If you are interested in a particular topic listed here for a Bachelor or Master thesis, please contact the corresponding person from the list below. If you are interested in writing a thesis on another (non-listed) topic within the scope of our group or you want to participate in guided research or an interdisciplinary project, write an email to Felipe Maldonado. Please state your skills and interests and also attach a current CV and a recent grade report. First contact should be established at least one month before registration of the project in order to allow for sufficient time to settle for a suitable topic.
| Title | Focus | Contact |
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| Optimization and Market Design (BSc or MSc thesis) |
various topics | |
| Computational Social Choice and Algorithmic Game Theory | various topics (having attended one of the courses "Computational Social Choice" or "Algorithmic Game Theory" or seminars "Multiagent Systems" or "Economics & Computation" is recommended) | |
| Equilibrium Learning in Auctions and Markets | various topics (required: previous experience with at least one of the following: nonlinear optimization, algorithmic game theory, neural networks, reinforcement learning) | Stefan Heidekrüger |
| Simulations and analysis in shared-economy markets |
The sharing economy depends on the development of the sharing platform. Different platforms (e.g., ride-hailing, freight exchange, kidney exchange, resource allocation, ... ) have different characteristics. We are committed to abstracting mathematical models from reality to simulate, analyze and provide theory. Research issues include but are not limited to matching strategies, pricing issues, and online prediction. Required: advanced programming skills (e.g., Python, Matlab, at laest one), mathematics, operation research. |
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Modifying a bid language for |
The Flexible Use and Efficient Licensing (FUEL) bid language was proposed for conducting a radio spectrum auction in the US to allocate licenses for the new 5G network to telecommunication providers. In this thesis it shall be analyzed how small modifications of this bid language influence the runtime and efficiency of the allocation problem. required: advanced C++ skills, helpful: knowledge in auction theory & operations research |
Gregor Schwarz |
| Simulation of airport time slot auctions |
We provide a simulation system that can be extended by further valuation models for airlines and/or bidding languages. In simulation experiments, the impact on prices, the welfare distribution, and computational costs should be analyzed for different payment rules. required: advanced programming skills (python); helpful: auction theory, operations research |
Paul Karänke |
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