Head: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Theel

The department deals with the following topics

• Reliable computer systems
• Fault tolerance in computer systems
• High availability, especially of services in distributed systems
• Replication of data and services
• Self-stabilising (distributed) algorithms
• Region-faithful (distributed) algorithms
• System software for mobile computing systems
• Dynamics in distributed systems
• Distributed basic algorithms, in particular aspects of scalability,
  self-organisation, gentle system reduction and energy efficiency
• Consistency concepts for distributed objects, object groups and transactions
• (Wireless) sensor networks
• Sensor technology, e.g. for environmental phenomena

Unless otherwise stated, the sessions will take place in person in room A04 2-225. Guests are very welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Niklas Mechelhoff.

• Mathis Kölker will give a final presentation on his Master’s thesis, entitled ‘Development of a combined radio platform for data transmission and cooperative radio direction-finding’, on Friday 11 September 2026 at 2.00 pm sharp.
• Tim Schröder will give a final presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled “Development of a universal digital locking system”, on Friday 22 May 2026 at 10.00 am sharp.
• Piet Börchers will give a final presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled‘Control and monitoring of a LiDAR sensor for automatic insect diversity determination’, on Friday, 24 April 2026 at 10.00 am sharp. The presentation will also be streamed via BBB. To obtain an invitation link to this online room, please contact Niklas Mechelhoff.
• Peter Würdemann will give a final presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled“Development and Implementation of an Information System for All-Day Primary Schools”, on Wednesday 22 October 2025 at 4.00 pm sharp. The presentation will also be streamed via BBB. To obtain an invitation link to this online room, please contact Marvin Banse.
• Robin Visser will give an introductory presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled “Design and Development of a Smart Mini-Greenhouse for the Controlled Cultivation of Plants and Plant Research”, on Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 4.00 pm sharp.
• Peter Würdemann will give an introductory presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled“Development and Implementation of an Information System for All-Day Primary Schools”, on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 at 4 pm sharp. The presentation will also be streamed via BBB. To obtain an invitation link to this online room, please contact Marvin Banse.
• Tim Schröder will give an introductory talk on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled“Development of an open-source, universal digital locking system”, on Wednesday, 4 June 2025 at 4 pm sharp.
• Thore Rump will give a concluding presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled“Design and Implementation of an IT-based Apiary and Nectar Flow Information System Using Guerrilla Sensing”, on Wednesday, 19 February 2025 at 4.00 pm sharp.
• Marten Kante will give a final presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled ‘Preliminary Study on the Detection of Bees on Honeycombs Using Image Data’, on Wednesday 5 February 2025 at 4 pm sharp.
• Johannes Hartkens will give a final presentation on his Master’s thesis, entitled “Extension of the Guerilla Sensing System to Include LoRaWAN Functionality”, on Wednesday 11 December 2024 at 4.15 pm sharp. The presentation will take place in room V04 0-033 .
• Nico Paradies will give a final presentation on his Master’s thesis entitled“Optical motion detection and identification of encoded infrared markers in distributed systems”on Wednesday, 4 December 2024 at 16:15 sharp. The presentation will take place in room V03 0-C001.
• Tido Specht will give a final presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled“Development and Integration of an Eye-Tracking System”, on Wednesday, 27 November 2024 at 4.00 pm sharp.
• Thore Rump will give an introductory presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled‘Design and Implementation of an IT-based Apiary and Nectar Flow Information System Using Guerrilla Sensing’, on Wednesday 30 October 2024 at 4.00 pm sharp. The event will take place in room A04 2-225.
• Mirco Waldmann and Thomas Krüssel will give a joint presentation on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 at 4.00 pm sharp on their Bachelor’s thesis entitled: ‘VarroaNumerator – Automatic Detection and Counting of the Honeybee Parasite Varroa destructor’.
• Leif Meyer will give a concluding presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis entitled “Cooperative Azimuth Estimation: Prototypical System Design and Implementation” on Monday, 1 July 2024 at 1.00 pm sharp.
• Tido Specht will give an introductory presentation on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled “Development and Integration of an Eye-Tracking System”, on Tuesday 18 June 2024, immediately following the previous presentation.
• Mirco Waldmann and Thomas Krüssel will give a joint introductory presentation on their Bachelor’s thesis on Tuesday 18 June 2024 at 2.15 pm sharp, entitled ‘VarroaNumerator – Automatic Detection and Counting of the Honeybee Parasite Varroa destructor’.
• Johannes Hartkens will give an introductory presentation on his Master’s thesis, entitled “Extension of the Guerilla Sensing System to Include LoRaWAN Functionality”, on Wednesday, 24 April 2024 at 4.00 pm sharp. The event will take place in room A04 2-227.
• Nico Paradies will give an introductory talk on his Master’s thesis, entitled “Optical motion detection and identification of encoded infrared markers in
  distributed systems”, on Wednesday 17 January 2024 at 4.45 pm sharp.
• Leif Meyer will give an introductory talk on his Bachelor’s thesis, entitled ‘Cooperative Azimuth Estimation: Prototypical System Design and Implementation’, on Wednesday 17 January 2024 at 4.00 pm sharp.