Past PhD Theses

Demystifying and Adjusting the Promises of Blockchain-based Data Management in the Permissionless Setting
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, October 2023
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Frank Kargl (Ulm University)
Secure Collaborations for the Industrial Internet of Things
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, September 2023
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Florian Kerschbaum (University of Waterloo)
Improving Functionality, Efficiency, and Trustworthiness of Secure Communication on an Internet diversified by Mobile Devices and the Internet of Things
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, July 2022
Author: Jens Hiller
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Thorsten Strufe (KIT)
On the Benefits of Cooperation for Dependable Wireless Communications
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, January 2021
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Kay Römer (TU Graz)
Measuring the Evolution of the Internet in the Age of Giants
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, August 2020
Author: Jan Rüth
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Bruce Maggs (Duke University)
Automated Optimization of Discrete Event Simulations without Knowing the Model
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, July 2019
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Richard Fujimoto (Georgia Tech)
KuVS prize for best PhD thesis in 2019
Improving Content and Service Distribution beyond Infrastructure Upgrades
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, July 2019
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Jörg Ott (TUM)
Accounting for Privacy in the Cloud Computing Landscape
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, November 2018
Author: Martin Henze
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Thomas Engel (uni.lu)
Young Consumer Researcher Award NRW 2019
Designing Digital Services with Cryptographic Guarantees for Data Security and Privacy
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, December 2017
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Björn Scheuermann (HU Berlin)
Design and Evaluation of an Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Wireless Network Protocol
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, June 2017
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Christian Bettstetter (University of Klagenfurt), James Gross (KTH)
Enabling disruption tolerant services
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, January 2017
Author: Jó Ágila Bitsch
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Lars Wolf (TU Braunschweig)
Stochastic Optimization in OFDMA/LTE Networks
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, March 2016
Examiners: James Gross (KTH), Klaus Wehrle, Anja Klein (TU Darmstadt)
Harnessing Cross-Layer Design
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, November 2015
Author: Ismet Aktas
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Jörg Widmer (IMDEA Networks)
Heuristic Header Error Recovery for Corrupted Network Packets
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, October 2015
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Wolfgang Kellerer (TUM)
Resource-Conscious Network Security for the IP-Based Internet of Things
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, June 2015
Author: René Hummen
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Thiemo Voigt (RISE)
Optimizing 802.11 Wireless Communications with Machine Learning
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, January 2015
Author: Óscar Puñal Ostos
Examiners: James Gross (KTH), Klaus Wehrle, Jörg Widmer (IMDEA Networks)
The Feasibility, Semantics, and Scope of Mobile Wireless Device-to-Device Networking
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, October 2014
Author: Hanno Wirtz
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Lars Wolf (TU Braunschweig)
Synchronized Performance Evaluation Methodologies for Communication Systems
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, June 2013
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Alejandro Buchmann (TU Darmstadt)
Symbolic Execution of Distributed Systems
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, May 2013
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Cristian Cadar (Imperial College London)
KuVS prize for best PhD thesis in 2013
Exploiting Multi-core Systems for Parallel Network Simulations
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, March 2013
Author: Georg Kunz
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, George Riley (Georgia Tech)
Exploiting Wireless Link Dynamics
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, March 2012
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Bernhard Rumpe (i3)
Supporting Diversity and Evolvability in Communication Protocols
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, February 2012
Author: Stefan Götz
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Christian Becker (University of Mannheim)
Direct End-to-Middle Authentication in Cooperative Networks
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, December 2011
Author: Tobias Heer
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Sasu Tarkoma (UH)
KuVS prize for best PhD thesis in 2012
Security for Pervasive Healthcare
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, March 2011
Author: Óscar García-Morchón
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Matthias Hollick (TU Darmstadt)
Mechanisms, Models, and Tools for Flexible Protocol Development and Accurate Network Experimentation
PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, March 2010
Examiners: Klaus Wehrle, Anthony D. Joseph (UC Berkeley)