BSc Computer Science Students Conducted their Thesis at RWTH Aachen University

“It has been a truly outstanding lifetime experience”

HALBAN Studying abroad and in a different environment educates and broadens the horizon. Hana and Abeer are two GUtech students who conducted their bachelor thesis at GUtech’s German partner-university, RWTH Aachen University, last semester. Hana Rasheed Al Raisi, has been studying Computer Science at GUtech. “Considering the high recognition and exposure that I have received on an international scale while undertaking my bachelor thesis at RWTH Aachen University has been a truly outstanding lifetime experience for me. I proudly state, I have confronted the challenges and seized my dreams,” said Hana. She conducted her Bachelor thesis at the Chair of Communication and Distribution Systems at RWTH Aachen University where she was supervised by Dr. Oliver Hohlfeld and Helge Reelfs for four months. During her time at RWTH Aachen University, she was part of an international team of researchers and she analysed a social network named ‘Jodel’, which is very popular in Saudi Arabia. “I was part of a team consisting of professors and their Bachelor and Master students. The social network ‘Jodel’ is heavily used in Saudi Arabia. It is about microblogging, like Twitter. But it distinguishes itself by a combination of unique design decisions: being local and anonymous,” explained Hana. For her thesis she analysed  the social media network using different methods. “I also researched related work and got inspired with possible questions of interest and how they may be answered methodically. Also, I worked on extending the analysis further by getting a deeper understanding of the application usage in Saudi Arabia and measuring its results qualitatively and computationally,” said Hana while adding that she is very glad about her study experience at RWTH Aachen.

Abir Al Ansari conducted her Bsc thesis at RWTH University in the Embedded Software Laboratory of the Department of Computer Sciences. Her bachelor thesis was entitled: “Evaluation of the lwIP stack with respect to real-time UDP communication on resource constrained platforms.” It was integrated in a research project on mobilities in cities including self-driving cars. “I finalized and presented my thesis on the 3rd of August. However, I extended my stay for one more month to write the thesis report. During my stay in Aachen, I lived in the student accommodation. It was a great opportunity to get familiar with the research environment in the Computer Science Department in RWTH University, communication with students and attending Bachelor and Master thesis presentations.” She said. Abeer thinks about her future. “RWTH University is one of the universities that I would choose for my MSc studies. In general, Aachen is very nice city and suitable for students.” she said.

© Text: GUtech/Dr. Manuela Gutberlet; Photos by Abir Al Ansari