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Trusted Firmware for a Research Computer
(2023)Firmware plays a crucial role in the boot process of every computer. However, firmware stacks often suffer from issues related to their size and complexity, typically stemming from years of patchwork to support new platforms or fix bugs. This thesis delves into the realm of firmware by rewriting the initial stage of the firmware stack of the Enzian research computer. The emphasis of this study is on understanding and optimizing the ...Bachelor Thesis -
Boot Firmware for Heterogeneous Systems running Linux
(2023)The primary role of the boot firmware is to initialize essential system components before booting an operating system. At the same time, it should provide hardware descriptions and interaction mechanism through the UEFI and ACPI standards. The current boot firmware for Enzian is unmaintainable due to its outdated design and reliance on an obsolete EDK2 version, without any obvious way to update it. Consequently, a complete rewrite ...Bachelor Thesis -
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High-speed rail and its competitors on long-distance travel in Western Europe
(2022)High-speed rail has proven to be a viable and eco-friendly mode of transport on long-distance travel, challenging high-emission modes like the airplane or the privately owned car. This thesis is centred around the question of how a substantial mode shift from the mentioned high-emission modes to high-speed rail could be achieved in Western Europe. Firstly, different cases of highspeed rail lines across Europe were looked at in a literature ...Bachelor Thesis -
Analyses of tree regeneration after wind throw in a central Swiss forest: testing a forest succession model’s abilities
(2023)Understorey vegetation plays an important role in forest succession. After stand replacing events (e.g., wind storm, forest fire), understorey vegetation can expand very quickly and compete with tree regeneration. This can severely reduce and retard tree regeneration due to competition for resources (e.g., light, water, nutrients). However, understorey vegetation is often not explicitly taken into account in forest succession models. The ...Bachelor Thesis -
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Performance Trade-offs Analysis of SmartNIC Architectures
(2023)In-network packet processing utilizing SmartNICs has emerged as a promising method for enhancing the performance of distributed applications. This approach leverages packet-level parallelism and aligns with the in-network computing trend, which involves integrating energy-efficient processing cores with high-speed NICs. By offloading specific data processing tasks to the networking infrastructure instead of relying solely on the Host CPU, ...Bachelor Thesis -
Umgang mit destruktiver Führung in der Schweizer Armee
(2023)Diese Arbeit gliedert sich in die Thematik der destruktiven Führung ein, deren Untersuchung bis anhin wenig Beachtung geschenkt wurde in der Führungsforschung, vor allem im Kontext von Streitkräften. Sie stellt die Frage, wie die Schweizer Armee ihren Milizkadern den Umgang mit destruktiver Führung vermittelt. Dabei soll die Arbeit mittels einer qualitativen Studie die Wahrnehmung des Untersuchungsgegenstandes in der Armee erforschen und ...Bachelor Thesis -
Aerodynamic Design of a Hyperloop Pod by Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis
(2019)The rise in mobility and demand for fast movement brings the traditional modes of transport to their limits. A broader development of transport systems is crucial. The Hyperloop pushes the boundaries and enables an efficient and safe way of transport. With the principle of a pneumatic tube, transport capsules, so-called pods, travel at high speeds through a low-pressure tube to minimize aerodynamic drag. To guarantee a solid development, ...Bachelor Thesis -
Communication Collectives for the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine
(2023)Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) is a powerful architecture used initially for machine learning training but now also for a larger variety of workloads. To achieve the best possible performance on the hardware it is crucial to have efficient reduce and allreduce communication collectives. We therefore provide the first systematic investigation of the reduce operation on the Cerebras WSE using the Cerebras SDK. The provided implementations ...Bachelor Thesis