DistriNet Research Group
Research
DistriNet’s research domain has expanded from computer networks and system software over middleware and advanced middleware services to domain specific application frameworks, covering for instance enterprise applications, embedded systems, network devices and telecommunications platforms.
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 - 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.
Projects
- The main objective of the STADiUM project (IWT/SBO) is to design a next generation middleware platform that is adaptable to various operational conditions and available system resources.
- The goal of the SEC SODA (IWT/SBO) project is to enable the development and deployment of secure distributed software applications.
- The main objective of the Secure Change (IP/FP7) project is to develop techniques and tools that ensure "lifelong" compliance to security, privacy and dependability requirements for an evolving software system.
- The main objective of HATS (IP/FP7) is to develop a tool-supported formal method for building highly adaptable and trustworthy software. The centerpiece will be an executable modeling language for adaptable software called the Abstract Behavioral Specification (ABS) language.
IBBT
DistriNet is a member of IBBT, an independent research institute founded by the Flemish government to stimulate ICT innovation. The IBBT team offers companies and organizations active support in research and development. It brings together companies, authorities, and non-profit organizations to join forces on research projects. Both technical and non-technical issues are addressed within each of these projects.
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.
People
- DistriNet consists of about 60 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!
Publications
- Bart Jacobs, Frank Piessens, Failboxes: Provably safe exception handling, ECOOP 2009 - Object-Oriented Programming, 23rd European Conference, Genova, Italy, July 6-10, 2009, Proceedings, volume 5653, pages 470-494, Genova, 6-10 July 2009
- Yves Younan, Pieter Philippaerts, Frank Piessens, Wouter Joosen, Sven Lachmund, Thomas Walter, Filter-resistant code injection on ARM, Proceedings of the 16th ACM conference on Computer and Communications Security, pages 11-20, Chicago, 9-13 November 2009
- Dominique Devriese, Frank Piessens, Non-interference through secure multi-execution, 2010 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Proceedings, issue 2010, pages 109-124, Oakland, California, US, 16-19 May 2010
- Aram Hovsepyan, Riccardo Scandariato, Stefan Van Baelen, Yolande Berbers, Wouter Joosen, From aspect-oriented models to aspect-oriented code? The maintenance perspective, International conference on aspect-oriented software development (AOSD.10), pages 1-12, Rennes and Saint-Malo, France, 15-19 March 2010
- Wouter De Borger, Bart De Win, Bert Lagaisse, Wouter Joosen, A permission system for secure AOP, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development, pages 205-216, Rennes and St-Malo, 9-15 March 2010
