Welcome!

Welcome to the Chair of Communication and Distributed Systems at RWTH Aachen University. The chair, headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Wehrle, conducts research in diverse areas related to computer networks and distributed systems:

  • Mobile and Wireless Networks
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Network and System Reliability and Security
  • Massively Distributed Systems
  • Performance Evaluation and Hybrid Evaluation Platforms
  • Cross-Layer Techniques & Platforms

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Latest News

GSO visits COMSYS to Learn about the "Boost" Progress
GSO visits COMSYS to Learn about the "Boost" Progress

On Tuesday, June 30, Dr. Birte Seffert from GSO – Guidance, Skills & Opportunities visited COMSYS to learn more about the GSO Boost Fund project of Dr. Jan Pennekamp and to discuss topics related to career development during the postdoctoral qualification phase.

Research Talk by COMSYS Almunus Dr. Erik Buchholz
Research Talk by COMSYS Almunus Dr. Erik Buchholz

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Erik Buchholz will be visiting COMSYS next week. As part of this visit, he will also hold a research talk titled “The Long Road to Trajectory Privacy – How far have we come?”.

Teaching@COMSYS

Datenkommunikation (DatKom)

Introduction to Data Communication and Computer Networks

Research Focus Class on Store-And-Forward Energy Grids

Research-oriented class on asynchronous Energy Grids

Smart and Sustainable IoT Experience — Living Lab

In this lab course, students collaborate in dynamic teams to solve real-world challenges, designing sustainable IoT systems while building essential project management, problem-solving, and communication skills that directly prepare them for their master’s thesis and professional careers.

Proseminar on Lasting Research in Networks

Proseminar on enduring research topics in networks and the Internet

Seminar on Internet Technology

This seminar explores topics in Internet technology, including cyber-physical systems, network architectures, security, and systems analysis. Students will present their research in a talk, write a detailed paper, and participate in peer reviews and discussions.

Seminar on Advanced Internet Technology

This seminar explores advanced topics in Internet technology, including cyber-physical systems, network architectures, security, and systems analysis. Students will present their research in a talk, write a detailed paper, and participate in peer reviews and discussions.

Latest Publications

SoK: Message Authentication Codes in Constrained Machine-to-Machine Communication. Proceedings of the 2027 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP ‘27), May 17 - May 20, 2027, Montreal, Canada. May 2027.
Rethinking Secure Patient Discovery: Matching Federation with Fine-Grained Consent. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC ‘26), Dec 7 - Dec 11, 2026, Los Angeles, CA, USA. December 2026.
Semi-Intrusive Load Monitoring via Smart Plug Data Fusion for Robust NILM. Proceedings of the 2026 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM), Nov 19 - Nov 20, 2026, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. November 2026.
Poster: Collaboration Fingerprinting Reveals What Adaptive Multi-Agent LLM Systems Process on the Wire. Proceedings of the 2026 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security. Presented at the 2026 ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS '26), Nov 15 - Nov 19, 2026, The Hague, Netherlands. November 2026.
CARVE: Container-Aware Runtime Verification Evidence for Confidential VM Attestation. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom ‘26), Oct 27 - Oct 29, 2026, Paris, France. October 2026.