Bachelor's and Master's Theses, P1 and P2

(currently under revision; latest update August 19, 2025)

We offer a range of thesis topics in the areas of Parallel and Distributed Computing. The concrete scope of a thesis can be defined on an individual basis.

In case of interest please contact us by email: sc-topics@lists.univie.ac.at

The potential supervisors are Atakan Aral, Enes Bajrovic, Siegfried Benkner, Arman Ferdowsi, João Ferreira Alves, Ruben Laso Rodriguez and Eduard Mehofer.

Programming Models, Languages and Concepts

  • Programming of heterogeneous parallel systems
  • Scientific codes and GPUs with oneAPI/DPC++/SYCL
  • Accelerating scientific codes with modern vector units (vector processors and CPU/SIMD mode)
  • Mojo (Python Programming Language for AI)

 

Cloud Computing

  • Serverless Computing
  • Scheduling Frameworks (Kubernetes, Mesos, ...)
  • HPC in the Cloud

 

Edge Computing and Edge AI

  • Distributed AI/ML Applications, Federated Learning
  • IoT-Driven Monitoring Systems
  • Neuromorphic Computing in Edge Devices
  • Sustainable and Reliable Edge Computing
  • Hardware for Edge AI (Raspberry Pi, Jetson Nano, Google Coral, Neuromorphic Chips)

 

Parallel Computing

  • Parallelization of symbolic timing analysis of digital circuits using analytical delay derivations
  • Parallel neuromorphic computing
  • Scaling SAT-based verification to distributed computing protocols

 

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