The orientation session for the winter semester 2026 will take place on Thu, 01.10.2026, 13:00 in HS17.
You can work on any of these topics, by arrangement, as a Bakk thesis, master’s thesis, or diploma thesis; as a project; or, depending on suitability, as a seminar. If you are interested in one of these topics, please contact the listed (primary) contact person directly.
The following specific fields of study topics are currently offered:
- Knowledge-based Software-intensive Systems Engineering and Analysis
- Data Science in Software and Systems Engineering
- User Experience and Interface Exploration
- Model Quality Assurance
- Social Media and Collective Intelligence Systems
- Open Source Software (OSS) Projects
Knowledge-based Software-intensive Systems Engineering and Analysis
Modern software-intensive systems, such as production systems, cyber-physical systems, or Smart Grids,
require multi-view models to integrate the knowledge coming from the involved domain experts.
Multi-view knowledge graphs facilitate (i) the efficient analysis of application quality, risk, and security;
(ii) the design of software and systems; and (iii) improving data quality as a foundation for data analytics
in domains with heterogeneous stakeholder groups that have to collaborate to achieve their goals.
Agile Task Guidance and Documentation (Details)
Reference: QSE:ATG
Contact: Stefan Biffl. Sebastian Kropatschek
new Model-based Engineering of a Simple DSL Editor (Details)
Reference: QSE:DSL
Contact: Stefan Biffl, Arndt Lüder
new Production Planning Simulation Game PROST (Details)
Reference: QSE:PROST
Contact: Stefan Biffl, Kurt Matyas
new Process Understanding and Improvement with AI (Details)
Reference: QSE:pro.AI
Contact: Stefan Biffl
new Software Engineering for MedInf/BioTech (Details)
Reference: QSE:MedInf
Contact: Stefan Biffl, Florian Pollak
Data Science in Software and Systems Engineering
new Software Engineering for AI – dataTUdiscovery (Details)
Reference: QSE:SE4AI
Contact: Kristof Meixner, Stefan Biffl
Survey on Data Science State-of-the-Art and Industry Best Practices
Reference: QSE-BD-Survey
Contact: Dietmar Winkler, Stefan Biffl
Data Science Applications in Industry
Reference: QSE-BD-Applications
Contact: Dietmar Winkler, Stefan Biffl
User Experience and Interface Exploration with Prototype Design and Evaluation
Web Page Application for Quality Control in Manufacturing (Details)
Reference: QSE:CDP-UI-Creator
Contact: Dietmar Winkler, Sebastian Kropatschek
Automatic extension of the PPR model using OPC UA in knowledge graphs (Details)
Reference: QSE:CDP-OPC
Contact: Dietmar Winkler, Sebastian Kropatschek, Stefan Biffl
Model Quality Assurance
Reference: QSE:MQA
Contact: Dietmar Winkler, Stefan Biffl
Social Media and Collective Intelligence Systems (CIS)
Here you find more details.
For WS 2026 all CIS student topics are already taken.
Come back in Februrary 2026 to browse new open CIS student topics.
Open Source Software (OSS) Projects
Enhance Open-Source UML editor UMLet (www.umlet.com) (Details)
Reference: SE UML; Praktikum, Diplomarbeit;
Contact: Martin Auer, Stefan Biffl.
If you are interested in a specific topic or a general subject area,
please send an email to Stefan.Biffl@tuwien.ac.at, which contains the following information:
- Your name and phone number.
- Which courses you would like to take (type, number of hours/ECTS).
- Which topics or subject areas interest you and why.
- A brief description of your relevant background: skills, work experience.