Thesis Process Overview

We offer thesis topics revolving around operating systems (in the broad meaning of the term). Whether you are a Bachelor or Master student, check out the currently available topics to see if something is interesting to you, or come to us with your own topic (as long as it is related to operating systems of course). You can also have a look at the past theses to get an idea of what your thesis could be!


Application Process

Please send an email to thesis@os.rwth-aachen.de with the following information:

  • Topics you’re interested in
    • For one of our available topics, CC the topic’s advisor in your email
    • For a self-provided topic, please write a short summary, with references to recent research papers if possible; and CC potential advisors to your email
  • Relevant previous experiences (courses taken, jobs, personal projects)
  • What you would be interested in doing (theory, programming, evaluation, and so on)
  • A few words explaining why you are a good candidate for the topic
  • When you would like to start your thesis
  • Transcripts of records

We try to answer all emails, even for a negative answer. If you don’t hear from us after a week, please send a new email.

We are an international group, so our communication language is English!


Thesis Workflow

First of all, read the information on the Study Center website!!!!!



Preparation phase (~1 month, before the official thesis start)

  • Familiarise yourself with the topic, read the related work, get up to speed with the technical prerequisites
  • Identify and prepare an early draft of what you will do in your thesis

Starting talk

  • Present the research problem you will tackle in your thesis and your plan to solve it (10-15’)
  • Get feedback from our team and the green light to register your thesis

Thesis

  • Design the system, identifying the properties, goals, limitations, difficulties
  • Implement your system
  • Evaluate your system with a series of benchmarks, against the state-of-the-art systems
  • Improve your design and implementation using your evaluation results
  • Write your thesis

Final talk

  • After submitting your thesis, present your work in front of our team and your second examiner. This has to happen at the latest 6 weeks after your thesis submission.