Mission

We have a mission. Our mission is to advance distributed and networked systems to positively impact the lives of people. The Internet is particularly important to us because the Internet is the largest distributed, networked system that is currently deployed. We want to keep the Internet, its services, and applications open but secure, convinced that all pieces of the puzzle should be accessible to everyone. To achieve our mission, we strive for first-class research that influences science and practice. We introduce crazy new ideas, revisit prior work, and talk to those who deploy. We are committed to education that lasts and dedicated to research questions that matter.

What we do. Our research and teaching focus on scalable, reliable, and secure communication in wired and wireless networks. We design and evaluate networking architectures, algorithms as well as protocols, and conduct Internet measurements and analysis. We use simulations, analytical evaluations, and real-world experiments to gain a comprehensive view of the problem and solution space. Our efforts are driven by the goal to improve distributed, networked systems based on sound research. Some of our research results escaped from our lab and are now used in practice.

We aim for real-world impact. We successfully exploit our research results beyond academia in three ways. We found and coordinate open-source projects, engage with network operators and service providers, and actively contribute to Internet standardization.

We care about outreach. Informing the public based on scientific insights and sound background knowledge is important. This is the reason why we serve as an expert for media such as ZEIT, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Deutsche Welle. We are also involved in the Schülerrechenzentrum Dresden and support events such as the Long Night of Sciences, Jugend hackt, and OUTPUT.DD.

We serve our community. We believe that the success of the research community is significantly based on ingenuous involvement and quality assurance. These are two reasons why our group is involved in the organization of research-related events. These include emerging as well as well-established venues. We explicitly support reproducible research.