Teaching at the Professorship of Cyber Trust
Theses and Student Projects
We offer motivated students interested in our research projects the opportunity to write their Thesis (Bachelor or Master) or to conduct Guided Research Projects.
Application
Please send your application to one of our chair members via email, including your motivation (i.e. why you are interested in our research), a short CV and your current Examination Report (TUMonline → Studies → Transcripts → Print Examination Report). Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information.
Open Student Projects
This list is not comprehensive. Please browse through our researchers' websites if you are looking for different topics you may be interested to work on.
| Title | Type | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Currently no topics available. |
Assigned Student Projects
| Title | Type | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Uncovering Program Bugs via LLM-Assisted Test Case Generation | Master | D. Zhu |
| Navigating Cross-border Data Transfer between China and Germany | Master | M. Chen |
| Practical Implementation of NIS-2 in SMEs: Comparison with Other Standards and Development of an Assessment Model for Compliance Evaluation | Bachelor | J. Grossklags, M. Melmer (ext.) |
| Evaluating LLMs for Assisting Software System Performance Testing | Bachelor | J. Grossklags, D. Zhu |
| LLMs for Performance Bug Detection and Repair in Open-Source Software | Master | J. Grossklags, D. Zhu |
| User Perceptions of Digital Fingerprinting | Bachelor | E. Syrmoudis, J. Grossklags |
| Socioeconomic Factors Influencing the Adoption of E-Government | Bachelor | T. Büthe, J. Grossklags |
| Governance Through Data: An Institutional and Comparative Analysis of Redlists and Blacklists from China's Social Credit System | Bachelor | M. Chen |
| Evaluating User Perception on Fallback Authentication Mechanisms | Master | E. Syrmoudis |
| A Critical Investigation of Personalized AI-based Interventions against Online Norm Violations | Guided Research | J. Grossklags |
Completed Student Projects
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Analyzing AI Principles in China: A Content Analysis Study of Chinese AI Policy | Master | 2025 |
| Auswirkungen der EU KI-Verordnung auf kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Aktuelle Praktiken, Herausforderungen und Strategien | Master | 2025 |
| Automated Penetration Testing: Evaluating the Integration of LLM-based Chatbots for Report Generation | Master | 2024 |
| Enhancing AI Security and Privacy through Participatory AI: A Study in the Context of the EU's AI Act's Essential Requirements | Master | 2024 |
| Comparative Study of Web Analytics on Common Websites and Their Compliance with Data Protection Regulations | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Seamless Synergy: Unifying Local Development and Cloud Execution in Machine Learning DevOps | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Enhancing AI Security and Privacy through Participatory AI: A Study in the Context of the EU's AI Act's Essential Requirements | Master | 2024 |
| Regulating Digital Gatekeepers: An Analysis of the Digital Markets Act and Its Implications | Master | 2024 |
| Exploring People's Interest in Social Credit System using Baidu Index Search Data | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Analyzing the Influence of Chinese Data Protection Regulations on Foreign Companies Operating in China: An Empirical Study | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Systematic literature review on user's attitudes toward content moderation by AI-based models on platforms. | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Review of regulatory approaches towards content moderation by AI-based models on platforms. | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Basis of ethical moderation tooling: How to evaluate and build context-sensitive ethics and care into moderation technology | Master | 2024 |
| Analyzing User Awareness and Practical Adoption of Countermeasures against Digital Fingerprinting | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Analyzing societal awareness of digital fingerprinting | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Development and Analysis of a Risk Assessment System for Emails based on Network Data | Master | 2024 |
| Facial Processing Technology in India: Application and Public Opinion | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Systematic literature review on user's attitudes toward content moderation by AI-based models on platforms. | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Types of AI-based content moderation and current use of such approaches on platforms. | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Exploring and Mapping People's Perceptions of Generative AI: A Structured Literature Review | Bachelor | 2024 |
| A Comparison of Citizens' Experiences With Generative AI and Facial Recognition Technologies With Expert's Interest in Citizens' Opinion on These Technologies. | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Towards More Inclusive AI: A Comprehensive Analysis of Participation in Participatory AI Research Projects | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Enhancing User Privacy: An Analysis of GDPR Article 17 and the Erasure of Personal Data from All Forms of Online Content | Bachelor | 2024 |
| Programme zur Erkennung von Gesichtsemotionen sind noch nicht ausreichend entwickelt: Überblick über Tools | Guided Research | 2024 |
