Theses

List of completed theses with links to additional material (where publicly available). The entries are listed in reverse order of completion time.

2020

BSc

  • Fischer Abaigar, Unai
    Modeling the evolution of cooperation through indirect reciprocity

2019

BSc

  • Berger, Raoul Eugen
    Numerical simulations on the population dynamics concerning their invasion susceptibility
  • Manshausen, Peter
    Leave or remain? – On active linking in the evolution of cooperation
  • Traub, Jeremias
    Modelling Opinion Dynamics - Selective Exposure in Adaptive Social Networks

MSc

  • Carlucci, Riccardo
    A vision-based model of Pedestrian Dynamics
  • Huang, Long
    Migrations of Three-Species Predator-Prey Dynamics of a Cellular Automaton
  • Lasetzki, Marvin
    Passive Solute Transport in Unsaturated Porous Media
  • Ospina De Los Ríos, Santiago
    Conservative High Order Methods for the Solute Transport Equation in Unsaturated Porous Media
  • Proß, Christin
    Particle Tracking in a Hele-Shaw Cell
  • Weninger, Julian
    Fire-percolation in a multi-species savanna-forest model and an exploration of possibilities for the coupling of populations and environment 

PhD

  • Kreyenberg, Philipp
    Flow Field Estimation of Active Solute Transport – Information Transfer from Synthetic Data to Hele-Shaw Cell Experiments Using Convolutional Neural Networks

2018

BSc

  • Jakob, Christopher
    Entstehung und Entwicklung von Kooperation in dynamischen evolutionären Interaktionsnetzwerken
  • Krautgasser, Fabian
    Of Hunters and Gatherers – a Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach to Population Dynamics
  • Kunert, Malte
    Effects of natural disasters on the Predator-Prey-Dynamics of a cellular automaton
  • Oraschewski, Falk
    Estimating e ffective soil hydraulic parameters for two-dimensional heterogeneous media using the Ensemble Kalman Filter
  • Schnell, Hein-Erik
    About the effects of force-biased movements on a discrete predator-prey mode

MSc

  • Ebenhoch, Sabrina
    Discussion of the thermal insulation effect of a seasonal snow cover on permafrost soil in Bayelva, Svalbard (1989 - 2017) with respect to current knowledge
  • Geier, Philipp
    Developing a Metasystem for High Performance & Parallel Computing in the CCEES part
  • Klein, Bernhard
    Accelerating the Simulation of Cellular Automata with GPU Computing
  • Herdeanu, Benjamin
    Modeling the emergence of cooperation in evolutionary social interaction networks
  • König, Norbert
    Evolution of Cooperation in Public Goods Games: Modeling a Social Dilemma on Interaction-Networks
  • Schoder, Christian
    The Great Oxygen Event
  • Westermann, Josephine
    Cyclic Competition in Population Games on Networks

PhD

  • Bauser, Hannes
    Knowledge Fusion in Soil Hydrology
  • Berg, Daniel
    Particle Filters for Nonlinear Data Assimilation
  • Hantschel, Lisa
    Beobachtung von Infiltrationsprozessen in sandigen Böden mit GPR
  • Jaumann, Stefan
    Estimation of Soil Water Dynamics Based on Hydrogeophysical Measurements

2017

BSc

  • Hanft, Valentin
    Simulation of the Migration and Evolution of a Population on Two Continents
  • Hemmer, Benedikt
    Characterization of an Infiltration Device for Infiltration Experiments into Sandy Soils
  • Rombach, Robin
    The Role of Reputation in a Spatial Prisoner's Dilemma
  • Siebert, Lukas
    A Game Theory Approach to the Evolution of Division of Labour
  • Sosnowski, Erik
    Untersuchung von Charaktereigenschaften in einem agentenbasierten Modell

