The following contains currently open thesis topics in our areas of research. If you are interested in a topic or have a thesis idea of your own that might fit our research interests, please contact us directly.

Consensus algorithms

Security and Privacy of Decentralized Systems and DLTs
  • Implementation and/or liveness and safety analysis of DAG-based consensus protocols (e.g., Narwhal/Bullshark, Mysticeti)
  • Development or improvement of a reliable broadcast library for high-throughput, application-agnostic use as a basis for simple payment systems and DAG-based consensus
  • MEV (maximal extractable value) mitigation techniques and their trade-offs
  • Game theoretic analysis and attacks
  • Analysis of Solana's Alpenglow consensus

Please contact Aljosha Judmayer.

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