Be always sure you’re right, then go ahead. Davy Crockett After advising a couple of bachelor and master theses in media and computer science, I’ve created a short document to help students with planning their thesis topic. As I’ve written (and spoken) about in multiple postings (and videos), a thesis is a complex issue. You need more than a good topic, or motivation, or skills. It has to be — at least — good enough on a multitude of variables. As a metaphor, just think about it like a couple of pillars standing in a water — you don’t want to drown or even touch the water. So make sure that each pillar is above the water line. As bare minimum, if you decide for a topic you should have the combination of thematic interest x technical competence x competent advisor. You need to be interested in the topic to continuously work for about 6 months, you need to have the skills to actually implement it (sketches are easy), and you need to get feedback along the way by someone who gives a fuck and knows the field. So, as a first step, it pays to just list the possible topics (what’s [...]
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