MSc

  • Fels, Mathis
    Root Simulation and Vegetation Patterns
  • Henkel, Christopher
    Modeling and analysis of an evolutionary three species system with two preys and a common predator
  • Leusmann, Hendrik
    Geomorphology, Vegetation and Self-Organisation of Coupled Complex Systems Studied with Cellular Automata
  • Mosny, Karsten
    Enhancing the Particle Filter by Markov-Chain-Monte-Carlo methods – A performance assessment
  • Riedel, Lukas
    Advancing Data Assimilation of Soil Water Flow with a DG Based Richards Solver – Merging the KnoFu and DORiE Software Packages
  • Riexinger, Felix
    Food Webs: Augmented State Estimation and Model Enhancement using the Ensemble Kalman Filter
  • Schnapp, Alexander
    Impacts of Spatial Heterogeneities on the Predator-Prey Dynamics of a Cellular Automaton
  • Sevinchan, Yunus
    Design and Characterisation of mesonet: a Model of Complex Consumer-Resource Interactions
  • Stern, Lielle
    Hydraulic and Thermal properties of Permafrost in Svalbard, Analysis and Modelling using GEOtop
  • Thome, Jule
    Instabilities in a bare Hele-Shaw cell at high Viscosity Ratios
  • Walch, Maria
    A Study On Stochastic Nonlinear Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations With Bayesian Filtering Methods

2016

BSc

MSc

  • Barra, Marc
    Simulation of spatially distributed root systems - application to patterned vegetation
  • Häfner, Dion
    Frictional Control of Cross-Equatorial Flow
  • Mack, Harald
    Development and characterization of an evolution model with eco-evolutionary feedbacks
  • Peyinghaus, Sven
    Evolution and Data Assimilation

2015

BSc

  • Bauermann, Jonathan
    Influence of selection pressure and a changing environment on biodiversity in a generic evolutionary model
  • Fels, Mathis
    Dynamics of Crack Formation – a modelling approach
  • Geier, Philipp
    Numerical Tools and Algorithms for the exploration of chaotic systems – population dynamics
  • Häfner, Dion
    Numerical Simulations of Soil Water Flow: Implementing and Benchmarking Adaptive Grid Refinement
  • Haux, Johannes
    Transport durch CO2-induzierte Dichteinstabilitäten in einer Hele-Shaw Zelle
  • Piepenbreier, Nina
    Quantitative Untersuchung des Amplituden- und Frequenzverhaltens von GPR Antennen unterschiedlicher Frequenzen
  • Riexinger, Felix
    An Extension of the Richards Equation Solver DORiE
  • Wimmer, Philipp
    Stochastic Modeling of Population Dynamics – Analysis of Cyclic Competition Games

MSc

  • Gleiß, Eric
    Root System Architecture Simulation and Coupling to a Soil Model
  • Jegminat, Jannes
    Adapting Chaos Control to Incomplete Models with Application in Weather Engineering
  • Kratzsch, Valentin
    Vegetation Patterns – Modeling Approaches with Enhanced Soil Representation
  • Kreyenberg, Philipp
    Experimental studies on evapo-induced density-driven flow in Hele-Shaw cells
  • Weber, Juliane
    Simulation of Biological Two- and Three-Species Systems Using Cellular Automata
  • Ziegler, Simon
    Self-organized Criticality and Evolution of Drainage Basin Networks

2014

BSc

MSc

2013

BSc

  • Keicher, Viktoria
    Quantitative Untersuchungen zur Stabilität von Georadarsignalen bei Messungen von ASSESS-GPR
  • Mack, Harald
    Numerische Simulation des Windfeldes über Sanddünen

Diploma

  • Heikenfeld, Max
    Modelling the Thermal Dynamics of Polygonal Soil Structures in the Permafrost of the Lena Delta, Northern Siberia

2012

Diploma

  • Dagenbach, Andreas
    Untersuchung der hydraulischen Bodeneigenschaften durch GPR: Analyse der Kapillarsaumreflexion durch numerische Simulationen
  • Heiß, Christoph
    Fernerkundung von Bodenoberfläche mit einem Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV)
  • Jaumann, Stefan
    Estimation of effective hydraulic parameters and reconstruction of the natural evaporative boundary forcing on the basis of TDR measurements
  • Kröner, Eva
    Investigation of effective parametrizations for the hydraulic properties of heterogeneous porous media
  • Schiefer, Waldemar
    Numerischer Stofftransportlöser und Modellierung von Stofftransport in porösen Medien
  • Seegers, Christina
    Experimentelle Untersuchung der Bodenwasserdynamik mittels Georadar