Master's Thesis Seminar WS 2025

339.505 Marr, Prähofer Di 15:30 - 17:00 S3 218 Begin: 07.10.2025

Schedule

DatePresentations
11.11.2025 Paul Lehner, Melissa Sen
02.12.2025 Sarah Gastner, Florian Schwarcz
09.12.2025 Daniel Pfeffer, Sebastian Stiegler
20.01.2026 Paul Lehner, Melissa Sen

How it works

Every candidate gives 3 presentations over 2 semesters:

1. presentation (10 min.): Motivation, overview, preliminary ideas, existing solutions, time schedule
2. presentation (25-30 min.): Progress report, current architecture, first results
3. presentation (25-30 min.): Final results

It is mandatory to attend the Master's thesis seminar even if you do not give a presentation. You are expected to participate in the discussions and to provide feedback to the presenters.

Normally, you need 2 minutes per slide. Avoid slides which consist only of text bullets. Rather, present your ideas, algorithms, architectures, and user interfaces with pictures and examples if possible. Don't forget that there is also a whiteboard that you can use.

Don't waste too much time with a formal introduction and come to the point quickly. Concentrate on the concepts of your work and don't talk too much about details unless necessary. Make the presentation understandable to colleagues who are not specialists in your field. Your goal should be that your colleagues get new insights into your work and can take something home from your talk.

Further information

Current Master students

Sarah Gastner
Compiler Construction Education Using an AST-based MicroJava Compiler
Supervisor: Dr. Weninger

Paul Lehner
Partial Compaction in the Garbage-First Garbage Collector
Supervisor: Prof. Marr

Daniel Pfeffer
A Trace-Based Graphical Debugger based on Execution Traces Collected via Sourcecode Instrumentation
Supervisor: Dr. Weninger

Florian Schwarcz
Grammar-based Random Generation and Mutation of Source Code
Supervisor: Prof. Prähofer

Melissa Sen
A Visual Debugger for Multi-threaded Programs based on the Espresso Java VM
Supervisor: Prof. Prähofer

Sebastian Stiegler
Automated Marble Diagram Visualization Generator for Java Streaming API Operations
Supervisor: Dr. Weninger