Defended Theses

2026

• Development of a Python Library for Processing Harvester Data, Smaragda Luchia Sarana, BSc – Computer Science – Details
• Automated Assessment System for the University of Tartu Course “Cloud Computing”, Jakko Turro, BSc – Computer Science – Details
• An Agent-Based Framework for Estimating the Cost of Cloud Deployments, Noman Ashraf, MSc – Computer Science – Details
• Reliability and Performance of Open Source IoTPlatforms: A Comparative Study for Smart City Applications, Zeyad Saber Refaei Kenawi, MSc – Computer Science – Details
• Predictive Maintenance of SD Cards in IoT Devices, Anjish Panta, MSc – Computer Science – Details
• Comparing Serverless Cloud Data Warehousing Solutions for Medium Sized e-Commerce Application, Mykyta Petrenko, MSc – Computer Science – Details
• Optimizing Tartu Time Series Infrastructure, Introducing Roko & Coco, Juan Gonzalo Quiroz Cadavid, MSc – Computer Science – Details
• Cloud Deployment Cost Optimization for Small-Scale Web Applications: A Comparative Study on AWS and GCP, Jian Zhang, MSc – Computer Science – Details
• Study on Cyber Threats Posed by Small-Scale Solar Power Plants, Juta Soplepmann, MSc – Conversion Master in IT – Details
• Creating An Application for Analyzing and Visualizing Building Automation Logs, Taavi Kase, MSc – Data Science (thesis) – Details
• Building-Level Estimation of Residential Heat Demand and Retrofit Impacts in Tartu, Estonia, Emin Alizada, MA – Innovation and Technology Management – Details
• Developing a Data Pipeline Configuration Application for Dagster Pipelines, Kaupo Humal, MSc – Software Engineering – Details

2025

• Development of an Application for Finding and Organising Events From E-mails
• Designing Internet of Things API for Smart City Data Management
• Automating the Building and Deployment of Data Pipelines
• Analysis of Tartu Bus Delays and Stops
• Modernizing a Monolithic Business Application Using Cloud Services: A Case Study of the Estonian Forest Registry
• Kubernetes Custom Resources and Controllers for Managing Game Servers
• Tartu Smart City Data Integration Between the Cumulocity IoT Database and ArcGIS
• Comparing Performance and User Experience between Raspberry Pi and Cloud Servers

2024

• Anomaly Detection and Imputation for Tartu Traffic Sensors
• Fault-Tolerant Distributed Database for Public Key Infrastructure
• Knowledge Graphs for Cataloging and Making Sense of Smart City Data
• Real-time Visualization of Delta Centre’s Study and Research Building Data
• A comprehensive survey of smart home technologies, Aleksandra Sergeeva, 2024
• Automated Grading System: The DevOps course Use Case, Mihkel Hani, 2024

2023

• Towards Auto-Scaling of Serverless Data Pipelines
  • MSc- Rajan Raj Das (supervisor Shivananda Poojara)
• Serverless Data Pipelines for IoT Data in Edge and Cloud Environments using Microsoft Azure
  • BSc- Martin Kisand (supervisor Shivananda Poojara)
• Data Acquisition and Preparation Toolbox for Cumulocity-based Solutions
• Analyzing the Solar Energy Potential of Smart Cities
• ML-TOSCA: ML pipeline modelling and orchestration using TOSCA
• Resource Optimization with DRL-driven Real Time Service Placement Strategy in Edge-Cloud Continuum
• Container-Based Microservice Placement Optimization in Cloud
• Blockchain in Edge – Cloud Computing Continuum
• Solution for Sharing Open Data from Cumulocity Iot Platform
• Visualization of Rooftop Solar Potential in Smart Cities
• Vegetable Visual Quality Evaluation System Based on Artificial Intelligence, Richard Aljaste, 2023

2022

• Comparison of Gitlab Runner implementations without Docker machine for cloud providers
  • BSc- Timofei Ganjusev (supervisor Shivananda Poojara)
• Google Dataflow Orchestration Using TOSCA in the Hybrid Cloud
• Pragmatic Comparison of Machine Learning Models to Detect the Type of Attacks in an IoT Network Traffic
• Parallel and Cloud-Native Secure Multi-Party Computation
• Analysis of Practices for Large Scale Configuration Validation – A Case Study
• Mapping Solar Potential of Tartu
• Predicting Location-Based Green Energy Availability in Smart Buildings
• Monitoring of the Microservice Architecture: Ridango Case Study, Mathias Are, 2022
• CloudTraceBucket: Cloud Trace Visualization and Management Platform, Edgar Selihov, 2022
• Barriers And Solutions In CI/CD Implementation for Unity Game Development, Markus Aksli, 2022

