Courses at Decentralized Systems and Network Services Research Group

Our research group offers the following lectures for students of Informatics and Information Systems:

  • In WS: IT Security Management for Networked Systems [M-INFO-100786]
    • Language: German
    • The lecture is offered every winter term (WS).
    • An exercise course is offered for this lecture.
    • The lecture/exercise will not be offered in the winter semester 2025/26.
  • In WS: Scientific Methods to Design and Analyze Secure Decentralized Systems [M-INFO-105780]
    • Language: English
    • The lecture is offered every winter term (WS).
    • An exercise course is integrated into this lecture.
    • The lecture/exercise will not be offered in the winter semester 2025/26.
  • In SS: Access Control Systems: Models and Technology [M-INFO-106303]
    • Language: English
    • The lecture is offered every summer term (SS).
    • An exercise course is integrated into this lecture.
  • In SS: Decentralized Systems: Fundamentals, Modeling, and Applications [M-INFO-105334]
    • Language: English
    • The lecture is offered every summer term (SS).
    • An exercise course is integrated into this lecture.
  • In SS: Research Focus Class: Blockchain & Payment Channel Networks [M-INFO-105620]
    • Language: German or English
    • Seminar with corresponding lecture.
  • In SS: Information Security [M-INFO-106015]
    • Language: German
    • The lecture is offered every summer term (SS).
    • An exercise course is integrated into this lecture.

In addition, the following course is offered for students of the Teaching Degree Program in Computer Science (B.Ed.):

  • In WS: Selected Topics for Teacher Education in Informatics: Society, People, Systems [M-INFO-105151]
    • The lecture is offered every winter term (WS).
    • This lecture is obligatory for the Teaching Degree Program and recommended for the 5th semester.
    • An exercise course is integrated into this lecture.

Furthermore, seminars and proseminars are offered on changing topics from the areas covered in our lecture. The specific topics covered will be published on our website in good time before the start of the respective semester.

Courses in Summer Term 2025

Lectures and Exercises

Name Time and Place ILIAS Contact
Decentralized Systems: Fundamentals, Modeling, and Applications

tuesdays, 9:45 AM, bldg. 50.34, room -102

fridays, 11:30 AM, bldg. 50.34, room -101

  Florian Jacob
Access Control Systems: Models and Technology

tuesdays, 11:30 AM, bldg. 50.28, SR 2

thursday, 14:00 PM, bldg. 50.28, SR 1

  Marc Leinweber
Research Focus Class: blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

tuesday, 14:00 PM, bldg. 50.34, room 236

 

Jan Droll

Information Security

monday, 11:30 AM, bldg. 10.21 Carl-Benz-Hörsaal

thursday, 17:30 PM, bldg. 10.21 Carl-Benz-Hörsaal

  Matthias Grundmann

Seminars and Labs

Name Time and Place Registration Contact
Proseminar: Fault-Tolerant Services Using the State Machine Approach thursday, 15:45 PM, bldg. 50.28, SR 2  

Florian Jacob

Marc Leinweber

Hot Topics in Decentralized Systems

tuesday, 29.04., 16:00 - 17:00 PM, bldg. 50.34, room 010

tuesday, 01.07., 14:00 - 15:00 PM, bldg. 50.34, room 010

tuesday, 16.09., 10:00 - 12:00 AM and 14:00 - 16:00 PM, bldg. 50.34, room 010

  Matthias Grundmann

Courses in Winter Term 2024/25

Lectures and Exercises

Name Time and Place ILIAS Contact
IT-Security Management for Networked Systems

tuesdays, 9:45 AM, bldg. 50.34, room -101

fridays, 11:30 AM, bldg. 50.34, room -101

ILIAS

Jan Droll

Scientific Methods to Design and Analyze Secure Decentralized Systems

tuesdays, 11:30 AM, bldg. 50.34, room 236

thursdays, 14:00 PM, bldg. 50.34, room 236

ILIAS Florian Jacob
Selected Topics for Teacher Education in Informatics: Society, People, Systems

thursdays, 14:00 PM, & 15:45 PM, bldg. 50.28, SR 1

ILIAS Marc Leinweber

Seminars and Labs

Name Time and Place Registration Contact
Proseminar Data Sovereignty thrusday, 15:45 PM, bldg. 50.34, room 010 - Oliver Stengele
Software Engineering Practice

tuesday, 09:45 AM, bldg. 50.34, room 010

tuesday, 15:45 PM, bldg. 50.34, room 010

 

Florian Jacob

Jan Droll

Exam Information

Written Exams

Lecture Time Place Registration period
Access Control Systems: Models and Technology (main exam) 31.07.2025, 17:30 PM bldg. 10.91 Ferdinand-Redtenbachr-Hörsaal until 03.07.2025
IT Security Management for Networked Systems (post exam) 05.08.2025, 08:00 AM

bldg. 10.91 Franz-Grashof-Hörssal

until 08.07.2025
Decentralized Systems: Fundamentals, Modeling, and Applications (main exam) 09.09.2025, 08:00 AM bldg. 10.11 Hertz-Hörsaal until 12.08.2025
Information Security (main exam) 12.09.2025, 08:00 AM bldg. 30.11 Christian-Gerthen-Hörsaal, bldg. 30.95 Audimax until 15.08.2025
Selected Topics for Teacher Education in Informatics: Society, People, Systems (post exam) 26.09.2025, 11:00 AM bldg. 50.34, HS -101 until 29.08.2025

Oral Exams

The following courses are currently subject to oral exams. Please contact the secretary of the research group Ms. Hopprich.

  • Scientific Methods to Design and Analyze Secure Decentralized Systems (winter term only)

 

The following lectures/exercises will not be offered in the winter semester 2025/26:

  • IT Security Management for Networked Systems
  • Scientific Methods to Design and Analyze Secure Decentralized Systems