Thesis projects

We are always interested in meeting passionate students. Please, explore the research focus of our chair and the research areas of our staff to see where your interests align. Your own thesis proposals are highly encouraged. For enquiries or to suggest a topic, please contact the member of staff in the relevant area. Additionally, you can find a list of topics below that are currently open for thesis projects. For more information on a specific topic please contact the relevant person. Please always include your CV and transcripts with your request.


  • [MSc] Cost-Aware Hyperparameter Optimisation for Reinforcement Learning
      Reinforcement learning is used to solve sequential decicision problems, such as games, robotics and more. Its performance is affected by the choice of its hyperparameters. In this thesis, we will explore more efficient method to optimise the hyperparameters of reinforcement learning algorithms. For more information, please take a look the PDF here. If you have any questions, please contact Hadar Shavit (see below).
    Contact: shavit[at]aim[dot]rwth-aachen[dot]de

  • [MSc] Decision-Focused Learning in Inventory Management - Collaborative proposal with INFORM Gmbh
      Real-world planning and optimisation systems often use a combination of AI techniques from the areas of Machine Learning and Operations Research to optimise decisions. The key idea of Decision-Focused Learning (DFL) is to better integrate the ML and optimisation phases by considering the effect of the prediction errors on the optimisation result when training the ML model. The thesis aims to develop and evaluate a DFL approach for inventory management problems. The thesis will be in cooperation with the software company INFORM GmbH. Consequently, the results of the thesis will influence the development of an inventory management software that is in daily use at a large customer base. For more information, please contact Anna Münz (see below).
    Contact: muenz[at]aim[dot]rwth-aachen[dot]de