Welcome to Computer Science 7 (Computer Networks and Communication Systems)
The lab deals with the analysis and evaluation of computer networks and related systems. To this end, we apply various methods of modeling, simulation, measurement and test and also develop own tools. Furthermore, specific fields of application are investigated so that our research activities can be subdivided into three areas:
Quality-of-Service and Connected Mobility: Performance, Dependability, and Real-Time Analysis of new network protocols and architectures to ensure their Quality-of-Service (QoS). Specific application fields are 5G/6G, satellite, and industrial communications. Special consideration is given to vehicular networks and connected mobility.
Network Security: Development and evaluation of intelligent, proactive defence mechanisms for secure communication networks, including network fuzzing, intrusion detection, and simulation of cyber threats in critical infrastructures.
Smart Energy: Analysis of smart, networked energy systems based on renewable energies, sector-coupling, and electric mobility. Emphasis is given on simulation, information and communication technology, as well as on using artificial intelligence for the control of smart grids.
The teaching curriculum covers fundamental courses such as “Computer Communications” and “Simulation and Modeling” as well as advanced courses such as “Advanced Networking” and specialized topics of the application areas, e.g., “Vehicular Networks” or “Introduction to Cybersecurity Fundamentals in Networking”.
Successful Completion of Flying Faculty Program at GJU Introduction to Cybersecurity Fundamentals (ICF) Workshop
As part of the Flying Faculty Program 2025, Dr.-Ing. Loui Al Sardy, Assistant Professor at Lab of Computer Networks and Communication Systems, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen...
Successful Participation at SAFECOMP 2025 in Stockholm 🇸🇪
From September 9-12, 2025, members of the Computer Science 7 (Computer Networks and Communication Systems) Lab at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) took part in the 44th edition of SAFECOMP, hosted at the KTH Royal In...
On October 25, 2025, the "Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften" will take place again. Lab of Computer Science 7 (Computer Networks and Communication Systems) will be represented with exhibits from communication technology. You can experience how well a satellite conference works across different satellit...
Participation at the 14th DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics
Our colleagues Corinna Seiwerth and Alexander Sommer took part in this year’s 14th DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics.
Corinna co-organized the workshop “Exploring the Energy Research Process”. The aim of the workshop was...
Participation at CoRDI2025
Our colleague Corinna Seiwerth took part in this year’s CoRDI2025, where she presented ongoing work within NFDI4Energy.
With her poster “Building a RSE Community in Energy Research”, she showcased our efforts to strengthen the Research Software Engineering community in...
Conference Presentation at SAFECOMP 2025 in Stockholm: Neural-Guided Fuzzing for Stateful Protocol Security
We are pleased to announce that Dr.-Ing. Loui Al Sardy presented a research paper at the 20th International Workshop on Dependable Smart Embedded Cyber-Physical Systems and Systems-of-Systems...
From 09 to 12 September 2025, the 44th edition of SAFECOMP (the International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security) was held at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden). The event comprised the main conference plus 8 co-located workshops, where we presented our work....
