Prof. Dr. Katinka Wolter
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Address: Institute of Computer Science Freie Universität Berlin Takustr. 9 Room 149 14195 Berlin Germany Phone: +49 30 838 75146 Fax: +49 30 838 75194 Email: katinka.wolter@fu-berlin.de |
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I am heading the Dependable Systems Group. We joined the working group Computer Systems & Telematics (CST) at the Institute of Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin in September 2009.
Short CV
| 2/2011 - present | Guest-Professor at Freie Universität Berlin |
| 11/2010 - 4/2011 | Visiting Professor at Cochin University (CUSAT), Kerala, India |
| 09/2009 - 2/2011 | Freie Universität Berlin (Berlin,
Germany) Senior research associate at Computer Systems & Telematics Group, Institute of Computer Science |
| 07/2009 - 08/2009 | Senior research associate at Newcastle University, UK |
| January 2008 | Habilitation in Computer Science at Humboldt-University Berlin |
| 04/2002 - 06/2009 | Assistant professor (C1) at Humboldt-University Berlin, Computer Architecture and Communication group, Institute of Computer Science |
| 05/2000 – 08/2000 | Visiting researcher at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA, USA. |
| August 1999 | PhD in Computer Science at TU Berlin. |
| 07/1997 - 03/2002 | DFG project 'Modelling with fluid Petri nets' at TU Berlin, as part of the DFG priority program KONDISK. |
| 10/1995-03/2002 | Member of the Graduiertenkolleg (graduate course) Communication-based Systems at FU, HU and TU Berlin. |
| 10/1991 – 08/1995 | Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany), studies of Computer Science, Diploma in Computer Science with Statistics. |
Research Activities
I am interested in dependability, performance, and security of complex computing systems, with a particular focus on timing behaviour. Within our group we employ a broad range of assessment and evaluation techniques for computing systems and networks, ranging from fault-injection test-beds to simulation and analytical techniques. We develop efficient and accurate modelling and evaluation techniques, applying e.g. Phase-Type distributions in fault-modelling for fault-injection experiments and hybrid discrete-event simulation. We study a large variety of systems, including wireless networks, mobile telephony networks, service-oriented systems, and Computing Clouds.
We conduct extensive statistical analysis of data collected from test beds as well as for medical data.
Projects
| Distributed Restart | In this DFG-funded project we investigate the use and impact of the restart method in distributed environments. Through analysis of stochastic models we aim to confirm the fairness property of the restart algorithm and investigate the timing behaviour of network in which several clients employ restart. |
| High-Resolution Clock Synchronisation over Packet-Switched Networks | In cooperation with highstreet technologies we analyse timing behaviour of complex packet-switched networks through detailed simulation using the network simulator ns-2. |
| Efficient Fault-Models for System Evaluation | In cooperation with Prof. Miklos Telek and Prof. Gabor Horvath of the Technical University of Budapest we develop techniques for efficent and accurate stochastic fault-models. We focus on random-number generation from Phase-type and Matrix-Exponential Distributions. This cooperation is supported by the DFG. |
We collaborate among others with- Leila Kloul, University of Versailles, France (funded by the Center for International Cooperation, FU Berlin)
- Miklos Telek, Technical University Budapest (funded by DFG)
- Gabor Horvath, Technical University Budapest
(funded by DFG)
Teaching Activities
I teach courses on Dependable Systems, Model-based Evaluation of Computing Systems, and Computer Architecture.
Bachelor- and Masters' Thesis Topics
Several topics in the area of performance, dependability and security evaluation are available upon request. These include experimentation and measurement studies, development of stochastic models, measurements in networks and the Cloud and implementation of algorithms.
Memberships
I am member of ACM, IEEE, GI and the GI working group MMB.
For more information see my personal homepage at http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/katinkaw/.
