add AOT Cache reader topic

Author: algomaster99

master-thesis.md

@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ title: Open Master Thesis Topics in Project Chains
 
 Project Chains hosts master's students for their theses, here are available topics. See [main page](/) for completed theses.
 
+### Ahead of Time Compilation Cache Analysis
+Contact: Aman Sharma
+
+[JEP 483](https://openjdk.org/jeps/483) introduced a performance optimization technique to improve startup time.
+It allowed creating an "AOT" cache which stores the compiled versions of commonly loaded classfiles.
+In this thesis, we will explore the commonly loaded classfile by implementing an AOT Cache reader.
+Next, we can analyze how are synthetically generated classfiles handled.
+Another question to investigate is if this cache can be repurposed as an allowlist of classes similar to the concept of BOMI in SBOM.exe [1].
+
+[1] [SBOM.EXE: Countering Dynamic Code Injection based on Software Bill of Materials in Java](https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.00246)
+
+
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