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Student theses
Our research is focused on hot topics in the areas of Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Software-as-a-Service, SOA, Green IT and Data Center Management. A number of thesis opportunities in these areas are currently open.
More open theses at SDQ can be found here. Please read further information on Diploma/Bachelor/Master Thesis and on Seminar works. We are also working in close cooperation with industry and offer the possibility of doing an internship at an industrial partner as part of the thesis project.
Open Theses
Quantification of the Impact of Elastic Cloud Environment Properties on IDS Benchmarking Metrics
In this thesis, you will perform experiments that involve use of novel intrusion detection systems (IDSes) in order to investigate the relationship between the performance of these systems and the elastic properties of...[more]
By:Aleksandar Milenkoski↑ TOP
Current Theses
Parallel Simulation of Queueing Petri Net Models
The major goal of this thesis is the improvement of the performance of SimQPN by using parallel simulation techniques.[more]
By:Simon Spinner↑ TOP
Closed Theses
DSL for Modeling Dynamic Workload Profiles
The goals of this thesis include the definition of a DSL for workload profiles considering their elements and composition. In addition, this thesis includes the implementation of an extension for an existing workload generation...[more]
By:Nikolas Herbst
Elasticity Benchmarking in Cloud Environments
The goal of this thesis is the development of a measurement methodology for elasticity metrics together with an implementation targeting IaaS and PaaS platforms.[more]
By:Nikolas Herbst
Workload forecasting in Cloud Computing environments
Changes of the workload profile directly affect the usage of available resources. Therefore, resource configuration and reallocation techniques are applied to use these available resources efficiently[more]
By:Nikolaus Huber
Evaluating Approaches to Resource Demand Estimation
Motivation Managing the performance, availability and resource efficiency of running software systems proactively requires techniques to predict the system’s performance and resource consumption. Typically, performance...[more]
By:Fabian Brosig
Diplom- / Masterarbeit: Experimentelle Analyse virtueller Umgebungen
Motivation Existierende Virtualisierungslösungen wie z.B. Xen, KVM, VMware oder auch OpenVZ ver-sprechen die Konsolidierung von Servern ohne nennenswerte Performance-Einbußen. Gleichzeitig bieten viele dieser Ansätze die...[more]
By:Nikolaus HuberDiplom-/Masterarbeit: Erweiterung des PCM um ereignisbasierte Kommunikation
Motivation In betrieblichen Anwendungen spielt ereignisbasierte Kommunikation eine zentrale Rolle. Dienstorientierte Architekturen (engl. Service-oriented Architectures) nutzen dieses Konzept, um dieKommunikationen sowohl...[more]
By:Christoph RathfelderDiplom/Masterarbeit: Automated Extraction of Palladio Component Models from Running Enterprise Java Applications
Motivation To ensure that a software system meets its performance requirements during system operation, the ability to predict its performance under different configurations and workloads is highly valuable. To enable performance...[more]
By:Samuel Kounev
Diplom/Masterarbeit: Performance Modeling of Storage Virtualization
Motivation Virtualization techniques offer the possibility to use highly available and efficient computer systems to consolidate a multiplicity of serves on one single machine. This need for big, virtualized hardware requires...[more]
By:Christoph RathfelderDiplom-/Masterarbeit: Transformation von Palladio-Modellen auf Queueing-Petri-Netze
Motivation Ein aktueller Trend bei der Entwicklung komplexer Software-Systeme stellt die Verwendung modellgetriebener Performanz-Vorhersageverfahren dar. Bei solchen Verfahren werden entwurfsorientierte Performanz-Modelle...[more]
By:Samuel Kounev, Heiko KoziolekDiplom-/Masterarbeit: Performance Evaluation of Enterprise Data Fabric Infrastructures
Including internship in Portland (USA)[more]
By:Samuel KounevStudien-/Bachelorarbeit: Filterung, Aggregation und Visualisierung von QPN-Analyseergebnissen
Motivation Ein aktueller Trend bei der Entwicklung betrieblicher Anwendungssysteme ist die Verwendung von Performanz-Modellen und entsprechenden Modellierungswerkzeugen, die es ermöglichen die Performanz und Skalierbarkeit des...[more]
By:Samuel Kounev↑ TOP