About our group

The Internet is the largest distributed system ever built, and our mission is to empirically understand and optimize the Internet. Our research and teaching activities are concerned with the design principles of modern network and distributed systems, as well as their security aspects and valuation of user perception.




Prof. Dr. Oliver Hohlfeld
Head of the 
"Distributed Systems"group

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Core aspects of our research

  • Internet Data Science:
    Large-scale analysis of the Internet using by data science methods

  • Internet Security
    Empirical analysis of Internet security and methods to improve Internet security (e.g. anomaly detection / DDoS protection)

  • Social networks:
    Investigation of communication characteristics of social networks and methods for improving security

  • Internet Architecture:
    I    nvestigation of design principles of the future Internet

  • Human Perception of Networked Systems:
    Investigation and valuation of the perceived quality of Internet services by means of psychological user studies
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The group is part of the 
Research Center for Information Systems Design (ITeG)

News

Welcome to our Team: New Interns Join Us

Chris Papaventsis, Safaa Mahbub and Yijin Li (Pictured from left to right)

Over the coming weeks, they will be joining us in research and development, gaining hands-on experience and contributing fresh perspectives to our projects.

We look forward to a productive and inspiring collaboration, and are excited to welcome them to the team.

— The Distributed Systems Group

Welcome to our Team: New Interns Join Us

Over the coming weeks, they will be joining us in research and development, gaining hands-on experience and contributing fresh perspectives to our projects.

We look forward to a productive and inspiring collaboration, and are excited to welcome them to the team.

— The Distributed Systems Group

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