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From March 3 to 6, the staff of the Chair of Computer Science 4 (System Software) gathered in Sulzbürg for their annual retreat. In numerous presentations, the participants shared their research and progress from the past year as well as their plans for the coming year, which consistently sparked...

We are excited to announce a new student scholarship opportunity during summer 2026. This scholarship is initially granted for up to 3 months. The scholarship provides an outstanding opportunity for motivated students in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field who are eager to gai...

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 ...

The Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), which is the premier conference in the field of real-time systems, took place in Boston, MA, from December 2 to 5. The Embedded Systems Software Group has contributed to this venue with two publications: First, the collaborative work between TU Dortmund and ...

During the week of September 8–12, our employees Harald Böhm and Paul Bergmann took part in the 3rd ACM Europe Summer School on Distributed and Replicated Environments (DARE 2025) in Lisbon, Portugal. The program included exciting lectures on topics such as conflict-free replicated data types (...

On September 23 and 24, 2025, our employees Eva Dengler, Thomas Preisner, and Peter Wägemann attended the 1st Zephyr in Science and Education (ZiSE) Conference in Jena. The focus was on Zephyr in science and education, creating the perfect setting for establishing links between research and applica...

On 22nd September 2025, Phillip Raffeck successfully defended his dissertation with the title Predictable Execution for Device-Bound Embedded Systems with Intermittent Power. Dr. Peter Wägemann had the honor of being the doctoral supervison for the first time. The examination board, chaired by Pro...

Markus Gerber presented the evolution of his bachelor's thesis at LCTES 2025. The resulting paper, entitled "vNV-Heap: An Ownership-Based Virtually Non-volatile Heap for Embedded Systems," uses ownership (as implemented by Rust, for example) to implement memory virtualization (i.e., the swapping of ...

We are excited to announce two open research internship positions -- each offering a clear path to a fully-funded PhD position for successful interns upon completion. These six-month internships provide an outstanding opportunity for motivated graduates in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or ...