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{{Project Description | {{Project Description | ||
|supervisor=[http://www.net.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/people/sufian_hameed Sufian Hameed] | |supervisor=[http://www.net.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/people/sufian_hameed Sufian Hameed] | ||
|duration=3 months | |duration=2-3 months | ||
|type=Bachelor Thesis or Student Project | |type=Bachelor Thesis or Student Project | ||
|status=open | |status=open | ||
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
At Computer Netwoks groups, in collaboration with Deutsche Telekom labs, we are actively working on LENS, a new spam protection system | At Computer Netwoks groups, in collaboration with Deutsche Telekom labs, we are actively working on LENS, a new spam protection system. LENS leverages anti-social networking paradigm based on an underlying trust infrastructure to both extend spam protection beyond a user’s social circle and fundamentally prevent the transmission of spam across the network at the first place. | ||
The goal of this student project (or bachelor thesis) is to develop Thunderbird Social Connector (TSC), an extension for Mozilla Thunderbird email client. The main features of TSC would be; | |||
* '''Formation of Community / Social Network:''' Ability to form social network by adding email contacts as friends. | |||
* '''Friend Suggestion:''' Based on the communication patterns, suggestions are given for new friendships. | |||
Depending on the project duration and student's interest the amount of functions to be implemented in the prototype will be further adapted. | |||
== Required Skills== | == Required Skills== | ||