Disputation on February 4, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Room 151, Oettingenstraße 67
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampling the Unseen: Holdout Recovery under Band-Limited Parity Constraints | Markus Baumann | Jonas Stein | Practical |
Disputation on January 14, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematical reasoning in small language models: Comparing challenges and potentials of different prompting strategies | Patrik Felbinger | Philipp Altmann, Thomas Gabor | Master |
| Empirical Evaluation of Quantum Circuit Ansatz Design Effects for Supervised Learning | Alexander Kovacs | Michael Poppel, Jonas Stein | Bachelor |
Disputation on December 3, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredient Recognition and Relative Quantity Estimation in Food Images on Hardware-Constrained Systems | Michael Anderle | Gerhard Stenzel, Michael Kölle, Tobias Rohe | Master |
| A Comparison of the Ant Colony Algorithm and Dijkstra’s Algorithm for Routing in Quantum Networks | Felix Michl | Leo Sünkel, Tobias Rohe | Bachelor |
Disputation on November 12, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exploring the Practical Application of Quantum-Native Self-Attention for Quantum Vision Transformers | Joel Furtak | Jonas Stein, Michael Kölle | Master |
| Generalization in a Natural-Language-Based Genetic Algorithm | Sarah Gerner | Thomas Gabor, Gerhard Stenzel | Master |
| A Comparison of Echo State Networks and Spiking Neural Networks for Reservoir Computing | Flo Helmberger | Philipp Altmann, Thomas Gabor | Bachelor |
| Improving Cooperative MARL through Curriculum Learning for Dynamic Role Assignment | David Engel | Maximilian Zorn, Philipp Altmann | Bachelor |
Disputation on October 8, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 057
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offline Quantum Reinforcement Learning using Metaheuristic Optimization Strategies | Frederick Bickel | Michael Kölle, Julian Hager | Bachelor |
Disputation on September 17, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum U139
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Query-Efficient Reinforcement Learning from Preferences | Johannes Kindermann | Philipp Altmann, Jonas Nüßlein | Master |
| Masked Encoder with Projection Layer for Anomaly Detection | Anna Simon | Robert Müller, Michael Kölle | Bachelor |
| Evolutionary Optimization of Variational Quantum Circuits for High Accuracy with Minimal Parameterized Gates | Tobias Daake | Leo Sünkel, Maximilian Zorn | Bachelor |
| Fine-Tuning LLMs in Teacher-Student-Settings: Improving Code-Performance using RL | Wei Yu | Gerhard Stenzel, Maximilian Zorn | Bachelor |
| Geometry-Aware Quantum GANs: Topology-Guided Architectures for Graph Generation | Markus Baumann | Tobias Rohe | Practical |
Disputation on August 6, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 057
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creation and Empirical Evaluation of Synthetic Data for NP-Hard Optimization Problems | Gordian Hunecke | Jonas Nüßlein, Julian Schönberger | Bachelor |
| Efficient Reinforcement-Learning Curriculum Generation via Quality-Diversity Methods | Nicole Kilian | Max Zorn, Philipp Altmann | Bachelor |
| Applicability of QAOA to Minimizing Teleportation Costs in Distributed Quantum Computing | Tim Henningner | Leo Sünkel, Jonas Stein | Bachelor |
| Gradient Descent Optimizability of Final Productive Fitness Landscapes in Evolutionary Algorithms | Christoph Pölt | Thomas Gabor, Max Zorn | Bachelor |
| Enhancing Expressivity in Hybrid QuGANs for Structured Graph Generation | Emily Burton | Tobias Rohe, Leo Sünkel | Bachelor |
Disputation on July 2, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 115
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessing Noise Robustness of Variational Quantum Circuits in Reinforcement Learning Environments | Justin Klein | Julian Hager, Michael Kölle | Bachelor |
Disputation on June 4, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 115
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Transformers: Leveraging Variational Quantum Circuits for Natural Language Processing | Julian Hager | Michael Kölle, Gerhard Stenzel | Master |
| Analysis and Improvement of Retrieval Quality in the Context of RAG using LLMs on the Code Domain | Melvin Tjiok | Gerhard Stenzel, Michael Kölle | Master |
| Quantum Architecture Search for Solving Quantum Machine Learning Tasks | Simon Salfer | Michael Kölle, Philipp Altmann | Bachelor |
| Time Window-based Optimization of Communication Costs in Distributed Quantum Computing | Rama Malhis | Leo Sünkel, Maximilian Zorn | Bachelor |
