Specialization profile--Network architectures and services
By specializing into the Network Architectures and Services profile, you focus your future education and research on the broad area of complex networks. These days, complex networks are omnipresent society, and range from man-made infrastructures such as digital communications and energy networks, to biological, brain, social, and economic networks.
By choosing this profile you create for yourself the opportunity to:
- Build theoretical skills in the field of Network Science that help you model, analyse, and optimize complex networks through topological, spectral and functional studies, as well as stochastic models; and
- Build engineering skills pertinent to the Digital Communications industry that help you plan and design robust network architectures and state-of-the-art communication protocols, as well as manage strategic challenges for network operators; and
- Conduct an internship or final thesis at one of our industrial or research partners.
Suggested courses
| CS4055 | High performance data networking | 5 EC | details | ||
| EE4C06 | Networking | 5 EC | details | ||
| ET4285 | Measuring and simulating the internet | 4 EC | details | ||
| ET4396 | Advanced topics in mobile communications | 4 EC | details | ||
| ET4397IN | Network security | 5 EC | details | ||
| IN4253ET | "Hacking lab" applied security analysis | 5 EC | details | ||
| IN4341 | Performance analysis of communication networks and systems | 5 EC | details |
MSc project proposals
Some examples of thesis topics (this list is not exhaustive):Thesis examples
Contact person
For more information about the research group, possible thesis topics, and suggestions for your ISP:prof.dr.ir. Piet Van Mieghem
Network Architectures and Services Group
Department of Intelligent Systems
