Graduation project




Special program Cybersecurity

If you are following the Computer Science special program cybersecurity (include link), you can do your M.Sc. thesis within the cybersecurity group or any other computer science group. The common core courses of the special program cybersecurity sets you up for any thesis supervisor. A selection of advanced courses for a thesis topic of your preference can be discussed with the special program coordinator, dr. Stjepan Picek, and the potential thesis supervisor. 

The special program requires a member of the cybersecurity group to be responsible professor for your thesis graduation. In addition, when performing your thesis outside of the cybersecurity group, your thesis does need to be on a cybersecurity topic. You will need to submit a brief description of the research plan for approval to the cybersecurity group’s M.Sc. thesis coordinator, dr. Sicco Verwer.


Regular tracks

If you are following one of the regular Computer Science tracks, you can also do your M.Sc. thesis within the cybersecurity group. In this case we highly recommend you to follow at least two out of the following four courses.

  • IN4191 Security and Cryptography 
  • CS4035 Cyber data analytics
  • CS4150 Systems Security
  • ET4397IN Network Security

 

In assigning thesis projects and supervisors, priority will be given to students in the special program cybersecurity.

In order to help you to make further choices for your IEP in relation to the computer science track that you are following, we provide the following table. 

Highly recommended

Track

Courses

Software Technology

Data Science & technology

Artificial Intelligence Technology

Common Core for your research group

IN4191 Security and Cryptography 

CS4035 Cyber data analytics

IN4010(-12) Artificial Intelligence Techniques

Specialisation course

CS4150 Systems Security

CS4150 Systems Security

CS4035 Cyber data analytics

Specialisation course

ET4397IN Network Security

ET4397IN Network Security

ET4397IN Network Security

Seminar course

CS4120 Seminar Science and Methods in Cyber Security

CS4120 Seminar Science and Methods in Cyber Security

CS4120 Seminar Science and Methods in Cyber Security

 Recommended

Track

Courses

Software Technology

Data Science & technology

Artificial Intelligence Technology

 

CS4035 Cyber data analytics

IN4191 Security and Cryptography 

IN4191 Security and Cryptography 

 

CS4110 Software Testing and Reverse Engineering

IN4010(-12) Artificial Intelligence Techniques

CS4220 Machine learning 1

 

CS4160 Blockchain Engineering

CS4160 Blockchain Engineering

CS4150 Systems Security

 

IN4253ET Applied Security Analysis “Hacking Lab

IN4253ET Applied Security Analysis “Hacking Lab

IN4253ET Applied Security Analysis “Hacking Lab

 

IN4315 software architecture

IN4315 software architecture

IN4315 software architecture

 

UT201500042 Privacy Enhancing Technology

UT201500042 Privacy Enhancing Technology

UT201500042 Privacy Enhancing Technology

 

More information
For more information about the special program cybersecurity, contact dr. Stjepan Picek. For more information about doing a thesis in the cybersecurity group, or doing a thesis within the special program cybersecurity, contact dr. Sicco Verwer and the intended M.Sc. thesis supervisor(s).