Student projects
How to apply
We continuously supervise BSc/MSc theses, BSc/MSc Independent Studies, and MSc Master's Projects.The list below contains available projects and a reference contact person for each. To apply for a listed project, please e-mail the contact person with (a) your motivation for the project, (b) your CV and transcript of records, and (c) time constraints.
If you have a specific topic idea that is not listed, try to find the closest match with either one of the available projects or the interests of one of our group's members. You can then reach out to the respective group member. When doing so, please include a description of your project idea (or a project proposal) in addition to (a) your motivation for the project, (b) your CV and transcript of records, and (c) time constraints.
List of Available Topics
| Topic | Keywords | Reference Person |
|---|---|---|
Evaluating biases in generative AI (ChatGPT/Bard/Bing Chat/Midjourney/DALL E 3) EARLIEST STARTING DATE APRIL 2025 |
web scraping, work with APIs, basic statistics | Aleksandra Urman |
LLM Cover Letter generation and evaluation: a comparative study |
LLM, basic statistics | Nicolò Pagan |
Exploratory analysis of Chirper.ai, the AI-only social media platform |
web scraping, basic statistics | Nicolò Pagan |
Dynamics of consensus in LLMs opinion formation |
LLM, basic statistics | Nicolò Pagan |
| Signaling in Matching Markets: the effects of different interpretations of signals in the job market | Agent-Based Modeling and/or Mechanism Design, Algorithmic Fairness | Stefania Ionescu |
| Balancing fairness and revenue in ad auctions | Agent-Based Modeling, Mechanism Design, Algorithmic Fairness | Stefania Ionescu |
| Classifying Academic Research Fields from ORCID Dataset | Big Data, Machine Learning, Science of Science | Prof. Dr. Anikó Hannák |
| Making a dashboard to track parliament attendance for different countries | Web scraping, data analysis, data visualisation | Kshitijaa Jaglan |
| Evidence for a leaky gender pipeline in competitive chess ? | Data scraping, statistical analysis, gender theory | Prof. Dr. Anikó Hannák |
| Creating a unique and comprehensive chess player and record data base (from e.g., the FIDE website, chessbase, and public profiles on online platforms, like lichess and chess.com) | Data scraping, linking data sets, big data | Prof. Dr. Anikó Hannák Nicolò Pagan |
More projects will be posted soon!