Master Thesis
For the upcoming semester, the Chairs of Management Science, Operations Management, and Data-Driven Decision Support organize access to Master thesis topics together. Hence, in order to apply for a Master thesis topic, it is mandatory to hand in the following form to mansci@ovgu.de: Application form Master thesis.
Please hand in the application form together with a current transcript of records.
Application deadline for a thesis to start at the beginning of the summer term 2025: 1st March 2025
Note that we expect you to have taken a Scientific Seminar or a Scientific Project at one of our chairs. After your application has been accepted, we negotiate a topic with you. Topics can come from two sources:
- We propose topics before the application deadline (Please indicate if you are interested in one of these in your application).
- You propose a topic within an exposé of 1 to 2 pages which is related to our research and the master classes offered by our chairs.
Potential Topics Summer Term 2025
- Middle Mile Planning and Operations
- Strategical Demand Development
- Reducing Food Waste through Optimized Supply Chain Logistics
- Fairness over Time in Agri-food Supply Chains
- Recent Trends in On-Demand Mobility with Autonomous Vehicles
- Recent Trends in On-Demand Mobility in Rural Areas
- Recent Trends in On-Demand Restaurant Meal-Delivery
- Understanding Courier Behavior in Crowdsourced On-Demand Meal Delivery
- Minimizing Emissions in Last-Mile Delivery
- Collaboration in Shared Logistics Networks
- Tackling Dynamics and Uncertainty in Workforce Scheduling Problems
- Emerging Trends in Reinforcement Learning in the Field of Transportation
Topics of the Department of Operations Management can be found through the following link.
Topics of the Department of AI-based Decision Support can be found through the following link.
