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
A systems theoretical analysis of ELO systems 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
Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning MA

Reinforcement Learning, Optimal Control, Autonomous Systems

 Massimiliano Manenti
Information-based control MA

System theory, Information theory, Networked Control Systems

 Simon Lang
Data-Driven Control for Linear Parameter-Varying Systems MA Data-driven control, robust control, MPC Yifan Xie
Distributed Stochastic Model Predictive Control MA MPC Matthias Steffel
Quantum Computing Meets Control MA, Hiwi

Quantum Computing, Control  Theory, Robustness

 Julian Berberich
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