Education

Open theses, current areas, and teaching information for students interested in working with TECO and the Chair of Pervasive Computing Systems.

Thesis Topics PCS Website

Who We Are

We are the Chair of Pervasive Computing Systems and the long-standing TECO research department at KIT. We are the ones who invented the web browser on the smartphone, created the first digital objects, and built the first European sensor network. We are an expert team with excellent international connections, happy to send good students abroad. We have excellent contacts in the industry, are located in the SAP Research Center, and have an interdisciplinary focus.

Who We Are Looking For

You are looking for an exceptional Bachelor's or Master's thesis, in a very inspiring environment, and want to collaborate with internationally recognized top scientists from research and industry. You are highly motivated and want to contribute your own ideas. You are very gifted practically or theoretically, or both. You are interested in helping build a new chair. You work independently but enjoy being part of a team. You are interested in working with the latest technology.

Courses

Specific lectures can also be found directly below. A complete list of courses offerered this semester is available at the PCS website.

Mobile Computing and Internet of Things

Willkommen in der Vorlesung und Übung Mobile Computing und Internet der Dinge (5 ETCS (2.5 Klausur, 2.5 bewertete Übung), 2+1 SWS, Hybrid: Zoom sowie -102 (50.34)

Open course 02

Ubiquitous Computing

Willkommen in der Vorlesung und Übung Ubiquitäre Informationstechnologien WS 22/23 (5 ECTS, 2+1SWS, Zoom + -102 (geb 50.34), Di 11:15; Mi 8:10 im Raum 222, Geb. 07.07 (Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str.1, 2.OG))

Open course 03

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Lecture Human-Computer Interaction, HCI (Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion) with Exercise, 6 ECTS the lecture is part of the English master program and will be given in English

Open course

Recognition of Courses Abroad

Please fill out the following form BEFORE you leave. Then send me an email with the abbreviation contained therein. Please also note the leaflet for the recognition of academic achievements abroad.

Thesis Topics

Find the right topic for your Bachelor's or Master's thesis. For writing, use the TECO thesis templates as ZIP downloads in German or English, or use the Overleaf templates in German or English.

Unpacking PPG Signals for Transparent Blood Glucose Level Sensing.

Bachelor

Diabetes is a major global health challenge that requires careful blood glucose monitoring alongside lifestyle interventions. Photoplethysmography (PPG) offers a promising, non-invasive way to estimate blood glucose levels using machine learning in wearables. Current PPG-based methods mostly rely on complex black-box models that obscure which signal features are actually important. This thesis aims to identify and analyze key PPG features that reliably contribute to blood glucose level estimation.

External Theses at Companies

Please note that for external theses, a project contact from the chair to the company must exist to ensure academic quality. Due to high demand, external theses are only supervised if the topic is issued by a staff member of the chair. Topics issued by the industry side are no longer supervised. As a rule, the work requires the company supervisor to be present at meetings at TECO. Please ask your contact person at the company first. Please consider that it is statistically likely that the creation of the thesis will be driven less by a scientific question and more by the company's economic interests. However, your grade will be based solely on the scientific content of your work.

Responsibilities

Please note that you are responsible for the correct execution of your thesis. If you are in your 7th or even 8th Master's semester, you will need an extension. You must arrange for this yourself. Your thesis should be registered in a timely manner. You must communicate to your supervisor when you plan to start the work. Registration cannot be done just before submission. Your thesis submission must be complete. You are responsible for this, not your supervisor. Only what has been submitted can be included in the evaluation of the thesis.

Topic Areas

If there are no open thesis topics that match your interests, or if you have a topic of your own in mind, you are welcome to submit an unsolicited application. Please include a short paragraph explaining your motivation, your CV, your study program (Bachelor/Master), current semester and field of study, a transcript of records with courses and grades, your programming experience, and any areas of interest relevant to the topic.