Theses
Information about theses with the Cryptology and Data Security Research Group at the University of Bern and in the Swiss Joint Master in Computer Science.
Thesis topics are related to our research and offered courses. Many projects address theory and practice of cryptology and data security; some are purely theoretic but very few are only of practical nature.
These projects are intended for computer-science students at the University of Bern and those enrolled in the Swiss Joint Master of Science in Computer Science. We do not offer any internships.
Available projects for BSc and MSc theses
The indication of a BSc or MSc project type may be discussed and a smaller version of a project labeled MSc may often be carried out as a BSc thesis.
Many more projects in the research domain of the group are possible. If you would like to suggest a topic for a thesis project, please contact a team member to discuss your idea.
| Posted | Title | Type | Contact | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | AtomChat | BSc | Juan Villacis | Available |
| 2025 | Private Voting in DAOs | BSc/MSc | François-Xavier Wicht | Available |
| 2025 | Classical Problem from Coding Theory | MSc | Vivien Bammert | Available |
| 2025 | Unbeatable Consensus | BSc/MSc | David Lehnherr | Available |
| 2025 | Analysing the renaming problem | BSc/MSc | David Lehnherr | Available |
| 2025 | Validity in Byzantine consensus | BSc/MSc | Juan Villacis | Available |
| 2025 | Exploring Uncertified DAGs | BSc | Juan Villacis | Available |
| 2025 | Symmetric Gather? | MSc | Juan Villacis | Available |
| 2025 | Evaluation of distributed algorithms’ communication over the Internet | BSc/MSc | Mariarosaria Barbaraci | Available |
| 2024 | Analysing the Matrix Event Graph Replicated Data Type | BSc | David Lehnherr | Available |
Current thesis projects
| Semester | Title | Type | Advisor | Student |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS2025 | Exploring Distributed Threshold Issuance of Credentials | MSc | Mariarosaria Barbaraci | Carmen Gonzalez Luque |
| HS2025 | Erasure Codes in Distributed Protocols | BSc | Annalisa Cimatti | Felix Leichtle |
| HS2025 | Secret Sharing Schemes | BSc | Annalisa Cimatti | Nicolas Wildi |
| HS2025 | An Assessment of Regulation-Friendly Blockchain Technology | MSc | François-Xavier Wicht | Peter Brühwiler |
| HS2025 | Succinct Blockchain Systems | MSc | François-Xavier Wicht | Vishrut Shukla |
| HS2025 | Analysis of the Penumbra Protocol | MSc | François-Xavier Wicht | Noah Maggio |
| FS2025 | Linear Codes for Secret Sharing | MSc | Vivien Bammert | Raphael Fehr |
| FS2025 | Scalable revocation of credentials using cryptographic accumulators | BSc | Mariarosaria Barbaraci, François-Xavier Wicht | Mehmet-Akif Onay |
Completed thesis projects
Thesis projects completed since 2019.
Instructions and templates for theses
Information about infrastructure and procedures. Students working on a thesis must read these instructions.