Department of Distributed and Dependable Systems

School of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University

Our department is responsible for research and education in the advanced techniques for building reliable component-based software especially in the field of distributed and dependable systems, spanning from smart cyber-physical systems and IoT to cloud-based backends. Our research comprises advanced software architectures, adaptation, model-driven development, model-based testing, formal verification of software, performance measurement and modeling.

The vision pursued by our department is that of high-quality scientific research with strong industrial relevance, with the aim to enable rapid and cost-efficient production of complex and reliable software systems. To achieve this vision, our department actively collaborates on the national and international level with both academic and industrial partners.

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News From the Department

Next D3S seminar by Michal Töpfer

3 November 2026

The next D3S seminar will be on Tuesday, November 03 at 14:00. Michal Töpfer will talk about Machine learning techniques in self-adaptive systems.

What Do R Benchmarks Measure: Toward a Performance-Characterized Benchmark Suite for R

2 October 2026

Our paper What Do R Benchmarks Measure: Toward a Performance-Characterized Benchmark Suite for R by M. Kocourek, F. Říha, O. Tušla, P. Donat-Bouillud, F. Křikava, J. Vitek has been accepted to Proceedings of the 18th ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Virtual Machines and Intermediate Languages.

Accepted paper in Future Generation Computer Systems

22 June 2026

Our paper On Limits of LLMs in Adaptation of Ensemble-Based Architectures by Michal Töpfer, Tomáš Bureš, František Plášil and Petr Hnětynka has been accepted for publication in the Future Generation Computer Systems.

A Typed Intermediate Representation for Dynamic Languages

1 June 2026

Our paper A Typed Intermediate Representation for Dynamic Languages by M. Laurent, J. Hain, F. Křikava, S. Krynski, J. Vitek has been accepted to ACM Trans. Program. Lang. Syst..

Type Inference for Functional and Imperative Dynamic Languages

1 April 2026

Our paper Type Inference for Functional and Imperative Dynamic Languages by M. Laurent, J. Vitek has been accepted to Proc. ACM Program. Lang..

Finding Shortest Walks in Kuru Kuru Kururin

1 January 2026

Our paper Finding Shortest Walks in Kuru Kuru Kururin by M. Laurent, M. Mallem has been accepted to 13th International Conference on Fun with Algorithms (FUN 2026).