The Systems Engineering Group's main research focus is on dependable systems. We follow a divide and conquer approach to address various kinds of faults and failures that can occur in computers and in distributed systems. We are designing and evaluating mechanisms to deal with individual fault types to facilitate developers to choose and match mechanisms depending on a system's dependability requirements.

The courses offered by the Systems Engineering group include lectures (with exercises), seminars and computer labs in the field of distributed and parallel computing, software-fault tolerance and dependability.

The International Master's Program in Distributed Systems Engineering is a new 2-year program offered by the Faculty of Computer Science at the Dresden University of Technology.