Course Description

Information systems is an ever-changing field of study with numerous facets and research topics emerging. With this seminar, we aim to provide students with the possibility to independently work on state-of-the-art research topics in addition to the knowledge gained in our lectures.

In the seminar, participants will get deeper insights on current research in the field of information systems. The seminar is conceptualized as a literature-based thesis project. Our research assistants offer a rich pageant of diverse thesis topics from our research clusters such as digital experience and participation, intelligent enterprise systems, or information systems engineering and transformation. Students can select among these topics individually depending on their personal interests.

The actual seminar topics will be derived from current research activities of the research group. To further support students with methodological skills for master or bachelor theses, students are expected to conduct a structured literature review (SLR).

Learning Objectives

Students will

• focus on contemporary issues in the broad context of information systems to get an understanding of information systems in the large
• carry out a structured literature search for a given topic
• aggregate the collected information in a suitable way to present and extract knowledge
• write a seminar thesis following academic writing standards
• deliver a presentation in a scientific context in front of an auditorium