My thesis project was the most rewarding experience of my computer science studies. Unfortunately, many students suffer theirs as frustrating, tedious and with few opportunities for personal growth.

In this guide, I want to share the pitfalls and best practices from supervising 50+ thesis projects in computer science at TUM. I hope that it helps you write a great thesis and grow in the process. Start reading here.

Slides From My Presentations

We provide slides in English from January 2023, there is also a German edition from November 2020.

The slides on how to write a guided research are from Roman’s talk on 10th of June.

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Video Recordings

Below are videos that summarize the thesis guide content. The first one is in German, the second one in in English.

German version:

English version: