Here in Aachen I focus my research on the development of modular communication protocols, enabling new reliable and flexible communication systems. We develop new models, methods and tools to improve research in communication systems, targeting devices from standard computers (Linux, Windows) to mobile embedded devices (PDAs, Smartphones, Sensor Nodes) as well as network simulators.

Furthermore there is research in Peer-to-Peer Systems to enable new routing algortihms and new methods for the evaluation of overlay networks. The research team is very young; I joined it by the beginning of 2004.

Recent, selected publications:

• M.H. Alizai, O. Landsiedel, J.A. Bitsch Link, S. Götz, K. Wehrle,
  Bursty Traffic over Bursty Links,
  In SenSys'09: Proc. of the 7th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems,
  Berkley, California, USA, November 2009.
• O. Landsiedel, G. Kunz, S. Götz, and K. Wehrle,
  A Virtual Platform for Network Experimentation,
  In VISA'09: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Virtualized Infastructure Systems and Architectures,
  Barcelona, Spain, August 2009
• O. Landsiedel, M.H. Alizai, and K. Wehrle,
  When Timing Matters: Enabling Time Accurate and Scalable Simulation of Sensor Network Applications,
  In IPSN'08: Proc. of the 7th ACM / IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks,
  St. Louis, Missouri, USA, April 2008.

Please see my publications page for a list of all publications.

Projects I am currently involded in (see projects for more):

• Momentum (Models, Methods and Tools for Various Platforms)
• Various little ones, such as new architectures for network simulators or short-term link estimation

Past projects (see projects for more):

• TimeTossim
• MHT (Mobile Hash-Tables)
• MORE (Dynamic Multipath Onion Router)
• AEON (Accurate Prediction of Power Consumption in Sensor Networks)

• Lecture: Massively Distributed Systems I
• Lecture: Massively Distributed Systems II
• Lecture: Communication Systems Engineering I
• Seminar: Massively Distributed Systems
• Lab: Sensor networks

Since 2004, Phd Student and Junior Researcher at the “Distributed Systems Group” at the RWTH Aachen. In May 2006 this group moved from Tübingen to Aachen, where it was renamed from "Protocol Enigneering and Distributed Systems" to its new name.

Graduate Research Assistant for the Momentum project

Graduate Teaching Assistant for a number of lectures, seminars and labs

2003, Masters Degree in Computer Science from the University of Kansas, graduated with honors

2002-2003, Graduate Student of Computer Science at the University of Kansas.
Scholarships from Fulbright, the University of Kansas and the University of Kiel

Thesis:
MPEG-4 for interactive low-delay real-time communication,
Prof. G. Minden, passed with honors

1999-2002, Undergraduate Student of Computer Science and Business (Minor) at the University of Kiel, Germany