This course gives you the opportunity to come into contact with real research. Topics are varying; always one of our current research topics is chosen as basis.

• Interactive lecture concept
• Research area chosen and introduced by COMSYS research staff
• Selection of current research topics by the participants
• Talks and discussions prepared by the participants
• Real research: Ad-hoc simulations, prototypes, experiments on demand

Please find below a list of past research focus classes our chair has offered. Stay tuned for future announcements on new RFCs.

• WS 24/25: Research Focus Class: Medical Data Privacy
• WS 23/24: Research Focus Class: Medical Data Privacy
• SS 2021: Research Focus Class on Securing Industrial Networks
• WS 19/20: Research Focus Class: Cyber-Physical System Security
• WS 19/20: Research Focus Class: In-Network Processing
• WS 17/18: Research Focus Class: Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts
• SS 2016: Research Focus Class: Secure Genome Analysis (iDASH 2016 Competition)
• WS 15/16: Research Focus Class: Testing with Symbolic Execution
• SS 2015: Research Focus Class: Privacy under Attack
• WS 14/15: Research Focus Class: Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
• WS 13/14: Research Focus Class: Privacy
• WS 12/13: Research Focus Class: Internet of Things
• SS 2012: Research Focus Class: Sensor Networks
• WS 11/12: Research Focus Class: User-centric mobile services / Performance and reliability
• SS 2011: Research Focus Class: Performance and reliability / Multi-hop Wireless Networks / Security and Privacy in Emerging Networks