People
The ComNets Team
Anna Förster
Prof. Dr.
Building: NW1 Room: S2270
Phone/Fax: +49 421 218 -62383 / -9862383
Email: afoerster@...
Web: portrait
ORCID
Alexandra Avenius
Secretary
Building: NW1 Room: W2110
Phone/Fax: +49 421 218 -62525 / -9862525
Email: avenius@...
Personal Information
Asanga Udugama received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Bremen, Germany, where he is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Sustainable Communication Networks Group. His current research interests focus on developing opportunistic networking architectures for the Internet of Things with an emphasis on sustainability.
Jens Dede
Dr.-Ing.
Building: NW1 Room: S2280
Phone/Fax: +49 421 218 -62379 / -9862379
Email: jd@...
ORCID
Personal Information
Jens Dede received his Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) from the University of Bremen, Germany. He is a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Sustainable Communication Networks Group. His current research interests focus on image processing, AI applications and several aspects of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Shadi Attarha
Dr.-Ing.
Building: NW1 Room: S2280
Phone: +49 421 218 -62371
Email: shadi...
Web: Google Scholar
Personal Information
Shadi Attarha is a postdoctoral researcher in the Sustainable Communication Networks (ComNets) group. She earned her PhD from Universität Bremen in 2025 under the supervision of Prof. Anna Förster. Her research focuses on ensuring reliable sensor data by developing fault detection methods for time series data, particularly in IoT applications.
Thenuka Karunathilake
Scientific Assistant
Building: NW1 Room: S2310
Phone: +49 421 218 -62365
Email: thenuka...
Personal Information
Thenuka Karunathilake completed his Master's degree in Communication and Information Technology at the University of Bremen, and currently, he is working at the Sustainable Communication Networks department as a Research assistant. His research is focused on Vehicular Networks, specifically in Collective Perception Services, to improve vehicular safety.
Research
The following links point to information about his research.
Personal Information
Saurabh Band completed his M.Sc. in Embedded Systems, in 2021, at TU Chemnitz. He is currently working as a Research Assistant at Department of Sustainable Communication Networks (ComNets) at University of Bremen. His research interests include Internet of Things (IoT), Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and Machine Learning Applications. He is currently working in the direction of Fault Detection and Diagnosis in IoT, where the goal is to enable different components of IoT to self-monitor with help of pattern recognition.
Research
Julia Steiwer
Scientific Assistant
Building: NW1 Room: S2310
Phone: +49 421 218 -62384
Email: steiwer...
Web: ORCID
Personal Information
Julia Steiwer is a researcher at ComNets Bremen whose work focuses on water quality monitoring and prediction using IoT and machine learning. She finished her M.Sc. in Marine Sensors at the University of Oldenburg and worked at the BAW in Hamburg before joining ComNets to pursue her PhD.
Research
Jennifer Horstmann
Scientific Assistant
Building: NW1 Room: S2280
Phone: +49 421 218 -62382
Email: jeho@...
External PhD Students
Piumika Karunanayake
Andre Lübken
Former Staff
Vishnupriya Parimalam
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Pötsch - New York University, Abu Dhabi
Dr.-Ing. Yasir Mahmood
Prof. Dr. Carmelita Görg
Martina Kammann
Ato Abi Abate, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology
Idrees Zaman