Master Thesis with Research Seminar

General Information (Summer Term 2025)

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 summer term 2025: 1st March 2025

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) for several OR problems (e.g., CVRP in bike sharing)
- Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Explainable Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Causal ML
- Adversarial Learning
- Algorithm Aversion /Algorithm Appreciation
- Algorithmic Management
- Fairness in Machine Learning
- Process Prediction
- Creativity and Generative AI
- Dark Side of AI (e.g., fear of job loss)
- FOMO regarding AI-based products
- ...