In organizational respects, the group incorporates the Chair in Distributed Systems and Operating Systems in the Computer Science Department of the School of Engineering at FAU. About two-thirds of the group’s staff is supported through third-party funds, mainly by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Furthermore, we maintain research cooperations and ongoing projects with engineering industry such as Siemens Automation & Drive, Siemens Corporate Technology, and Elektrobit, amongst others.
The group was headed by Wolfgang Schröder-Preikschat until the end of September 2023 and additionally comprises 4 assistant professors, 24 postgraduates (scientific staff), 4 staff members, and 11 research students, currently (see Team).