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For conducting a bachelor or master thesis at the chair, we expect that students successfully participated in courses offered at the chair. Ideally, you successfully conducted one of our advanced seminars or labs and you want to continue on a similar topic. In these cases, you can talk directly with the lecturer referring to the lab or seminar and ask about possibilities for a thesis.
The Thesis' Process at our Chair
Pursuing a thesis at our Chair is organised in two following phases:
Individual Steps in Detail
| When | Contact Point | What |
|---|---|---|
First contact | Stud.IP / Abschlussarbeiten | Anyone, who wants to get a topic, should register in Stud.IP at “Abschlussarbeiten" in the “no-topic” group and attend the first Oberseminar of the semester, when topics will be presented; you will be able to ask questions and choose your topic. In the end of the semester will be again a topic presentation during the Oberseminar for the following semester. Please attend in person, this is the only way to get a topic. We will send an email to all registered in the preliminary group in Stud.IP informing about these dates. |
1-2 weeks after receiving a topic | Supervisor / Advisor | The topic discussion takes place after the assignment of topics in the beginning of each semester in the "Oberseminar". In case you did not participate in any course of the chair successfully, you need to conduct an entry task. The entry task ensures that it is possible for you to successfully conduct a master thesis on the given topic. Details will be given per topic |
0-1 Months after you have been selected for a topic | Supervisor/Advisor | Written expose about the plan of the thesis. The expose must contain:
Failing to deliver the expose within 1 month will have the consequence that your topic can be revoked. The Expose must be presented in the Oberseminar of the chair in order to receive oral feedback on your planned work. |
Registering of the thesis | Student | The student is responsible for registering the thesis and keeping corresponding deadlines. Registering the thesis works as follows:
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During the next 3-6 months | Student | It is in the responsibility of the student, to ask for appointments. For every appointment, the student has to send a report on the current status and a set of questions to be discussed 2 days BEFORE the meeting |
After finishing the thesis | Student | Submission of the thesis. We do not correct master thesis before submission, but of course you can and should ask for specific feedback on different parts (e.g. structure, quality of state of the art etc.). A final snapshot of the source code must be made available via zenodo.org (with exceptions if source code is not made available as open source. Needs to be agreed on before starting the thesis). |
After finishing the thesis | Student | Final Presentation at the Oberseminar Data Science |
Requirements for the Written Thesis:
There is also a (still uncomplete) guide on how to conduct thesis at our chair. The guide should give you an idea what it is expected from your side and how to decompose the goal of getting your grade into smaller sub-units.
