Laura Lawniczak’s Doctoral Defense
On February 16, Laura Lawniczak successfully defended her dissertation titled “Practical State-Machine Replication for Small-Scale Systems” (Praxisnahe Ansätze für Zustandsmaschinenreplikation in kleinskaligen Systemen).
In addition to her doctoral advisor Prof. Dr. Tobias Distler, who leads the Chair for Distributed Systems at the Universität Bamberg, the commitee included Assoc. Prof. Leander Jehl from the University of Stavanger and Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Kaup (from the Chair of Multimedia Communication and Signal Processing). The examination commitee was chaired by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Felix Freiling an.
The successful completion of the examination was celebrated extensively with family, friends, and former and current colleagues. During the celebration – in keeping with the chair’s tradition – a creatively and ingeniously designed doctoral hat was presented, adorned with references to many milestones and events from her time at the chair.
