of ongoing and completed bachelor's, master's and diploma theses can be found on the German version of this site. The summaries are also partially available in English.