The Distributed Systems Group (DSG) at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya performs research on distributed systems and computer networks in the areas of models, algorithms, and software for large, complex, dynamic, decentralized systems and applications. We look at large-scale and decentralized community networks and community clouds, economics-oriented distributed systems, and resource allocation mechanisms. Activities are around the design and evaluation of systems through modelling and experimentation in real deployments. Outcomes include system architectures, algorithms, software, regulation and adaptive models, decentralized resource allocation, and game-theory based mechanisms. The group consists of four professors and a variable number of PhD and master students.

Main research topics:

• Circular economy of digital devices
• Distributed ledger (blockchain) for socio-economic-environmental sustainability (networks, circularity)
• Economics-oriented models for distributed networks and systems
• Federated learning, community networks, and edge computing
• ICT for development
• LoRa Mesh IoT networks