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ATHENE is accompanying the digitalization of society, economy and government from the perspective of cybersecurity and privacy with application-oriented cutting-edge research and development. The research is divided into variuos research areas headed by coordinators. In projects assigned to these research areas, concepts, methods and technologies are being developed that sustainably improve and ensure cyber security and privacy protection across all areas of life. An interdisciplinary approach to the problems involves different sciences such as psychology, ergonomics, economics, etc.
- Collaborative P2P Botnet Monitoring and Data-AnalysisProf. Max Mühlhäuser
- Research Platform Internet CybersecurityDr. Haya Shulman
- Routing SecurityDr. Haya Shulman
- Visual AnalyticsProf. Jörn Kohlhammer
- Automatic Vulnerability Scanner for Mobile ApplicationsDr. Steven Arzt
- Automatic Vulnerability VerificationDr. Steven Arzt
- Further development of the CogniCrypt Assistant to ensure the correct use of crypto librariesProf. Mira Mezini
- Probabilistic Programming for Vulnerability DetectionProf. Kristian Kersting
- User-centric visualization of security problemsProf. Jörn Kohlhammer
- Vulnerability Detection for Hybrid Apps using Generic AnalysesProf. Mira Mezini
- Agile and Easy-to-use Integration of PQC SchemesProf. Andreas HeinemannProf. Alexander Wiesmaier
- Design and Analysis of PQC PrimitivesDr. Juliane Krämer
- High Performance Implementations of PQC SchemesNorman Lahr
Next Generation Biometric Systems (NGBS)
Coordinators:
Prof. Christoph Busch
Dr. Christian Rathgeb
- Bias and Fairness in Biometric SystemsProf. Christoph BuschDr. Pawel Drozdowski
- Biometric sample quality assessmentFlorian Kirchbuchner, M. Sc.Dr. Olaf Henniger
- Biometric Tampering DetectionProf. Christoph BuschDr. Christian Rathgeb
- Embedded BiometricsFlorian Kirchbuchner, M. Sc.Dr. Naser Damer
- Operational Challenges in Face RecognitionProf. Christoph BuschDr. Christian Rathgeb
- Secure Identity ManagementFlorian Kirchbuchner, M. Sc.Dr. Naser Damer
- Cryptographic Evaluation of Bluetooth (CryptoBlue)Prof. Marc Fischlin
- Efficient practical tests of the security properties of IoT systems through the use of novel return channels (ETCH)Prof. Christoph Krauß
- Next Generation Secure Wireless Communications (NGWiSec)Prof. Matthias Hollick
- Open Side-Channel-Resilient Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) Design (TrusTEE)Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi
- Secure Hardware Monitors for Data and Control Flows (SHMoDaCo)Prof. Andreas Koch
- Security and Privacy of IoT Communication Technologies (SPIC)Prof. Christoph Krauß
- Automotive Forensic Processing (AuFoP)Prof. Christoph Busch
- REadyness for FOrensics in Mobility (ReForM)Prof. Martin Steinebach
- SEcure Automotive COmmunication Protocols (SEACOP)Prof. Christoph Krauß
- SECurity Test and Evaluation platform for Autonomous driving – used for IDPS (SECTEA)Prof. Christoph Krauß
- Disinformation and CoronaProf. Martin Steinebach
- Fake News and Conspiracy TheoriesProf. Iryna Gurevych
- JAB Codes for Secure Ad-hoc DocumentsProf. Martin Steinebach
- Know Your AppProf. Mira Mezini
- Quality Assurance of Biomedical LiteratureProf. Iryna Gurevych
- Secure Medical Data SharingDr. Stefan Wesarg
- Security Analysis of the German Corona Warn AppDr. Steven Arzt
- Architecture and Processes for Effective Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection in Smart Cities (SecArch)Dr. Haya Shulman
- Integrating Safety and Security Aspects in Secure Urban Infrastructures (SaSec)Prof. Joachim Vogt
- Secure Urban Mesh Networks (Smesh)Prof. Matthias Hollick
- Security Modelling and Simulation of Secure Urban Infrastructures (SeMS)Prof. Max Mühlhäuser
- Security of Urban Infrastructures Against Cyberattacks (SecAttack)Prof. Christian Reuter
- Situation Awareness for Smart Cities (SiAware)Florian Kirchbuchner, M. Sc.
Security and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence (SenPAI)
Coordinator:
Prof. Martin Steinebach
- Adversarial Attacks on NLP systemsProf. Iryna Gurevych
- EXplainable REinforcement Learning for Secure Intelligent Systems (XReLeaS)Prof. Jan Peters
- Robustness in Machine Learning (RoMa)Prof. Martin Steinebach
- Security and Privacy in Automated OSINT (SePiA)Prof. Martin Steinebach
Trustworthy Data Ecosystems (TRUDATA)
Coordinators:
Prof. Carsten Binnig
Prof. Sebastian Faust
- Cryptographic Primitives for Secure Decentralized ProtocolsDr. Jean Paul Degabriele
- Distributed Ledger & Multiparty ComputationProf. Sebastian Faust
- Federated Machine LearningProf. Carsten Binnig
User-centered Security and Privacy (UCSP)
Coordinators:
Prof. Max Mühlhäuser
Prof. Peter Buxmann
- Data Economy and Privacy—An International and Intercultural PerspectiveProf. Peter Buxmann
- Easy-to-use Processes and Tools for User-Centric Co-Development of PETsProf. Andreas Heinemann
- PETs for Smart Cities in Security SituationsProf. Christian Reuter
- PETs in Disease-Management Programs to Reduce Health Care CostsProf. Kay Hamacher
- Practical Private Set Intersection for Data ProtectionProf. Thomas Schneider
- Privacy Risks and Safety in Machine Learning (PRisMa)Prof. Martin Steinebach
- Technical Support for the Implementation of Requirements in Applications in Accordance with GDPR (TECHIRA)Dr. Annika Selzer
- Visualization of Critical Aspects for Data Analysis and PrivacyProf. Jörn Kohlhammer
- Comprehensive Probabilistic QoSec-Assessment (ComPAss)Prof. Max Mühlhäuser
- Economics of Cybersecurity (EcoSec)Prof. Peter Buxmann
- Formal QoSec for Comparison and Composition (FoCC)Prof. Heiko Mantel
- Quantitative and Probabilistic QoSec in Complex HW/SW-Systems (QPSys)Prof. Matthias Hollick
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