Student Theses

Browse completed and ongoing student thesis projects at SPEAR Lab. We supervise Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD theses on topics in edge computing, network protocols, Internet measurements, and distributed systems.

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Total Theses

Completed

Master Theses

Bachelor Theses

Vlad Graure and Cristian Benghe — Horizon, SIGMETRICS 2026

Why a Thesis with SPEAR Lab

A Bachelor's Research Project that became a top-tier publication.

Vlad Graure and Cristian Benghe's BSc theses on Starlink performance grew into Horizon — accepted at ACM SIGMETRICS 2026 (15.2% acceptance rate). We pick research questions worth going beyond the project for, and we back students who want to go that distance.

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Ongoing Theses

Master's ThesisIn Progress

Circumventing Internet Restrictions through Starlink

David Weissmann

Student Theses

A Bachelor's Research Project that became a top-tier publication.

Ongoing Theses

Circumventing Internet Restrictions through Starlink

Characterizing Secure Measurements over Starlink

Completed Theses

2026(8 theses)

Cross-Layer Fault Manifestation in Cloud-Native 5G Core Networks

Multi-Modal Correlation of Observability Signals in Cloud-Native 5G Core Networks

Uncovering Security Vulnerabilities in O-RAN

Evaluating Telemetry Collection Methods for Cloud-Native 5G Core Networks

Machine Learning-Based Anomaly Detection Across Telemetry Modalities in 5G Core Networks

Understanding Live WebConferencing Performance over Starlink

Telemetry Reduction Strategies for Cloud-Native 5G Core Networks

Multipath Media-over-QUIC (MoQ) for Video Conferencing Applications

2025(12 theses)

The Influence of Ground Infrastructure Proximity on Starlink's Performance

Capturing the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of LEO ISP Performance

Characterizing Resilience of LEO Satellite Networks Against Disasters

Characterizing traffic destinations and temporal trends for adaptive network resource management in 5G/6G networks

Traffic analysis and forecasting for adaptive network resource management in 5G/6G networks

Multi-Layered Telemetry Assessing Global Performance of LEO Internet Providers

Traffic analysis and forecasting for adaptive network resource management in 5G/6G networks

Efficient 6G Edge Testbed

Stress Testing Open5GS UPF Implementation

Multi-Layered Telemetry Assessing Global Performance of LEO Internet Providers

Synthetic 5G Traffic Generation: A Machine Learning Approach

Telemetry-driven network optimization for edge-cloud orchestration frameworks

2024(4 theses)

Enhancing Edge Orchestration Flexibility through Addons

Next-Generation Orchestration Frameworks for Multicluster Cloud-Edge Integration

FLOps: Practical Federated Learning via Automated Orchestration (on the Edge)

Leveraging eBPF in Orchestrated Edge Infrastructures

2023(3 theses)

Multi-Tenant Edge Testbed using Heterogenous Commodity Hardware

Designing a Global Network Measurement Platform

Multicloud Infrastructure Broker for Edge Orchestration Framework

2022(6 theses)

Evaluating the Suitability of Kubernetes for Edge Computing Infrastructure

Web-based platform for LEO satellite measurements

Supporting Unikernel-based microservices at the edge

Designing Interaction Framework for Multi-Admin Edge Infrastructures

Have your cake and eat it too: Analyzing energy usage in blockchain protocols

Agricultural AI Development on the Edge with NEVONEX

2021(10 theses)

Enabling Microservice Interactions within Heterogeneous Edge Infrastructures

A Robust Benchmarking Suite for Edge Infrastructures

Realizing self-organizing platforms for edge service deployments

Evaluating Transport Protocols for Remote Piloting of Aerial Vehicles

Extending ViM platform with flexible analysis and scalable user access

Feasibility Analysis of MPTCP for Remote Piloting Operations of Drones and Flying Taxis

Exploring latency boundaries of blockchains in edge computing networks

Service Scheduling for EdgeIO platform

Designing Robust Interaction Frontend for Decentralized Edge Infrastructures

Supporting Flexible Simulations for Vehicular Scenarios in ViM Platform

2020(4 theses)

Measuring and Analysing MPTCP Support on the Internet

Analyzing Cloud Reachability via Wireless Networks on Global Scale

Analysing Cloud Reachability on Global Scale

Flexible Multi-Cluster Edge Orchestration and Task Scheduling Platform