Welcome to the Computer Networks Research Group
The Computer Networks group conducts research and teaching activities focusing on networked systems of all kinds, ranging from large-scale cloud data centers to tiny low-power IoT devices. In the era of AI proliferation, networked systems have become critical infrastructures for supporting both the training of large AI models in GPU clusters and the deployment of AI inference systems in IoT. Our research covers mainly these cutting-edge topics.
Research
We focus our research on networked systems and we strive to create concepts and methods to make networked systems, ranging from large-scale data centers to tiny Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, more efficient and sustainable for modern machine learning applications. Our goal is to create better programming tools, middleware, and protocols, leveraging the capabilities offered by emerging hardware. Main research topics include: efficient and sustainable deep learning inference serving in data centers, time-sensitive mobile/edge AI inference, data center in-network computing, and battery-free Internet-of-Things.
Teaching and Thesis
Our teaching is focused on networked systems. Our recent, current, and upcoming course offerings are listed below. Note that the upcoming ones are projections based on offerings in last year and may be subject to changes. We offer thesis projects at both bachelor and master levels continuously. Please check this page for currently offered thesis/project topics.
| Module | Semester | ECTS | Language | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.079.05506: Computer Networks (planned) | WS25/26 | 5 | English (German Q&A) | Prof. Dr. Lin Wang |
| L.079.05820: Advanced Networked Systems | SS25 | 6 | English | Prof. Dr. Lin Wang |
| Seminar: Networking for LLMs | SS25 | 2 | English | Prof. Dr. Lin Wang |
| L.079.07058: Project Group: Sustainable Internet-of-Things (Continuation) | SS25 | 10 | English | Prof. Dr. Lin Wang |
| L.079.05506: Computer Networks | WS24/25 | 5 | English (German Q&A) | Prof. Dr. Lin Wang |
| L.079.08020: Seminar: Programmable Networks | WS24/25 | 2 | English | Prof. Dr. Lin Wang |
| L.079.07058: Project Group: Sustainable Internet-of-Things | WS24/25 | 10 | English | Prof. Dr. Lin Wang |
| L.079.05820: Advanced Networked Systems | SS24 | 6 | English | Prof. Dr. Lin Wang |
| L.079.08010: Seminar: In-Network Computing | SS24 | 2 | English | Prof. Dr. Lin Wang |
| L.079.05506: Computer Networks | WS23/24 | 6 | English | Prof. Dr. Lin Wang |
Team
We are a dynamic, international team with members coming from different countries and with different backgrounds. Please check this page to know more about our group and all members.
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