Computer Networks and Distributed Systems

The research group ”Computer Networks and Distributed Systems” of the “Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics” at the University of Bern led by Prof. Dr. Torsten Braun focuses the research activities in the areas of mobile and multimedia communications as well as on distance learning and security architectures. In fall 2003, a Klausurtagung has been organized in Pochtenalp with the goal to present and intensively discuss the state of the research work performed by the research group’s Ph.D. students. External international experts working in related research areas have been invited in order to contribute to the discussions and to present their current and future research areas. Each speaker had 90 minutes time for his presentation including discussion. The overall results have been very positive. In particular, the discussions have been very intensive and productive and should be valuable for the Ph.D. students’ future work. This report summarizes the various talks from research group members and external experts. CR