Thesis & Practical Seminar Projects

The human-centered systems lab (h-lab) headed by Prof. Dr. Alexander Maedche (research group “Information Systems I", formerly ISSD) focuses in research, education, and innovation on designing human-centered systems for better work & life.  Our mission is to create impactful knowledge for designing human-centered systems for human productivity and well-being through relevant and rigor scientific research. We leverage advanced artificial intelligence (AI)  and biosignal sensor technologies and follow a socio-technical research paradigm for increasing human productivity and well-being through human-centered systems.

Teaching and research is tightly interconnected in our research group. Thesis & practical seminar projects are offered in the following research topics:

Besides thesis projects on the bachelor and master level we additionally offer practical seminars (Seminarpraktikum) (4,5 ECTS). They are part of several modules and provide a complementary alternative to traditional lectures. In practical seminars, students develop a running software prototype for a defined topic.

We offer the following value propositions for students engaging in a thesis & practical seminar project in our research group:

  • Work together with us and our cooperation partners on a topic that has real-world relevance and impact
  • Build up expertise in AI & biosignal sensor processing technologies as well as Data Science
  • Engage with innovative interactive technologies and learn design methods & techniques for human-centered systems
  • Apply established research methods and deliver scientific knowledge

On this page you find currently offered topics for bachelor and master thesis as well as practical seminars. We will also consider thesis proposals from students fitting to the research interests of the research group. Please inform yourself on our Web pages and approach us directly. 

Bachelor & Master Thesis
Title Type Supervisor
Applying the CrowdSurfer to Improve Website Accessability Bachelor / Master Thesis

Saskia Haug
Designing Feedback Features for Conversational Agents Bachelor / Master Thesis

Saskia Haug
Designing an Automatic and Immediate Feedback Assessment Feature for the CrowdSurfer Extension Bachelor / Master Thesis

Saskia Haug
This doesn't help me! Enable a chatbot to solve errors and to disambiguate Bachelor / Master Thesis

Daniel Schloß
Designing Data Stories to increase Data Understanding and Trust Bachelor Thesis

Jonas Gunklach
Exploring the Potential of Mixed Reality Technology for Office Work Bachelor Thesis

Dr. Peyman Toreini
Integrating Eye Tracking Technology in Mixed Reality Systems: State-of-the-Art Review and Integrated Theoretical Framework Bachelor Thesis

Dr. Peyman Toreini
Conceptualizing the State-of-the-Art of Interactive Intelligent Labeling Systems and Developing a web-based Configurator Bachelor's / Master's Thesis

Merlin Knäble
One App for each Citizen? Comparing & Evaluating Citizen Apps for Heterogenous User Groups Bachelor's thesis

Felix Kretzer
Object recognition through artificial intelligence on AR glasses. Bachelor/ Master Thesis

Dr. Peyman Toreini
Interactive Labeling of Scan Segmentations Bachelor/Master Thesis

Merlin Knäble
Feedback for Figma - Development of a Figma Plugin to Provide Feedback for Selected Components of Figma based GUI Bachelor’s or Master’s Thesis

Felix Kretzer
Are you still there? – Analyzing Attention Allocation in Virtual Meetings Through Ear-EEG and Eye Tracking Technologies Master Thesis

Dr. Peyman Toreini & Dr.Michael Knierim
Design and Development of an Automatic Data Storytelling System Master Thesis

Jonas Gunklach
Designing Gaze-based Task Resumption Support for Mixed Reality Environments Master Thesis

Dr. Peyman Toreini
Eye-based and Voice-based Interactions with Information Dashboards Presented in Mixed Reality Master Thesis

Dr. Peyman Toreini
Interactive Labeling for ML-based Structural Formula Extraction: Scaling Human Accessibility of Documents for Visually Impaired People Master Thesis

Merlin Knäble & Dr. Thorsten Schwarz (SZS)
Guiding Novice Users in Creation of Accessible PDF Documents Master's Thesis

Merlin Knäble, Dr. Thorsten Schwarz, Jonas Gunklach
Improving the accessibility of dashboards using natural language descriptions Master’s Thesis

Jonas Gunklach, Merlin Knäble

Practical Seminars

Here you find a list of currently offered practical seminars (Seminarpraktikum) (4,5 ECTS). Practical seminars are part of several modules and provide an alternative to traditional lectures. In practical seminars, students get an individual assignment and develop a running software prototype. Beside the software prototype, the students also deliver a written documentation.

In case you are interested in carrying out a practical seminar at our research group in a topic that is currently not listed, but in our research focus, feel free to approach us.