| An Empirical Evaluation of Quantum Annealing-Based Image Classification Using Discriminative Quantum Boltzmann Machines | Mark Seebode | Jonas Stein, Danielle Schuman | Bachelor |
Disputation on May 7, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 115
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergent Cooperation in Quantum Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Using Communication | Christian Reff | Michael Kölle, Leo Sünkel | Master |
| Using Evolutionary Algorithms to Optimize Quantum Circuits Considering Noise | Maria Trainer | Leo Sünkel, Maximilian Zorn | Bachelor |
| Exploring Second-Order Predator-Prey Marine Ecosystem Balance with MARL | Tim-Luis Nathan Hartenfels | Max Zorn, Michael Kölle | Bachelor |
| Confidence Based Robotic Grasping With Reinforcement Learning | Marcel Davignon | Max Zorn, Michael Kölle | Bachelor |
Disputation on April 9, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 115
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Determining Semantic Links in Product Data Using Quantum Restricted Boltzmann Machines | Simon Hehnen | Michael Kölle, Jonas Stein | Master |
| Exploring Entanglement-intensity in Variational Quantum Eigensolver Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization | Joel Friedrich | Tobias Rohe, Philipp Altmann | Master |
| Cooperative Sequential Robotic Manipulation with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning | Josef Stolz | Max Zorn, Philipp Altmann | Bachelor |
| Problem-Specific Entanglement in Variational Quantum Circuits | Benjamin Ring | Tobias Rohe, Julian Hager | Bachelor |
| Analyzing the Parameter Adaption of Transfer Learning in Variational Quantum Eigensolvers | Amaru Brocca Alvarado | Tobias Rohe, Sebastian Wölckert | Bachelor |
Disputation on March 12, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 115
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUBO-Generation for (MAX-)3SAT via generative AI-Methods | Philippe Wehr | Sebastian Zielinski, Michael Kölle | Master |
| Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning using Evolutionary Algorithms for Diverse Policy Selection | Clarissa Kümhof | Philipp Altmann, Maximilian Zorn | Master |
| Distributed Quantum Machine Learning - Training and Evaluating a Machine Learning Model on a Distributed Quantum Computing Simulator | Kian Izadi | Leo Sünkel, Michael Kölle | Master |
| Emerging Cooperation through Quantum Entanglement in Multi-Agent Systems | Marvin Heinrich | Michael Kölle, Leo Sünkel | Bachelor |
Disputation on February 5, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space-Efficient Quantum Optimization for the Traveling Salesman Problem via Binary Encoding of Feasible Solutions | Viktoria Patapovich | Jonas Stein, David Bucher | Master |
| Leveraging Preconditioning to Speed Up Quantum Simulation-Based Optimization | Carlotta von L’Estocq | Jonas Stein, David Bucher | Bachelor |
| Evaluating Parameter-Based Training Performance of Neural Networks and Variational Quantum Circuits | Alexander Feist | Michael Kölle, Jonas Stein | Bachelor |
| Minimizing Teleportation and Increasing Fidelity in Distributed Quantum Computing Using a Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm | Abasin Omerzai | Leo Sünkel, Michael Kölle | Bachelor |
| A Similarity-Based Evolutionary Algorithm with Selective Mutation for Job-Shop Scheduling and Test Suite Creation | Marie Brockschmidt | Thomas Gabor | Practical |
Disputation on December 18, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circuit Partitioning and Genetic Optimization for Efficient Qubit Distribution in Distributed Quantum Computing | Simon Schlichting | Leo Sünkel, Maximilian Zorn | Bachelor |
| Emergent Behaviour in Self-Evaluating Genetic Programming Based on λ-Expressions | Reinhard Bittner | Thomas Gabor, Maximilian Zorn | Bachelor |
| Neural Encoded VQEs for Combinatorial Optimization Problems | Federico Harjes Ruiloba | Tobias Rohe, Jonas Stein | Bachelor |
Disputation on December 4, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluating Mutation Techniques in Genetic Algorithm-Based Quantum Circuit Synthesis | Tom Bintener | Michael Kölle, Max Zorn | Bachelor |
| Reinforcement Learning-Based State Preparation Using Parameterized Quantum Gates | Isabella Debelic | Michael Kölle, Philipp Altmann | Bachelor |
| Comparison of Different Hybrid Quantum Machine Learning Approaches for Image Classification on Quantum Computers | Nicolas Holeczek | Leo Sünkel, Philipp Altmann | Bachelor |
Disputation on November 6, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural Influence on Variational Quantum Circuits in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Evolutionary Strategies for Optimization | Karola Schneider | Michael Kölle, Leo Sünkel | Bachelor |
