We offer innovative and impactful topics at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Management. In particular, we favour topics related to organisational, social and environmental implications of AI. We jointly select topics based on interest, fit and the study focus of the students. We are also happy to supervise thesis based on industry internships that have elements of AI or emerging technologies in it (but the internships must be organised by students themselves).
Ready to apply? Fill in this form –> Master Thesis Supervision
Have questions? Reach out to Henri –> henri.jamet@unil.ch
In our selection procedure for MSc Thesis supervision, we will prioritise students who have participated in one of our courses and successfully passed the exams. Please find below a list of example thesis topics at our lab.
Open Thesis Topics
1. AI for Legal and Justice
Description: Legal aid organizations like Caritas face a heavy workload while helping vulnerable people navigate complex legal systems. This project challenges you to design, build, and evaluate a working proof-of-concept tool that solves a real problem for legal professionals. Depending on the problem you choose to tackle, your work could involve technologies such as agentic AI workflows, search and RAG, document analysis and classification, speech-to-text and translation, predictive modeling, and many more. This project is part of a collaboration between the University of Lausanne, the University of St. Gallen, and Caritas Switzerland.
Start: 2026
Contact: Johannes-Rudolf David johannes-rudolf.david@unil.ch
Past Master Thesis Supervision @ UNIL
| Year of Graduation | MSc Student | Prof. | Main Tutors | Company | Topic |
| 2024 | Ahmad Farhat | Yash | Yuanjun Feng and Gregory Chevalley | Stouff Capital | Adapting to Evolving Data Needs:Integrating No-Code Visualization in a Private Investment Firm – Stouff Capital Case Study |
| 2024 | Mireille Adjaoute | Yash | Yuanjun Feng | ABBL | Data Complexity in Open Finance Integration Challenges and Solution Alternatives |
| 2024 | Srivathshan Paramalingam | Yash | Amirsiavosh Bashardoust and Arnaud Rambicur | KPMG | Optimizing Artificial Intelligence Integration in Auditting: Enhancing Quality and Addressing Challenges |
| 2024 | Giacomo Rattazzi | Yash | Amirsiavosh Bashardoust and Henri Jamet | Academic | Analyzing the Political Bias of Large Language Models on Climate Change Discourse |
| 2024 | Yonah Bole (Eraneos Switzerland award for best thesis in Information Systems and Digital Innovation) | Yash | Amirsiavosh Bashardoust | Ubisoft | Workflow Efficiency in Game Development: Exploring How Integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence, Specifically Stable Diffusion, Into Game Development Pipelines Can Enhance Efficiency, Creativity, and Innovation. |
| 2024 | Ismael Tewfik | Yash | Yuanjun Feng | Richemont | Optimizing Onboarding with “Enboarder”: A Solution to Early Employee Turnover |
| 2024 | Krzysztof Szerenos | Yash | Yuanjun Feng | Santander Private Bank | Optimizing Bank Operations: A Case Study on the Appian Case Management Tool Implementation in Santander Private Bank |
| 2024 | Christophe Rosset | Yash | Henri Jamet | Vaudoise Assurances | How DevOps Tools Can Enhance Software Engineering Activities for HR Software Deliveries ? |
| 2024 | Johannes-Rudolf David (Faculty award for best overall average in Information Systems and Digital Innovation) | Yash | Henri Jamet | Visible SA | LIFT: Leveraging LLMs to Assist Meeting Facilitators |
| 2025 | Léo Rongier | Yash | Yuanjun Feng and Lucas Rongier | Polyhabitat | AI and SEO: Revolutionizing Search Engine Techniques in Content Marketing |
| 2025 | Gaetan Stein (Faculty award for best thesis in Information Systems and Digital Innovation) | Yash | Amirsiavosh Bashardoust | KPMG | Optimising IT audit documentation with generative AI: An action design research study on efficiency, standardisation, and quality at KPMG |
| 2025 | Selma Riedo | Yash | Amirsiavosh Bashardoust | Academic | When Your Boss is an AI: Identity Label Bias in LLM Task Allocation Decisions |
Past Master Thesis Supervision @ ETH Zurich
19. Claudio Zihlmann (2022)
Topic: Market access strategy for a new value product in the oral market for biomaterials MAS Excellence Award 2022
18. Lydia Pagani (2022)
Topic: Stylistic production: How the stylistic choices of the occupational community of the Swiss independent watchmakers influence their company’s strategy
17. Savindu Herath (2021)
Topic: Leaveraging data-driven decision-making in co-creation business models to improve firm performance: Evidence from online fashion retailing Received ETH Medal Award 2022 (top 2%)
16. Tobias Motz (2021)
Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Organizations: Paradigms of action for a successful integration
15. Anastasios Papageorgiou (2021)
Topic: Deep Learning for disease diagnosis
14. Leopold Franz (2020)
Topic: Managing Disease Diagnoses with Structured and Unstructured Clinical Data\
13. Sebastian Windeck Otto (2020)
Topic: Knowledge graphs for strategic business applications
12. Martin Buttenschön (2018)
Topic: Data for AI: How well structured data empowers business to benefit from machine learning
11. Apurva Maduskar (2017)
Topic: When Corporate Agile Meets Open Source: Contrasting Knowledge Integration and Documentation Practices Recieved MAS Excellence Award 2018
10. Chun-Hui Kuo (2017)
Topic: From startup to scaleup: Two-phase searching for human resource acquisition inearly-stage spin-offs
9. Matthias Stenske (2017)
Topic: Open Source Strategy for Swiss Telecommunication infrastructure industry:Impact on strategic resources
8. Mikko Leimio (2017)
Topic: The Impact of an Open Source Hardware Strategy for 5G Technology to the Telecom Industry and a major Swiss Telecommunications Provider
7. Matteo Frondoni (2016)
Topic: Competing with giants: Artificial Intelligence as a threat or an opportunity for the swiss TIME industry?
Recieved Student Prize 2016 from the SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation and ETH Medal 2017 (top 2%)
6. David Roegiers (2016)
Topic: Start-up acquisitions in the open source software space: What is the effect oncommunity dynamics ?
5. Christoph Hirnschall (2016)
Topic: Online learning of user preferences with applications for online marketplaces
Recieved Willie Studer Prize 2017 (best student in each ETH Zurich Master’s degree programme)
4. Matthias Auf der Mauer (2015)
Topic: Business Model Analysis of Intuitive Surgical Inc.and Strategic Implications for Companies in the Robotic Assisted Ablation Catheter Industry
3. Pascal Mages (2015)
Topic: IT Outsourcing for Small and Medium Enterprises
2. Remo Hug (2015)
Topic: Sharing economy in the market for kid’s goods in Switzerland
1. Fotini Traka (2015)
Topic: OSS Licenses and project sustainability