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Dr. Matthias Hollick (TU Darmstadt) visits NET group

Dr. Matthias Hollick and AndrÃ© KÃ¶nig (senior researchers at Technische UniversitÃ¤t Darmstadt) are visiting the NET group on January 23, 2009, and give a Colloquium Talk on "Innovative Security Mechanisms for Distributed Systems".

Colloquium talk: Innovative Security Mechanisms for Distributed Systems

Invited speakers: Dr. Matthias Hollick, André König (TU Darmstadt)
Time: 23.01.2009, 10:15-12:00
Room: ZHG 103

Abstract:
Mobile ad hoc networks as well as peer-to-peer systems have attracted remarkable attention in the research community in recent years. Fashioned from whatever devices are immediately available, the self-organizing nature of ad hoc networks promises spontaneous communication in absence of infrastructure; however, the fact that ad hoc networks are not yet deployed at large indicates that they are not ready for prime time. Peer-to-peer systems in contrast have been extremely successful for quite a number of applications, despite the fact that they share a number of characteristics with ad hoc networks that appear to have hindered the success of the latter. From the perspective of security, both types of networks have in common that they do not exhibit the well-defined borders of contemporary network technologies. Moreover, both paradigms build on the cooperation of distributed nodes.
We introduce (1) various research challenges in the area of distributed systems with particular emphasis on the effects of node misbehavior in mobile ad hoc networks. We (2) discuss solutions to mitigate the effects of node misbehavior including an approach towards geographically secure ad hoc routing as well as the secure combination of mobile ad hoc networks with peer-to-peer systems.

Bio André König:

André König received a diploma in computer science from TU Darmstadt. After having worked for a system retailer offering network design, consultation, and trainings, he joined the Multimedia Communications Lab (KOM) at TU Darmstadt in 2005. His research focuses on security mechanisms for deployment in highly dynamic, decentralized environments such as mobile ad hoc networks and peer-to-peer systems. Until 2007, André König contributed to the SicAri project which was funded by the german ministry for education and research (BMBF) with the goal to develop a toolkit for secure ubiquitous communications. After SicAri, he was involved in the SoKNOS project funded by the BMBF to offer a service oriented communication platform for emergency response scenarios. Since October 2008, he is engaged in the G-Lab project of the BMBF with the goal is to establish a nation-wide experimental platform for research regarding future internet technologies. Besides his PhD thesis and research projects, André König is involved in various teaching activities at the Multimedia Communications Lab.

Bio Matthias Hollick:

Dr. Matthias Hollick is the head of the Mobile Networking and the Ubiquitous Communications groups at the Multimedia Communications Lab (KOM) of Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. His research interests are in the area of dependability, security, and quality of service provisioning in communication networks. In particular, the focus of his current work is on self-organizing mechanisms to enable dependable and quality-of-service-aware communication in mobile/wireless ad hoc, mesh, and sensor networks. His research has been supported by research grants from Siemens AG Corporate Technology, DoCoMo Eurolabs, and various public research bodies.
Dr. Hollick received his Diploma degree in 1998 and his Doctoral degree in 2004 from the Technische Universität Darmstadt. Dr. Hollick is member of the ACM and IEEE and serves in various program committees and editorial boards related to his research area. He is teaching various courses in the domain of wireless/mobile communications at TU Darmstadt and at partner universities. Amongst other activities he acts as an expert for the European Commission and reviewer for the German National Science Foundation. For his research, in 2005, Dr. Hollick has received the award of the Adolf-Messer Foundation.

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