Thesis topics
The following are examples of potential topics for a bachelor or master thesis. Other topics are also possible, to be agreed on by the student and the supervisor. The topics are categorized according to the research directions of the research group.
- Security of machine learning:
- Using model extraction attacks to quantify data leakage in secure neural network inference
- Secure and explainable inference with neural networks
- Video analysis with secure neural network inference
- Combination of methods to increase the robustness of machine learning against attacks
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Formal verification of security properties in neural networks
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Automated management of IT security risks:
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Applying optimization algorithms to the prioritization of IT security risks
- Applying machine learning to the prioritization of IT security risks
- Decentralized, coordinated security risk identification and mitigation
- Processing cyber threat intelligence documents with large language models
- Estimating attack duration using stochastic project planning algorithms
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- Privacy-enhancing technologies:
- Usage of large language models in privacy engineering
- Comparing the energy consumption of secure multi-party computation protocols
- Implementation of a demonstrator for secure multi-party computation protocols