Writing a thesis with disco
If you're interested in writing your thesis with the disco lab, please contact us at disco-theses@cs.rptu.de instead of contacting individual members.
IMPORTANT: In your request, provide the following information (mandatory!):
- In what semester do you plan to do your thesis?
- Bachelor's or master's?
- Which degree program and which specialization are you in?
- Previous experience and interests
- Which of our lectures have you attended so far?
See a selection of completed theses here.
We typically divide the topics we assign into the areas of performance and security:
Security
- Physical-Layer-Security
- Satellite Systems
- Avionic Systems
Performance
- Performance analyses using deterministic network calculus
- Performance analyses using stochastic network calculus
Completed Theses (Selection)
2025
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| Evaluation and Practical
Implementation of the Improved RECORD Attack |
| Author: |
Florian Berger |
| Form: |
Master Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Eric Jedermann, Jens B.
Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
2024
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2023
2022
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| Security Analysis of
Device-Authentication in the Iridium Satellite Network |
| Author: |
Michele Klein |
| Form: |
Master Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Eric Jedermann, Jens B.
Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
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| Exploring and Modeling Radio Signal Propagation
Effects using ADS-B Signals |
| Author: |
Marc Kraft, Markus Espen, Mischa Helfenstein |
| Form: |
Project |
| Advisor: |
Matthias Schäfer |
| Download: |
PDF |
2021
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2020
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| On Practical Considerations of the Statistical
Network Calculus: Data Aggregation, Traffic Analysis, and Backlog Bounds |
| Author: |
Meris Honsic |
| Form: |
Bachelor Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Jens B.
Schmitt, Paul
Nikolaus |
| Download: |
PDF |
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| On Practical Considerations of the Statistical
Network Calculus: Traffic Measurement, Distribution Fitting, and Backlog Bounds |
| Author: |
Ken Klapp |
| Form: |
Bachelor Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Jens B.
Schmitt, Paul
Nikolaus |
| Download: |
PDF |
2019
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| Design of a secure e-bike control based on
Bluetooth Low Energy |
| Author: |
Eric Jedermann |
| Form: |
Master Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Lukas Tremper (Sigma-Elektro Neustadt), Jens B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
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| Cooperative Aviation Security Models for Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles |
| Author: |
Johannes Jaeckel |
| Form: |
Master Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Carolina Nogueira, Jens B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
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| Evaluation of Design Aspects of Data Link Layer
Fingerprinting of Aircraft Transponders |
| Author: |
David Staub |
| Form: |
Master Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Matthias Schäfer, Jens B.
Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
2018
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| Authentication and Integrity for ADS-B: Design and
Implementation of a Security Model for Air Traffic Control Signals |
| Author: |
Markus Fögen |
| Form: |
Master Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Carolina Nogueira, Jens B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
2017
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| Deterministic Performance Analysis of
FIFO-multiplexing Feed-forward Networks |
| Author: |
Alexander Scheffler |
| Form: |
Bachelor Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Steffen Bondorf, Jens B.
Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
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| Modelling and Analysis of Timing Constraints of an
Industrial Control System |
| Author: |
Malte Schütze |
| Form: |
Bachelor Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Mathias Kreider (GSI Darmstadt), Jens B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
2016
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| Stochastic Performance Bounds for Independent
Regulated Traffic in Queueing Networks |
| Author: |
Paul Nikolaus |
| Form: |
Master Thesis, jointly with the Department of Mathematics |
| Advisor: |
Ralf
Korn,Jens
B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
2015
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| DiscoWall: Design And Implementation Of A Firewall
For Android Phones |
| Author: |
Brian Tewanima Löwe |
| Form: |
Bachelor Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Matthias Schäfer, Jens B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
2014
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2013
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| Applying Stochastic Network Calculus in Scenarios
with Incomplete Knowledge |
| Author: |
Sebastian Henningsen |
| Form: |
Bachelor Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Michael Beck, Jens B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
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| Design and Analysis of VeriFly - A Trajectory
Verification Method based on RSS sampling |
| Author: |
Matthias Schäfer |
| Form: |
Master Thesis, jointly with the Department of Computer Science of the University of
Oxford |
| Advisor: |
Ivan
Martinovic, Jens B.
Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
2012
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| Who do you sync you are? Smartphone Fingerprinting
based on Application Behaviour |
| Author: |
Tim Stöber |
| Form: |
Master Thesis, jointly with the Department of Computer Science of the University of
Oxford |
| Advisor: |
Ivan
Martinovic, Jens B.
Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
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| Design and Implementation of an Android-based
Botnet |
| Author: |
Andreas Borgwart |
| Form: |
Bachelor Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Jens B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
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| Effects and Factors of Network Instability |
| Author: |
Daniel S. Berger |
| Form: |
Bachelor Thesis, jointly with the Networks and Distributed Systems Group, David R.
Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo |
| Advisor: |
Martin Karsten, Jens B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
2011
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| DISCOmfort: A Tool For Practical Security Analysis
Of Mifare RFID Systems |
| Author: |
Markus Fuchs |
| Form: |
Bachelor Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Ivan
Martinovic, Jens B.
Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
2010
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2009
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| Wireless Network Calculus - Modeling and Analyzing
Retransmission-based Wireless Link using Network Calculus |
| Author: |
Hao Wang |
| Form: |
Master Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Jens B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |
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| Computation of Tight Bounds in Networks of
Arbitrary Schedulers |
| Author: |
Andreas Kiefer |
| Form: |
Master Thesis |
| Advisor: |
Jens B. Schmitt |
| Download: |
PDF |