Below, you will find current topics that can be worked in the context of a seminar, a Bachelor’s or a Master’s Thesis. The context indicates the scope of the work, and the keywords give you further information about the topic and its domain.
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This project aims to analyze and summarize the post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) algorithms that NIST standardized in 2024. It will examine their parameterization options, application areas, and available implementations, providing a comprehensive overview of libraries and tools. The goal is to equip software engineers with the knowledge needed to effectively integrate these algorithms into diverse ecosystems.
Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) are essential to the evolution of the Bitcoin protocol, characterized by both their individual attributes (e.g., status, categories) and interrelationships (e.g., dependencies, succession). This project aims to mine and structure BIP data, archiving it in a browsable format that captures both these characteristics and connections. Through graph-based visualizations and analysis, we seek to enable a more interactive exploration of the BIP landscape, enhancing both understanding and insight into the proposals and their roles within the ecosystem.
Assessing CBOM standards and tools, developing benchmarking and evaluation strategies for cryptographic inventory management.
A Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) aims to systematically track and document cryptographic components in IT systems. While various CBOM generation tools and standards exist, their real-world effectiveness, efficiency, and comparability requires further research. This project aims to bridge this gap by establishing unified benchmarks for baseline comparisons and unbiased evaluations.
Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays (Nostr) is a decentralized communication system built on open protocols, enabling censorship-resistant and permissionless information exchange. Its development is driven by Nostr Improvement Proposals (NIPs), which define modular features that developers implement selectively, leading to an intentionally highly flexible and diverse ecosystem. This project aims to analyze Nostr from both a data-driven and software-engineering perspective, examining its usage patterns, architectural variations, and the broader implications of its decentralized design and development paradigm.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, are acquiring increasing autonomy. With their commercial adoption, the problem of testing their safety requirements has become a critical concern. Simulation-based testing represents a fundamental practice, but the testing scenarios considered in software-in-the-loop testing may be different from the actual scenarios experienced in the field.