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Operating systems / Distributed systems

The Operating Systems/Distributed Systems group of the Faculty of Computer Science develops and coordinates the teaching programme and research activities in the field of operating systems and distributed systems.
Current research focuses include the areas of:

  • Blockchain
  • P2P systems
  • cloud computing
  • High-Performance I/O

Courses

In addition to the compulsory Bachelor's courses (Operating Systems and Distributed Systems), the members of the specialist group offer various courses in the faculty's Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes, as well as projects with changing topics in Bachelor's (System Development Project) and Master's degree programmes (Master's Project).

Bachelor

  • UNIX for software developers
  • Compiler Construction

Master Computer Science

  • Cloud Computing
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing

Laboratories and infrastructure

The courses in the area of operating systems and distributed systems mainly take place in the system development laboratory (D14/03.10) or as a notebook practical course.

Specialist group spokesperson

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Michael von Rüden

Prof. Dr. Michael von Rüden


Distributed Systems

Michael von Rüden is Professor of Distributed Systems in the Department of Computer Science at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. His...


teaching and research focus on distributed systems, high-performance cloud computing, automation, DevOps and site reliability engineering. He is also interested in software-defined networking, wireless networks and the Internet of Things.

Members

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Pascal Bormann

Prof. Dr. Pascal Bormann

- 2010–2014: Bachelor's degree in Audiovisual Media at Stuttgart Media University - 2016–2018: Master's degree in Information at...


University of Applied Sciences
- 2018 - 2024: Research assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD and doctoral candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt - 2024: Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.), dissertation topic: "Improving the Efficiency of Point Cloud Data Management"
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Portrait of Prof. Dr. Lars-Olof Burchard

Prof. Dr. Lars-Olof Burchard


Operating systems / Distributed systems

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Portrait of Prof. Dr. Jens Heuschkel

Prof. Dr. Jens Heuschkel


Operating Systems & Distributed Systems

Jens Heuschkel is a professor at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da) for distributed systems and operating systems. His teaching and...


research focus on embedded systems, IoT communication, data analysis, compute offloading and related topics.
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Portrait of Prof. Dr. Ronald Charles Moore

Prof. Dr. Ronald Charles Moore

Advising tutor for international students
Netcentric computing and fundamentals of computer science

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