See also our current list of projects on the Research page to get an idea of what is topical in our research. Another list of all our projects is also available in Tuhat, with responsible persons listed (you can ask them about potential thesis topics).
A more exhaustive list of topics from the department is available at CSM Master thesis topics (moodle).
General writing Instructions
We have written some instructions to help the students write their Master's theses, seminar papers and B.Sc. theses. Please, read the guide before starting your thesis work: Scientific Writing – Guide of the Empirical Software Engineering Research Group.
Master's Thesis Topics
Software engineering and technology are prevalent areas for thesis at the department, and many candidates ask for thesis topics every academic year. We do our best to accommodate the requests, but the applicants can smoothen the process by taking an active role in thinking about potential topics based on the themes presented below.
We provide guidance for selecting a suitable topic and the supervision and support needed to complete the work. Please contact Antti-Pekka Tuovinen or Tomi Männistö if you are interested. You can also contact the group members to ask about the subject areas they are working on.
Suppose you, as a student, are working in software development, processes, architecture or something related. In that case, there is a good chance of finding an interesting thesis topic that closely relates to your work. In such a case, the actual work often provides an excellent problem to investigate, propose or try out potential solutions for, or the case can act as a rich source of data about the practice of software development.
We also welcome companies to suggest potential topics for Master's thesis. The topics can be general, based on existing research, or they may require original research and problem-solving. We will help to evaluate and fine-tune the proposals. Depending on the topic, you may also need to be prepared to provide guidance and assistance during the thesis project.
Please contact Antti-Pekka Tuovinen or Tomi Männistö if you have an idea for an industrial thesis and need further information.
The listing below introduces our current research areas and potential topics for the thesis. Each topic has a short description and the names of the researchers working on the topic. Please contact them for more details about the research and thesis work. Note that you can also suggest and discuss other topics within the general area of software engineering research. We encourage creativity and student-centred insight in selecting and defining the topic.
Earlier theses
Some earlier MSc thesis titles below give some idea about the topics. You can try looking up more info from E-thesis, but note that it is up to the author if the actual thesis pdf is available online. Just search using the title (or part of it) in quotation marks. You can also go to the library in person and read all theses (even those without a public pdf) on a kiosk workstation (ask the staff if you need help).
- Exploring study paths and study success in undergraduate Computer Science studies
- EU:n tietosuoja-asetuksen GDPR:n vaikutus suomalaisissa pk-yrityksissä 2018-2020
- Industrial Surveys on Software Testing Practices: A Literature Review
- Laskennallisesti raskaan simulointiohjelmistokomponentin korvaaminen reaaliaikasovelluksessa koneoppimismenetelmällä
- Web service monitoring tool development
- Case study: identifying developer oriented features and capabilities of API developer portals
- Documenting software architecture design decisions in continuous software development – a multivocal literature review
- Elinikäinen oppiminen ohjelmistotuotannon ammattilaisen keskeisenä
- Miten huoltovarmuus toteutuu Ylen verkkouutisissa?
- Utilizing Clustering to Create New Industrial Classifications of Finnish Businesses: Design Science Approach
- Smoke Testing Display Viewer 5
- Modernizing usability and development with microservices
- On the affect of psychological safety, team leader’s behaviour and team’s gender diversity on software team performance: A literature review
- Lean software development and remote working during COVID-19 - a case study
- Julkaisusyklin tihentämisen odotukset, haasteet ja ratkaisut
- Software Development in the Fintech Industry: A Literature Review
- Design of an automated pipeline to improve the process of cross-platform mobile building and deployment
- Haasteet toimijamallin käytössä ohjelmistokehityksessä, systemaattinen kirjallisuuskatsaus
- Light-weight method for detecting API breakages in microservice architectures
- Kirjallisuuskatsaus ja tapaustutkimus API-hallinnasta mikropalveluarkkitehtuurissa
- In-depth comparison of BDD testing frameworks for Java
- Itseohjautuvan auton moraalikoneen kehittämisen haasteet
- Towards secure software development at Neste - a case study
- Etuuspohjaisen eläkejärjestelyn laskennan optimointi vakuutustenhallintajärjestelmässä
- Internal software startup within a university – producing industry-ready graduates
- Applying global software development approaches to building high-performing software teams
- Systemaattinen kirjallisuuskatsaus lääkinnällisistä ohjelmistoista ja ketterästä ohjelmistokehityksestä
- Matalan kynnyksen ohjelmointialustan hyödyntäminen projektinhalinnassa
- Uncertainty Estimation with Calibrated Confidence Scores
- Tool for grouping test log failures using string similarity algorithms
- Design, Implementation, and Validation of a Uniform Control Interface for Drawing Robots with ROS2
- Assuring Model Documentation in Continuous Machine Learning System Development
- Verkkopalvelun saavutettavuuden arviointi ja kehittäminen ohjelmistotuoteyrityksessä
- Methods for API Governance automation: managing interfaces in a microservice system
- Improving Web Performance by Optimizing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS): Literature Review and Empirical Findings
- Implementing continuous delivery for legacy software
- Using ISO/IEC 29110 to Improve Software Testing in an Agile VSE
- An Open-Source and Portable MLOps Pipeline for Continuous Training and Continuous Deployment
- System-level testing with microservice architecture
- Green in software engineering: tools, methods and practices for reducing the environmental impacts of software use – a literature review
- Machine Learning Monitoring and Maintenance: A Multivocal Literature Review
- Green in Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review
- Comparison of Two Open Source Feature Stores for Explainable Machine Learning
- Open-source tools for automatic generation of game content
- Verkkosovelluskehysten energiankulutus: vertaileva tutkimus Blazor WebAssembly ja JavaScript
- Infrastruktuuri koodina -toimintatavan tehostaminen
- Geospatial DBSCAN Hyperparameter Optimization with a Novel Genetic Algorithm Method
- Hybrid mobile development using Ionic framework
- Correlation of Unit Test Code Coverage with Software Quality
- Factors affecting productivity of software development teams and individual developers: A systematic literature review
- Case study: Performance of JavaScript on server side
- Reducing complexity of microservices with API-Saga
- Organizing software architecture work in a multi-team, multi-project, agile environment
- Cloud-based visual programming BIM design workflow
- IT SIAM toimintojen kehitysprojekti
- PhyloStreamer: A cloud focused application for integrating phylogenetic command-line tools into graphical interfaces
- Evaluation of WebView Rendering Performance in the Context of React Native
- A Thematic Review of Preventing Bias in Iterative AI Software Development
- Adopting Machine Learning Pipeline in Existing Environment