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June 13, 2023

"Outstanding scientific achievement": Friends of TU Darmstadt award Ralf Kundel

In his dissertation, Ralf Kundel from the Multimedia Communication Department dealt with how to make the Internet more performant and energy-efficient by means of hardware acceleration.

May 31, 2023

Applause and coffee for the best students of the winter semester

Recognition, scholarship info, and networking - these were the themes of this semester's coffee event at KOM once again. Congratulations to the awarded students from the courses KN1, KN2, SDN and Application Protocols!

May 25, 2023

New video: The future mobile communications standard 6G from a scientific perspective

How is the mobile communications standard 6G created, which is supposed to follow 5G? Prof. Ralf Steinmetz and other scientists from computer science, electrical engineering and physics provide insights into their work and clarify some myths around 6G.

April 17, 2023

Dynamic management of Ethernet in Industry 4.0

Ethernet is gaining importance for time-critical communication in Industry 4.0. Until now, it has been difficult to integrate robots into production networks during operation. A MAKI transfer project has now successfully addressed this challenge.

February 23, 2023

Friedrich Dessauer Foundation Award for Lukas Wehrstein

The model from Lukas Wehrstein's award-winning bachelor thesis helps optimizing battery operation in sensor networks. Seven questions and answers.

February 15, 2023

Marvin Härdtlein receives KuVS award for best master's thesis

In his master's thesis, Marvin Härdtlein developed a method to handle routing on the Internet using a programmable, low-cost hybrid device.

December 21, 2022

KOM Retreat in Kleinwalsertal 2022

Every year we retreat for a few days to the Darmstädter Haus in Kleinwalsertal to discuss teaching and research at KOM. A few impressions from our retreat 2022. Have fun watching!

December 15, 2022

Manisha Luthra awarded KuVS prize for best dissertation

The contributions of the dissertation make it easier to build communication networks that meet the complex requirements of IoT applications - for example in the very dynamic and complex scenario of a smart city.

November 9, 2022

Meeting of the best students of the summer semester

Positive feedback in the form of calories and honors: the best students from the summer semester's events met to exchange ideas and eat sweet treats.

October 27, 2022

Research for secure rail communications of tomorrow

How can the future, railway-owned 5G network be protected against threats, sabotage and attacks? KOM is conducting interdisciplinary research on this topic in the CYSIS working group of DB, TU Darmstadt and the University of Passau.

September 9, 2022

Ralf Steinmetz receives honorary doctorate from RWTH Aachen University

With his research, TU professor Ralf Steinmetz wants to prepare our communication systems for outages, natural disasters and attacks.

September 9, 2022

"Our communications systems are not well prepared for threats"

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Steinmetz is awarded an honorary doctorate from RWTH Aachen University. In an interview, the professor from TU Darmstadt explains how his research is helping to prepare our communication systems for future challenges.