DistriNet Research Group

Research

DistriNet is an internationally recognized research lab embedded in the K.U.Leuven department of computer Science. We have extensive expertise in the engineering of secure and trustworthy software engineering and in middleware and programming environments for distributed software. Within these two domainswe perform research on a wide range of topics, for example middleware for cloud computing, internet architectures, network and software security, embedded systems and multi-agent systems.

Distributed Software

Distributed software - More and more companies, individuals and organizations collaborate by using network connections; the appropriate software systems therefore have to reach far beyond the management and deployment of underpinning network infrastructures.

Secure Software

Secure software - e-commerce, e-health and e-government are gaining popularity; this evolution creates a need for secure software applications, secure system software and secure network infrastructures.

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Projects

  • Security and Privacy for Online Social Networks (SPION) have become an important part of daily digital interactions for more than half a billion users around the world. The various personal information sharing practices that online social network providers promote have led to their success as innovative social interaction platforms. At the same time, these practices have raised much critique and concerns with respect to privacy and security from different stakeholders.
  • BioCo3 is an interdisciplinary project involving computer science, biology, operations research and logistics expertise. The project studies decentralized approaches for controlling large-scale, dynamic systems - e.g. for controlling a large number of vehicles that need to accomplish transport tasks for clients.
  • The WebSand project aims to substantially improve web application security, while taking into account the emerging trends of the Future Internet. To improve the end-to-end security in the Internet of the future, this project envisages a server-driven sandboxing approach with server and client side enforcement of desired security properties.
  • The Network of Excellence on Engineering Secure Future Internet Software Services and Systems (NESSoS) aims at constituting and integrating a long lasting research community on engineering secure softwarebased
    services and systems.
  • BRAVEHEALTH proposes a patient centric vision to CVD management and treatment, providing people already diagnosed as subjects at risk with a sound solution for continuous and remote monitoring and real time prevention of malignant events.

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Education

The professors of the DistriNet Research group are responsible for all courses in the domain of computer architectures, operating systems, networking, decentralized and distributed systems, security and for many courses in the domain of software engineering.

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People

Members
  • DistriNet has a headcount of +/- 70 researchers.
  • Specialized task forces cooperate and exchange knowledge in a wide range of research projects.
  • We are looking for PhD and PostDoc researchers on several research topics. Check out our job offers!

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Publications

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logoibbtDistriNet is member of the IBBT Security Department, a de facto ‘One-stop shop for ICT security Research’.  IBBT, the Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology, is a Flemish research institute aimed at ICT innovation. The interdisciplinary teams have carried out over 250 research projects in close collaboration with over 700 partner organizations since the foundation in 2004. These projects strive for the joint development of innovative applications in various domains such as Healthy society, Sustainable mobility, Culture & Media, Social & Secure ICT and Green ICT.