Topics for Student Projects & Master Theses
Our topics for student projects (seminars/projects at bachelor and master level) and master theses are usually closely related to our current research projects. Details about the currently offered student projects or master theses (title, description, contact person, etc.) can be found in the "Teaching" area of IAIK's website. Please follow the respective "Read more >>"-links below.
| Student seminars/projects (bachelor level) | Read more » |
| Student seminars/projects (master level) | Read more » |
| Master theses | Read more » Finished master theses in the IMPA Lab» |
General Topic Areas
In the list below you can find a selection of general topic areas for student projects and master theses available in the IMPA Lab. You are welcome to contact somebody of the members of the IMPA Lab or stop by at IAIK to find out more about possible topics.
| Side-channel analysis |
| Investigating newly proposed side-channel attack techniques for their practicability and/or improving side-channel attacks by yourself |
| Developing general or specific test systems (test boards with or without FPGA, chip tester, etc.) to attack cryptograhic devices (ASIC chips, microcontrollers, smart cards, etc.) via the side-channels power and electro-magnetic radiation |
| Evaluating software implementations of symmetric (e.g. DES, AES) or asymmetric (e.g. RSA, ECC) algorithms on various platforms (e.g. smart cards, microcontrollers) via power and electro-magnetic analysis and investigating possible countermeasures |
| Security analysis of particular cryptographic devices like the "Titanium" card, which is an Atmel-based smart card that is advertised within the Pay-TV community and includes a secure microcontroller with a security-enhanced operating system |
| etc. |
| Fault analysis |
| Investigating practical fault injection methods |
| Evaluate proposed fault attacks for their practicability |
| Develop new fault attacks and/or countermeasures |
| etc. |
| Others |
| etc. |