| Analyzing Media Coverage on the Chinese Social Credit System: A Comparative Study using Unsupervised and Supervised Topic Modeling | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Will IT professionals ever be replaced? The perceptions of IT professionals in the context of generative AI and low code applications | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Understanding The State of the Art of Publicly-Available Deepfake Generation Tools | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Understanding The State of the Art of Publicly-Available Deepfake Detection Tools. | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Detection of Hate Speech in the Wild | Master | 2023 |
| An Exploration of the Current Stakeholder Debate on Facial Processing Technologies | Master | 2023 |
| A Survey Study on Individuals' Understanding of Personal Data Classification Practices | Master | 2023 |
| A Qualitative Analysis of Consumers' Experiences With Credit Scoring Systems | Bachelor | 2023 |
| A Case Study on Moderation on TikTok | Bachelor | 2023 |
| How do resistance factors against AI differ across different levels of organizational hierarchy? | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Mixed Method Analysis on the Southamericans' Perception of Facial AI Inferences | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Systematic literature review on facial analysis in AI in academic research: common inferences, motivations and biases | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Understanding Hate Speech Victims' Needs in the Wild | Master | 2023 |
| Towards an Automated Approach for Detecting Counter Speech in Online Communities | Master | 2023 |
| Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence through European standardization, certification and overall technical standards: an economic and cultural competitive advantage on a global scale? | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Comprehensive Review of Participatory Approaches for Fostering a Discourse on AI: Formats and Impact | Bachelor | 2023 |
| A Data-Driven Investigation of Social Media Platforms on the Progress of the Chinese Social Credit System | Master | 2023 |
| Structured Literature Review: Participatory AI | Master | 2023 |
| Dienstauswahl und Wechselentscheidung: Nutzerbindung auf interoperablen Marktplätzen | Guided Research | 2023 |
| Computer, how should we regulate artificial intelligence? Using NLP to Study the Public Consultation on the AI Act Proposal | Master | 2023 |
| Qualitative Analysis of Submissions of the European Commission's Call for Feedback on the AI Act Proposal | Bachelor | 2023 |
| The EU Artificial Intelligence Act Proposal's Approach to Regulating Biometric Systems | Bachelor | 2023 |
| How do social media platforms tackle sexism? A comprehensive comparison of community guidelines and their implementation from the user's perspective. | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Development and User-Oriented Evaluation of a NLP-Based Tool for the Detection and Distinction of Benevolent and Hostile Sexism on Social Media | Master | 2023 |
| An Analysis of Mobile App Privacy Policies between 2018 and 2022 | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Community Guidelines and their Enforcement in Volunteer Online Communities | Master | 2023 |
| Development and User-Oriented Evaluation of a NLP-Based Tool for the Detection and Distinction of Benevolent and Hostile Sexism on Social Media | Master | 2023 |
| Information Security Measures for a Digitalized Post Market Surveillance of Medical Devices | Master | 2023 |
| Comparing Machine Learning Models for Breaking CAPTCHAs in Darknet Marketplaces | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Are all Reports of Sexist Content Dealt with Equally? Investigating Biases Of Social Media Reporting Mechanisms | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Sexism on Social Media - Extent, Handling and Possible Solutions from Moderators' Point of View. | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Requirement Elicitation for AI Interventions against sexist behavior on Instagram based on interviews with female influencers | Bachelor | 2023 |
| Comprehensive Review of Facial Inference AI tools that are currently used/ placed on the market | Master | 2023 |
| How are Consumers' Credit Scores protected during Economic Crisis? - A Comparative Analysis of Credit Scoring Systems in the U.S and China | Bachelor | 2022 |
| An Investigation of the Measures of the Credit Scoring Industry for Protecting Consumers during Economic Crises. | Bachelor | 2022 |
| Identifizierung von Themen in der Reflexion über Speculative Design-Artefakte unter Verwendung von NLP | Guided Research | 2022 |
| Effects of Nudging and Reputation Mechanisms on the Trustworthiness on E-Commerce Platforms - A Comparative Survey | Bachelor | 2022 |
| A Study on the Chinese Social Credit System - Based on the Perspective of Chinese Internet Enterprises | Bachelor | 2022 |
| An Empirical Investigation of the Helpfulness of Online Product Reviews - A Case Study on Amazon. | Bachelor | 2022 |
| Data Portability and Erasure: GDPR Compliance of Third-Party Tracking Vendors | Master | 2022 |
| Extraction and Insertion of Personal Data from/to Online Services: An Empirical Analysis of the Governance of Personal Data | Bachelor | 2022 |
| The Effectiveness of GitHub’s Security Interventions on Code Security | Bachelor | 2022 |
| Data portability under GDPR Art. 20: An empirical examination of data exports and imports | Bachelor | 2022 |
| Data Portability between Online Services: GDPR Compliance and Security Implications | Bachelor | 2022 |
| Economics of Interoperability - Data and Privacy in Interconnected Ecosystems | Master | 2022 |
| Extraction and Insertion of Personal Data from/to Online Services: An Empirical Analysis of the Governance of Personal Data | Bachelor | 2022 |
| A Serious Game for Cloud Security | Master | 2022 |
