Christian Bettstetter – Professor, Networked and Embedded Systems, Klagenfurt

“Drones are here to stay. Get used to it.”

Published by Christian Bettstetter

This statement was the title of a TIME article, which was included in the magazine’s special report on “The Drone Age”. We asked Christian Bettstetter to tell us what...

October 2, 2018

Interviews, Press Coverage

Robots that sync and swarm: A proof of concept in ROS 2

Published by Christian Bettstetter

A unified mathematical model for synchronisation and swarming has been proposed recently. Each system entity, called “swarmalator”, coordinates its internal phase and location with the other entities in a...

September 20, 2018

Prototypes, Videos

Guarded access balances out waiting times in transport systems

Published by Christian Bettstetter

A transport system with passengers traveling between stations in periodically arriving cabins is considered. We propose and evaluate an access control algorithm that dynamically limits the number of passengers...

September 17, 2018

UWB connectivity in industrial environments

Published by Christian Bettstetter

The introduction of wireless connectivity in industrial environments promises a rapid and cost-effective reconfiguration of machines and sensors. A key question in this context is: Which wireless technology is...

Projects, Publications

Packages delivered by air: Drones as delivery service

Published by Christian Bettstetter

What has travelled by road to reach us until now could be delivered by drones in the future. This has many advantages: Poor rural transport infrastructure or persistent congestion...

January 12, 2018

Highlights, Interviews, Press Coverage

Synchronization in sensor networks using time series analysis

Published by Christian Bettstetter

Time synchronization is an essential building block in wireless sensor networks but is challenging due to low-precision oscillators and limited computational power of cheap devices. A novel synchronization solution...

October 17, 2016

Highlights, Prototypes, Publications

Synchronization with phase rate correction

Published by Christian Bettstetter

Synchronization algorithms based on the theory of pulse-coupled oscillators are evaluated on programmable radios. It is experimentally demonstrated that the stochastic nature of coupling is a key ingredient for...

Highlights, Projects, Publications

Interference functionals in wireless networks

Published by Christian Bettstetter

Wireless networks are often modeled using tools from stochastic geometry. A team of researchers from Klagenfurt, Athens, and Notre Dame now contributed to these tools by solving general sum-product...

October 10, 2014

Highlights, Publications

Questions in professorship hearings

“What’s to expect in job interviews for a professorship?” is a commonly raised question by researchers applying for a...

by Christian Bettstetter

November 27, 2016

Using Trello in academia

Trello is a software tool to manage projects and workflows using Kanban boards. It can greatly support scientists. A primer.

by Christian Bettstetter

“What salary can I expect in industry after my PhD?”

Doctoral students in electrical and computer engineering often ask me what salary to expect in industry after graduation. “From...

by Christian Bettstetter

My first programming experience

Read about my first computer and programming experience, share your own experience, and join the discussion about the best-suited...

by Christian Bettstetter

February 23, 2015

Software for scientists using Mac, iPad

There are plenty of software recommendations for the Apple Mac (OS X) and iPad (iOS), but few of them...

by Christian Bettstetter

“Should I pursue an academic career?”

Professors and advisors are often asked by master and PhD students as to whether an academic career can be...

by Christian Bettstetter

November 12, 2017

Intelligent boarding to ski lifts

A novel boarding solution for cabin-based transport systems — e.g., ski lifts, cable cars, subways — is being discussed...

by Christian Bettstetter

December 12, 2016

Networking research challenges in multi-UAV systems

We highlight research issues for wireless networking in aerial systems consisting of multiple small autonomous drones. Among these challenges...

by Christian Bettstetter

December 11, 2016

Coordinated recharging of mobile robots during exploration

Mobile robots in explorer missions need to charge their batteries from time to time. Different policies for coordinated recharging...

by Christian Bettstetter

October 18, 2016

Bit error rate in Poisson networks

In mobile communication systems, like UMTS or WLAN, the transmissions of different mobile devices interfere with each other. For...

by Christian Bettstetter

Communication demands of drone applications

Written by Evsen Yanmaz. Edited by Christian Bettstetter. Small drones become increasingly popular for civil applications, including production of...

by Christian Bettstetter

UWB sensor networks in airplanes

Modern airplanes are equipped with hundreds of embedded sensors and actuators necessary for structural health monitoring, aircraft control, and...

by Christian Bettstetter

Achieving consensus in networks with disturbances

The problem of finding a consensus in a group of people occurs in many social contexts. In a similar...

by Christian Bettstetter

December 31, 2014

Collaborative mapping with mobile robot teams

New packages for the Robot Operating System (ROS) are available for autonomous exploration of unknown environments using collaborating mobile...

by Christian Bettstetter

Job selection in UAV-based delivery services

Aerial delivery services using small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been proposed by major online retailers, logistics companies, and...

by Christian Bettstetter

Wireless technologies for small UAV systems

Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are more and more used in civil applications, for example, in disaster situations to...

by Christian Bettstetter

February 14, 2018

One time for all: Synchronizing time in drone swarms

Wherever several clocks tick simultaneously, it is tricky to get them all to display precisely the same time. This...

by Christian Bettstetter

September 30, 2017

5G Playground Carinthia

Austria establishes a test field for 5G mobile systems. It can be used by companies and research institutes to...

by Christian Bettstetter

Research days: Swarming in cyber physical systems

An interdisciplinary workshop on self-organization and swarm intelligence in cyber physical systems was held at Lakeside Labs this week....

by Christian Bettstetter

November 7, 2016

“I develop drone networks for life-saving applications”

“One of my first memories relating to the word ‘drones’ is that of an online video of a man....

by Christian Bettstetter

January 21, 2015

WIRED: Samira Hayat about drones

The autonomous drone system developed by Lakeside Labs and U Klagenfurt is one of «15 novel ideas for 2015»...

by Christian Bettstetter

Research days: Multi-UAV systems

Autonomously flying robots — also called small-scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — are more and more exploited in civil...

by Christian Bettstetter