Distributed & Mobile Computing

Distributed & Mobile Computing works with algorithms, software, and architectures of distributed systems in both theory and praxis.

Applications

Current applications for Distributed & Mobile Computing consist of:

• The Internet of Things (IoT)
• Intermittently connected distributed systems (e.g. verhicular networks, disaster relief)
• mobile app ecosystems

Research Areas

We place specific emphasis on extending computing platforms and connectivity to mobile devices. Our main areas of research are:

• human behavior and mobility modeling
• mobile networking and offloading
• software and system design for mobile platforms(e.g. smartphones, tablets, vehicles, sensors)
• usability of mobile systems and applications

 Measurements (to support modeling) and security are two important interdisciplinary aspects of the above-mentioned fields, which work closely together with the clusters for Computer and Communication Architectures and Security, Safety, Risk Management.

Projects

• RIFE: architectuRe for an Internet For Everybody
• TUM Living Lab Connected Mobility
• Do-It-Yourself networking for distributed mobile devices with the liberouter framework
• The Opportunistic Networking Environment (ONE) simulator for evaluating mobile applications
• The workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS)

• Floating Content: location-based mobile opportunistic and probabilistic computing