| Methodology and Implementation of a Cyber Security Risk Management Tool | Master | 2022 |
| On the relationships between different Android frameworks and associated security issues | Master | 2022 |
| Nudging to Increase the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Rate | Bachelor | 2022 |
| Comparison of Contact Tracing by Smartphone Apps during the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom and China | Bachelor | 2022 |
| A comparative analysis of nudge units and the Chinese Social Credit System | Master | 2022 |
| Development of an Application for the Visualization of Data Exports under Article 20 GDPR | Bachelor | 2022 |
| The perception of AI decision-making in the advertisement and hiring context: A mixed-methods analysis of influence factors. | Master | 2022 |
| Fighting corruption and fraud concerning EU funds by making use of smart city technologies | Master | 2022 |
| A Quantitative Analysis of Rule-Breaking Behavior in an Online Community | Bachelor | 2022 |
| Internetzensur inmitten von COVID-19: Eine datengestützte Analyse rund um den Globus | Guided Research | 2021 |
| A Survey Study on Intervention against Online Hate Speech and its Implications | Master | 2021 |
| Peer Review Verification with Verifiable Credentials and Zero-Knowledge Proofs | Master | 2021 |
| How Useful is the GDPR´s Right to Data Portability? An Empirical Study | Bachelor | 2021 |
| Evaluating on the ball decision making from shooting positions in Professional Soccer | Master | 2021 |
| Unfamiliar Ground: Real World Analysis of a Modern NIST-Guided Password Policy | Bachelor | 2021 |
| Development and usage of automated systems for content moderation | Master | 2021 |
| Measuring the Effectiveness of Security Warnings on GitHub | Bachelor | 2021 |
| A Comparative Study about Nudge Units in Different Countries | Bachelor | 2021 |
| An ethical analysis of user modeling techniques for social media networks | Bachelor | 2021 |
| History of Security Advice on Stack Overflow | Master | 2021 |
| A Comparison of the acceptance of contact-tracing apps in the Covid-19 pandemic in the USA, India, the UK and Germany | Bachelor | 2021 |
| How should Android vulnerabilities be disclosed? An Analysis of Android Security Bulletins. | Master | 2021 |
| Measuring Code Review in the Linux Kernel | Master | 2021 |
| Bewertung der Einhaltung von Software-Sicherheitsstandards in kontinuierlicher Software-Entwicklung | Guided Research | 2021 |
| Prototypical implementation and evaluation of an anonymization solution for textual data. | Master | 2020 |
| Natural Language Semantic Code Search Using Learning to Rank | Master | 2020 |
| An Empirical Analysis of Enterprise Credit Reporting Systems in China | Bachelor | 2020 |
| An Empirical Evaluation of the Right to Erasure in the GDPR | Bachelor | 2020 |
| The Right to Data Portability - Impact on Digital Platforms | Master | 2020 |
| Fairness in the Chinese Social Credit Systems - A Contest-Based Approach to Answering a Design Question | Master | 2020 |
| Investigating the maturity of IT security of emerging companies in Germany according to a maturity model | Master | 2020 |
| Data Portability: Empirical Study on User Expectations about Data Exports from Social Network Sites | Bachelor | 2020 |
| An analysis of hate comments in the Korean Internet Society | Bachelor | 2020 |
| An Empirical Evaluation of the Right to Erasure in the GDPR | Bachelor | 2020 |
| The Perceived Value of Our Data – A User's Perspective on Data Portability in the Context of Social Media | Bachelor | 2020 |
| End User Awareness of IoT Device Users in the domain of smart homes - A survey study | Bachelor | 2020 |
| Show Don't Tell: Improving user perception and understanding of privacy or anti-tracking tools | Master | 2020 |
| Analysis of process mining in the context of cyber security with the example of identity and access management | Master | 2020 |
| Social Media Behavior in the Context of Genealogy Platforms | Bachelor | 2020 |
| "I understand it now, which I like. But trust? No!" - The Relation Between Transparency & Trust in Visual Data-Based Automated Hiring Procedures. | Bachelor | 2020 |
| A survey study on mobile operating system upgrade practices | Master | 2020 |
| A data-driven comparative analysis of blacklists and redlists in the Chinese Social Credit System | Bachelor | 2020 |
| An investigation of the Critical Infrastructure requirements as owner of a Critical Infrastructure | Bachelor | 2019 |
| Development of the Social Credit System in China and how it effects German Companies | Bachelor | 2019 |
| A comprehensive empirical study on the Android patching ecosystem | Master | 2019 |
| A Survey Study on the Treatment of Personal Friends' Data in the Context of Smartphone Usage | Bachelor | 2019 |
| Implementation of the Critical Infrastructure requirements as owner of a Critical Infrastructure | Bachelor | 2019 |
| Search Engine for Security Documentation | Guided Research | 2019 |
| Learning Program Representations from Big Code | Guided Research | 2019 |
| Analysis of pseudonymous data to evaluate information flow in web-based fringe communities | Master | 2019 |
| An open-source intelligence collection and analysis platform for actionable product threat intelligence and coordinated cyber incident response | Master | 2019 |
| Analysis of the Changes in Privacy Policies for Mobile Apps | Master | 2019 |
| Privacy Related Behavior, Lifestyles, Trust and Knowledge: Do People Securely Erase Confidential Data? | Bachelor | 2019 |
| Privacy and Data Sensitivity in Health Promotion Apps: Perceptions in Private and Workplace Health Apps | Master | 2019 |
| KRACK Attack: Security and Security Awareness in Multiperson Households | Bachelor | 2018 |