The Institute of Telematics (ITM) is one of the Institutes of Computer Science of the University of Lübeck and has been established in 1996. It is active in the research field of protocols, algorithms, and applications for communication in Networks and Distributed Systems: ITM focuses on support of modern structures like wireless sensor networks and Ad-Hoc-Networks in the context of Mobile and Pervasive Computing as well as middleware concepts for Web Services and Grid Computing. Applications of special interest comprise the deployment of wireless Ad-Hoc-Networks in a wide range of applications from healthcare to civil protection.