Lehrstuhl Distributed Computing
Welcome to the chair of Distributed Computing!
Research
The research group focuses on the theoretical foundations of distributed computing. This includes questions such as what can and what cannot be solved efficiently and reliably in distributed systems.
The main research areas of the group are:
- distributed graph algorithms,
- fault-tolerant distributed coordination and synchronisation,
- algorithms in stochastic interaction models.
News
- April 2025: A new paper, Minimalist Leader Election Under Weak Communication, by Robin and Isabella Ziccardi (Uni. Paris Cite) was accepted to PODC 2025.
- January 2025: Robin Vacus joined the group!
- September 2024: Olivier Stietel joined the group!
- August 2024: Jakob Solnerzik joined the group!
Teaching
Current teaching (Summer 2025)
- Principles of Verification and Model Checking (Instructor: Olivier Stietel)
- Seminar: Advanced Topics in Distributed Algorithms (Instructor: Joel Rybicki)
Past teaching
Winter Semester 2024-2025
- Foundations of Distributed Computing (Instructor: Joel Rybicki)
- Seminar: Selected Topics in Probability and Computing (Instructor: Joel Rybicki)
- Seminar: Verification Meets Distributed Computing (Instructor: Olivier Stietel)
Summer Semester 2024
- Seminar: Advanced Distributed Algorithms
Winter Semester 2023-2024
- Foundations of Distributed Computing
- Seminar: Biomolecular Computing
Summer Semester 2023
- Seminar: Distributed Algorithms
Bachelor and Master's theses
If you are interested in doing a thesis in our group, contact the head of the group (Joel Rybicki).
Recent publications
- Robin Vacus and Isabella Ziccardi. Minimal Leader Election under Weak Communication. PODC 2025.
- Matthias Függer, Thomas Nowak and Joel Rybicki. Majority consensus thresholds in competitive Lotka-Volterra populations. PODC 2024.
Team
- Prof. Dr. Joel Rybicki
- Dr. Olivier Stietel
- Jakob Solnerzik
- Dr. Robin Vacus