Research interests

• Energy efficiency & Robustness (see REAP project)
  • Temperature effects and dependencies
• Energy Harvesting
  • Intermittent Computing
• Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)
  • Routing
  • Scheduling

Running Projects

Supervised Theses

Bachelor-, Master-, Projektthesis

Open theses:

Running theses:

Publications

• Sven Pullwitt, Robert Hartung, Ulf Kulau and Lars Wolf: Towards Accurate Bit Error Simulation in Wireless Sensor Networks Including Environmental Influences, in Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 35, No. 4, pages 809, Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 2020 (pullwitt:jcstcooja, DOI, BibTeX)
• Robert Hartung, Rasmus Antons, Ulf Kulau and Lars Wolf: DUO: Integration of Dependable Undervolting in Operating Systems, in Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Energy Harvesting & Energy-Neutral Sensing Systems, ENSsys'19, New York, NY, USA, pages 56-57, ACM, 2019 (Hartung:2019:DID:3362053.3363487, DOI, BibTeX)
• Sven Pullwitt, Robert Hartung, Ulf Kulau and Lars Wolf: Towards Accurate Bit Error Simulation in Wireless Sensor Networks Including Environmental Influences, in 2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), pages 82-90, 2019 (PullwittHartungCoojaBitErrors, BibTeX)
• Robert Hartung, Jan Käberich, Lars C. Wolf, Laura Marie Feeney, Christian Rohner and Per Gunningberg: Demo: Integration of a Platform for Energy Storage Experiments into a Generic Testbed Framework, in Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization, WiNTECH '18, New Delhi, India, pages 77-78, ACM, November 2018 (Hartung:2018:DIP:3267204.3268069, DOI, BibTeX, Poster)
• Robert Hartung, Ulf Kulau, Niels Lichtblau and Lars C. Wolf: A Flexible Software Framework for Real-World Experiments and Temperature-Controlled Testbeds, in Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization, WiNTECH '18, New Delhi, India, pages 30-37, ACM, November 2018 (Hartung:2018:FSF:3267204.3267207, DOI, BibTeX, Slides)
• Robert Hartung, Jan Käberich, Lars C. Wolf, Laura Marie Feeney, Christian Rohner and Per Gunningberg: A Platform for Experiments with Energy Storage Devices for Low-power Wireless Networks, in Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization, WiNTECH '18, New Delhi, India, pages 68-76, ACM, November 2018 (Hartung:2018:PEE:3267204.3267208, DOI, BibTeX)
• Robert Hartung: On the Challenges in Energy-Constrained Outdoor Wireless Sensor Networks: Trade off between Efficiency and Robustness, Doctoral Collquium, Shenzhen, China, November 2018 (hartung:sensys18:dc, BibTeX, Slides)
• Robert Hartung, Sven Pullwitt and Lars Wolf: Demo: Combining Temperature-Controlled Chambers to Simulate Energy Harvesting from Thermal Differences, in 17. GI/ITG KuVS Fachgespräch Sensornetze 13. & 14. September 2018, Braunschweig: Technical Report, Wolf Prof. Dr.-Ing., Lars and Büsching Dr.-Ing., Felix and Networks, Institute of Operating Systems and Computer, Braunschweig, pages 79-80, September 2018 (FGSN:Hartung:2018, DOI, BibTeX)
• Sven Pullwitt, Ulf Kulau, Robert Hartung and Lars C. Wolf: A Feasibility Study on Energy Harvesting from Soil Temperature Differences, in Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Real-World Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, RealWSN'18, Shenzhen, China, pages 1-6, ACM, 2018 (Pullwitt:2018:FSE:3277883.3277886, DOI, BibTeX)
• Robert Hartung, Ulf Kulau and Lars Wolf: Adaptive Wireless Sensor Networks: Robust but Efficient, in Proc. IDEA League Doctoral School on Transiently Powered Computing, Delft, The Netherlands, IDEA League (TU Delft, RWTH Aachen University, ETH Zurich, Chalmers University, Politecnico di Milano), November 2017 (hartung:tpc2017, BibTeX)
• Laura Marie Feeney, Robert Hartung, Christian Rohner, Ulf Kulau, Lars Wolf and Per Gunningberg: Towards Realistic Lifetime Estimation in Battery-powered IoT Devices, in Proceedings of the 15th ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems, SenSys '17, Delft, Netherlands, pages 67:1-67:2, ACM, 2017 (Feeney:2017:TRL:3131672.3136985, DOI, BibTeX)
• Robert Hartung, Ulf Kulau, Björn Gernert, Stephan Rottmann and Lars Wolf: On the Experiences with Testbeds and Applications in Precision Farming, in Proceedings of the First ACM International Workshop on the Engineering of Reliable, Robust, and Secure Embedded Wireless Sensing Systems, FAILSAFE'17, Delft, The Netherlands, pages 54-61, ACM, 2017 (Hartung:Sensys:2017:FAILSAFE, DOI, BibTeX, Slides)
• S. Rottmann, R. Hartung, J. Käberich and L. Wolf: Amphisbaena: A Two-Platform DTN Node, in 2016 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), pages 246-254, October 2016 (Rottmann:MASS:2016, DOI, BibTeX, Slides)
• Georg von Zengen, Robert Hartung, Ulf Kulau, Felix Büsching and Lars Wolf: Low Cost Temperature Controlled Testbed for WSNs, Augsburg, Germany, September 2016 (FGSN:2016, BibTeX)
• R. Hartung, U. Kulau and L. Wolf: Distributed Energy Measurement in WSNs for Outdoor Applications, in 2016 13th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON), pages 1-9, June 2016 (Hartung:Secon:2016, DOI, BibTeX)
• R. Hartung, U. Kulau and L. Wolf: Demo: PotatoScope - Scalable and Dependable Distributed Energy Measurement for WSNs, in 2016 13th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON), pages 1-3, June 2016 (Hartung:Secon:2016:Demo, DOI, BibTeX)
• F. Büsching, W. Pöttner, D. Brökelmann, G. von Zengen, R. Hartung, K. Hinz and L. Wolf: A demonstrator of the GINSENG-approach to performance and closed loop control in WSNs, in Networked Sensing Systems (INSS), 2012 Ninth International Conference on, pages 1 -2, June 2012 (Buesching:INSS:2012, DOI, BibTeX, Best Demo Award)

Teaching