Teaching

Academic Semester

Summer

Distributed Systems Algorithms (DSA)

Basic B.Sc. lecture + exercise classes.

Networked Systems Seminar (NSS)

B.Sc. or M.Sc. level. Working with scientific papers.

Scheduling Theory (ST)

Fundamental M.Sc. lecture + exercise classes.

Winter

System Performance Evaluation (SPE)

Advanced B.Sc. level, combines a project with a lecture.

Real-Time Systems Seminar (RTSS)

M.Sc. level. Working with scientific papers. Planned to start in Winter 2026/27

Deterministic Network Calculus (DNC)

Advanced M.Sc. lecture (+ exercise classes) about this principal research topic of the DNet group.

Flexible Timing, per Student

Practical Training (PT)

B.Sc. Computer Science. See here.

Theses

B.Sc. or M.Sc. level. See here. Note: We do not offer theses for teams of students.

Past Iterations

Content Categorization

Hints and Guidelines

Use of Artificial Intelligence

The Faculty offers guidlines for the use of AI in theses in its Moodle course with information for students. We apply these guidlines to all written submissions that are part of any grading (e.g., theses, seminars, exercises, projects).

Do's and Don'ts in Theses

We provide a short (not complete) list of do’s and don’ts that are relevant for writing a succesful thesis. Only accessible with your RUB account GitLab@RUB.

News

First iteration of RTS Seminar

We will be offering a new M.Sc.-level seminar starting Winter 2026/27 called Real-Time Systems Seminar (RTSS). Topics may include real-time Ethernet, scheduling, and provable system performance.

SPE moving to Summer, Strating 2027

The System Performance Evaluation (SPE) lecture will move to the Summer semester. During this transision, SPE will be held in Winter 2026/27 as well as Summer 2027 (and every Summer from there on).

Last iteration of DSA

Summer 2026 is the last iteration of DSA. Neither the lecture nor exercises or exams will be offered after Summer 2026.

Last iteration of DS Seminar

Winter 2025/26 is the last iteration of DSS. The seminar will be superseded by a M.Sc. seminar on real-time systems.

Guidlines on using AI

The Faculty offers guidlines for the use of AI in theses in its Moodle course with information for students. We apply these guidlines to all written submissions that are part of any grading (e.g., theses, seminars, exercises, projects).

M.Sc. Foundations Course

Starting Summer 2026, Scheduling Theory (extended to 4+2 weekly hours for lecture+exercise class) can be elected as a foundations course in the M.Sc. Computer Science.

Winter 2025 Lecture information available

Complete information about our upcoming teaching in Winter 2025 is available online. We offer the lectures DNC and SPE, as well as the seminar DSS.

Teaching Adaptations

We will adapt our teaching schedule, starting winter 2024. Please see the teaching page for more information about the changes.

Colloquium Talks

We will have colloquium talks in an irregular basis. Please send an email to dnet-office@rub.de if you want to be notified.

Winter 2022/23

No Lectures

DNet does not offer lectures in winter 2022/23 as Steffen Bondorf is on sabbatical.

Winter 2020/21

B.Sc. in CS at RUB

Our new B.Sc. in Computer Science will start in Winter 2020/21! Find a press release here (in German) and detailed information here.