Master Thesis with Research Seminar
General Information (Winter Term 2024/25)
For the upcoming semester, the Chairs of Management Science, Production & Logistics, and Data-Driven Decision Support organize access to Master thesis topics together. Hence, in order to apply for a Master thesis topic, it is mandatory to hand in the following form to : Application form Master thesis.
Please hand in the application form together with a current transcript of records and a short letter of motivation (in the language you intend to write your thesis in).
Application deadline for a thesis to start at the beginning of the winter term 2024/25: 1st September 2024
Note that we expect you to have taken a Scientific Seminar or a Scientific Project at one of our chairs. After you application has been accepted, we negotiate a topic with you. Topics can come from two sources:
- We propose topics before the application deadline (Please indicate if you are interested in one of these in your application).
- You propose a topic within an exposé of 1 to 2 pages which is related to our research and the master classes offered by our chairs.
Topics for Data-driven Decision Support
If you have a topic in mind, feel free to contact me (Kai Heinrich). Please check whether you have the necessary prerequisites before you contact me.
- Explainable AI
- Contextual Optimization (=Combining Prediction and optimization)
- Reinforcement Learning (optimization with deep learning)
- Explainable Reinforcement Learning
- Causal ML
- Adversarial Learning
- Algorithm Aversion /Algorithm Appreciation
- Algorithmic Management
- Active Learning
- Fairness in Machine Learning
- Process Prediction
- Creativity and Generative AI
- Generative AI and Society
- Dark Side of AI (e.g., fear of job loss)
- FOMO regarding AI-based products
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