Welcome!
Welcome to the Chair of Communication and Distributed Systems at RWTH Aachen University. The chair, headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Wehrle and Emeritus Prof. Dr. Otto Spaniol, conducts research in diverse areas related to computer networks and distributed systems:
- Mobile and Wireless Networks
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Network and System Reliability and Security
- Massively Distributed Systems
- Performance Evaluation and Hybrid Evaluation Platforms
- Cross-Layer Techniques & Platforms
COMSYS also hosts the "Computational Network Science" research group that is headed by Prof. Michael Schaub as well as the "Secure Industrial Data Exchange" research group that is headed by Prof. Martin Henze. The chair is further collaborating closely with the Cyber Analysis & Defense department of the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE.
Please find here more about ...
- our research activities
- our projects, and
- our publications.
or check out our overview poster.
Temporary Policy Adaptions Due to Current Coronavirus Outbreak
Dear Students,
we are still in the corona pandemic. As before, COMSYS continues to supervise ongoing and future theses, seminars, and preseminars. Lectures are held in a hyrid fashion this winter, stay tuned for information regarding exams. We have established special, individual treatment for oral exams and thesis talks, so please read those if you plan to have an oral exam or give a thesis talk soon.
If you are interested in writing a thesis with us, you can find open topics on our available theses page (accessible via eduroam or the RWTH VPN). However, we are currently experiencing an increased pro-active interest in our topics, i.e., we recommend that you contact your (potential) advisor directly via email and ask for availble theses that are not advertised on our homepage. You can work on your thesis at the chair again during your thesis. Please contact your (potential) advisor for details.
Latest News
COMSYS Chair Outing 2021
On Thursday, October 7, COMSYS visited the "Kletterwald" for the annual chair outing. On the increasingly challenging parcours, we could climb high and zip away. Besides extending our hands-on knowledge of security and safety as well as, sometimes, the effects of congestion with small message queues, we were able to get a special experience regarding trust when most of us climbed the highest...[more]
Guest Lecture by Dr. Robin Sommer: "From Network Intrusion Detection To Threat Hunting"
We are pleased to announce a virtual guest lecture by Dr. Robin Sommer (CTO Corelight) in the course of our ongoing lecture on Advanced Internet Technology.[more]
Erik Buchholz awarded with the Berthold Vöcking Master Award 2020
At this year's virtual edition of the "Tag der Informatik", Erik was awarded with the Berthold Vöcking Master Award for his thesis "Privacy-Preserving Exchange of Process Parameters". The award's name is in honor of the former RWTH Prof. Berthold Vöcking who passed away way ahead of time.[more]
Eric Wagner Wins Prix d'Excellence 2020, Awarded by Foundation de Luxembourg
On Saturday, Eric Wagner was awarded the Prix d'Excellence 2020 of the Foundation de Luxembourg for his master's thesis he conducted at COMSYS and which was being co-supervised by the b-tu Cottbus-Senftenberg. With this award, the Foundation de Luxembourg and its partners Vinci Association and ANEIL reward top students of different fields in engineering since 2012. This year, the foundation...[more]