2021

• DevOps and Its Applicability Study in North Estonia Medical Centre
• Scheme Design in Non-Relational Model Database to Migrate Data from Relational Model Database
• Real Time vs Micro-batching in Streaming Data Processing: Performance and Guidelines
• Synthetic Sensor Data Generation for Authentic IoT Device Emulation
• Implementation of Credit Risk Decision Tree Using AWS Step Functions Technology
• Enrih Sinilaid, Bachelor Degree (2021), (sup) Chinmaya Kumar Dehury, “Monitoring and Controlling Smart Home Appliances Using IoT Devices”, University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Computer Science, (URL)(pdf)
• Martin Posselt Munck, Bachelor Degree (2021), (sup) Chinmaya Kumar Dehury, “Minimizing the Energy Consumption for Heating: Airforced Systems OÃœ Case Study”, University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Computer Science, Closed Defense, (URL) (PDF-abstract)

2020

• Efficiency of Apache MiNiFi as a framework for edge computing
  • BSc – Kaire Koljal (supervisor Pelle Jakovits)
• Reinforcement learning based smart home heating solution in Energy2D simulation software
  • BSc – Erik Mukk ( supervisor Jakob Mass)
• Integration library for analyzing historical data from the Cumulocity IoT platform in Python
  • BSc – Silver Laius ( supervisor Jakob Mass )
• A comparison of Over-the-Air Update approaches for the ESP32 and ESP8266 Development Boards
  • BSc – Oliver Ossip ( supervisor Jakob Mass)
• Generating Process-based Mobile Applications for the Internet of Things using Automated Planning
  • MSc – Kelian Kaio (supervisor Jakob Mass)
• Coverage Analysis of LPWAN in Estonia: Sigfox and NB-IoT Case Study in Tallinn and Tartu
  • MSc – Nishant Poddar (supervisors: Jakob Mass, Sikandar Khan)
• Towards AI for Cloud Services Reliability Using Combined Metrics
  • MSc – Tek Raj Chhetri (supervisors: Chinmaya Kumar Dehury, Artjom Lind, Satish Narayana Srirama)

2019

• Actor Model in the IoT Network Edge for Creating Distributed Applications Using Akka
  • MSc – Freddy Marcelo Surriabre Dick (supervisor Satish N. Srirama)
• Mobile Phone Digital Evidence Providers to Investigate Driver’s Distraction
  • MSc – Lukáš Bortník (supervisors: Pavel Laptev, Satish N. Srirama)
• Entity linking via topic models in Apache Spark
  • MSc – Olha Kaminska (supervisors Pelle Jakovits, Peep Küngas)
• Mobile App for Estonian Literary Musuem’s Graffiti Database
  • BSc – Airis Kruus (supervisors: Jakob Mass, Siiri Pärkson)
• A Mobile Application for Simplifying the Management of Agricultural Production and Marketing
  • BSc – Kerttu Talts (supervisor Jakob Mass)
• Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring in the OpenHAB Smart Home Framework
  • BSc – Martin Jürgel (supervisor Jakob Mass)

2018

• Serverless Computing for the Internet of Things
  • MSc – Manoj Kumar (supervisors: Mario Di Francesco & Satish Narayana Srirama)
• Securing openHAB Smart Home Through User Authentication and Authorization
  • MSc – Jesús Antonio Soto Velázquez (supervisor Satish Narayana Srirama)
• Incentive Models for Mobile Code Offloading to Improve it’s Adaptability
  • MSc – Talha Mahin Mir (supervisor Satish Narayana Srirama)
• Remote management of Docker containers in IoT devices
  • BSc – Markus Peterson (supervisor Pelle Jakovits)
• Web interface for accelerating IoT device provisioning and configuration at SmartVent
  • BSc – Janar Juusu (supervisor Pelle Jakovits)
• Business Process Decomposition & Distribution for Adaptive Internet of Things
  • MSc – Andres Kiik ( supervisor Jakob Mass )
• R Based Smart Home Analysis Solutions
  • BSc – Ako Tõnissoo (supervisor Jakob Mass)
• Embedded Linux-Based Smart Home Gateway
  • BSc – Toomas Aleksander Veromann (supervisor Jakob Mass)

2017

• Monitoring and Failure Recovery of Cloud-Managed Digital Signage
  • MSc – Ashish Kumar Sultania, (supervisors Satish Narayana Srirama, Danilo Gligoroski, Tuomas Aura)
• Framework for Automated Partitioning of Scientific Workflows on the Cloud
  • MSc – Jaagup Viil (supervisor Satish Narayana Srirama )
• Towards Proactive Mobility-Aware Fog Computing
  • MSc – Sander Soo (supervisors Chii Chang, Satish Narayana Srirama)
• Disc Golf Course Inference from User Mobile Location Data
  • BSc – Karl Valliste, (supervisor Jakob Mass)

As this list is not exhaustive, you may find more (older) theses done with our group at the UT Institute of Computer Science Graduation Theses Registry