Thesis projects at the IST

Overview of the student thesis projects

The IST offers a variety of thesis projects in the broad area of systems and control theory.

Please contact the corresponding research assistants if you have any questions or would like to apply for an open thesis project below. For general information concerning thesis projects at the IST, please contact Bowen Song.

Open theses:

All thesis projects can be written both in German and English. 

Bachelor's, Study, and Master's  Theses

Topic Type Research Area Advisor
Koopman-based control MA, SA Data-driven Control, Robust Control, Nonlinear Control Robin Strässer, Julian Berberich
Data-driven Policy Gradient Methods for Linear Time-varying Systems MA Optimal Control, Data-driven Control  Bowen Song
Network modeling and control approaches for brain stimulation - a step towards Digital Twins MA Systems Theory, Neuroscience Andrea Iannelli, Xenia Kobaleva
Structured Uncertainty Model for Sampling-Time Jitter MA Robust Control, Networked Control Dieter Schwarzmann
Modellprädiktive Regelung mit Störungen BA MPC Felix Brändle, Nadine Ehmann
Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning MA

Reinforcement Learning, Optimal Control, Autonomous Systems

 Massimiliano Manenti
Eine Systemtheoretische Analyse von Elo Systemen BA

System analysis
Observer design

Jonas Mair,Sebastian Schlor
Economic Model Predictive Control for Optimal Periodic Operation MA

MPC, Optimal Control, Economic MPC

Jonas Mair
Event-based adaptive control: theory and applications MA

Adaptive control, Learning-based Control, Nonlinear control

Andrea Iannelli
Open theses on Advanced Topics in Convex Optimization MA

Convex Optimization

Andrea Iannelli
Multiple Thesis Opportunities on Guarantees for Learning-Based Control MA

Learning-based Control,Theoretical Machine Learning, Statistical Learning Theory

Nicolas Chatzikiriakos
Studying the impact of thermospheric uncertainty on aerodynamic orbit control MA

Space dynamics, Optimal Control, Optimization

Andrea Iannelli
Information-based control MA

System theory, Information theory, Networked Control Systems

 Simon Lang
Data-Driven Min-Max MPC Using Integral Quadratic Constraints MA Data-driven control, robust control, IQC Yifan Xie
Quantum Computing Meets Control MA, Hiwi

Quantum Computing, Control  Theory, Robustness

 Julian Berberich
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