| Investigating the Lottery Ticket Hypothesis for Variational Quantum Circuits | Leonard Klingert | Michael Kölle, Julian Schönberger | Bachelor |
| Trainability of Quantum Federated Learning | Sina Rezaei | Leo Sünkel, Tobias Rohe | Bachelor |
| Update Behavior of Neural Networks Trained in Alternation with an Additional Auxiliary Task | Sara Oropeza | Thomas Gabor, Maximilian Zorn | Bachelor |
Disputation on October 23, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Evolutionary Algorithm with Similarity-Based Variation for Job-Shop | Marie Brockschmidt | Thomas Gabor, Maximilian Zorn | Master |
| Enhancing Object Recognition with Uncertainty-Based Fusion Techniques: A Comparative Analysis of Voting Techniques and Machine Learning Models | Martin Obwexer | Thomas Gabor, Philipp Altmann | Master |
| Learning Independent Multi-Agent Flocking Behavior With Reinforcement Learning | Gregor Reischl | Maximilian Zorn, Michael Kölle | Bachelor |
Disputation on October 2, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Reinforcement Learning via Parameterized Quantum Walks | Sabrina Egger | Jonas Stein, Michael Kölle | Master |
| State Preparation on Quantum Hardware Using an Island Genetic Algorithm | Jonathan Wulf | Jonas Stein, Max Zorn | Master |
| Neural Networks with a Regulatory Task on a Neuron Level | Julian Reff | Thomas Gabor, Maximilian Zorn | Master |
Disputation on September 11, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 115
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUAOA: A Novel CUDA-Accelerated Simulation Framework for the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm | Jonas Blenninger | Jonas Stein, Max Zorn | Master |
| Explainable Time Series Forecasting using exogenous variables - How weather affects the stock market | Het Dave | Jonas Stein, Arnold Unterauer, Nico Kraus | Bachelor |
| A Path Towards Quantum Advantage for the Unit Commitment Problem | David Fischer | Jonas Stein, Jago Silberbauer, Philipp Altmann | Bachelor |
| Evolutionary Operators for Optimizing Prompts for Code Generation by LLMs | Amelie Trautwein | Philipp Altmann, Maximilian Zorn | Bachelor |
Disputation on August 7, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 115
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Measuring Relatedness in Evolutionary Algorithms via Superfluous Genes | Paulin Anwander | Thomas Gabor, Maximilian Zorn | Bachelor |
Disputation on July 10, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 115
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exploring QuGANs for realistic graph generation – an exploratory study | Florian Burger | Tobias Rohe, Michael Kölle | Master |
Disputation on June 5, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 115
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Designing Meta-Rewards for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Cooperation | Jonas Wild | Maximilian Zorn, Philipp Altmann | Master |
| Masked Autoencoders for Unsupervised Anomalous Sound Detection | Florian Reusch | Robert Müller, Michael Kölle | Master |
Disputation on May 8, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 115
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towards Less Greedy Quantum Coalition Structure Generation in Induced Subgraph Games | Danielle Schuman | Jonas Nüßlein, David Bucher | Master |
| Evaluating Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms for Quantum Reinforcement Learning | Daniel Seidl | Michael Kölle, Maximilian Zorn | Master |
Disputation on April 10, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum U151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Gaussian Processes | Christopher Rieß | Jonas Stein | Practical |
| Optimization Analysis of Final Productive Fitness for Surrogates in Evolutionary Algorithms | Sarah Gerner | Thomas Gabor | Practical |
| Quantum Singular Value Transformation in Practice | Jonathan Wulf | Jonas Stein | Practical |
Disputation on March 13, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00Location: Oett. 67 Raum 151
| Title | Presenter | Supervision | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portraying Reinforcement Learning Policies via Diverse Behavior selected using Evolutionary Algorithms | Céline Davignon | Philipp Altmann, Maximilian Zorn | Master |
| Influencing Behavior Through Reward Manipulation in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning | Llewellyn Hochhauser | Philipp Altmann, Michael Kölle | Master |
| Specification Aware Evolutionary Error Search in Parameterized RL Environments | Ioan-Luca Ionescu | Max Zorn, Fabian Ritz | Master |
| Finding Arbitrage with different Quantum Algorithms | Jakob Mayer | Jonas Nüßlein, Jonas Stein | Bachelor |