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ATHENE researcher becomes part of program chair for CANS 2020

Dr Haya Shulman of the Fraunhofer SIT is part of the program chair of this year’s International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security, CANS for short. Besides that, ATHENE is one of the supporters of the conference, whose focus lies on aspects of cryptology and data security, as well as network and computer security.

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Counter-espionage solution for eavesdropping devices Alexa & Co.

Together with partners from the U.S. and France, an ATHENE research team with members from the TU Darmstadt has developed a device that can detect Smart Home devices that stream audio recordings on the Internet without permission via language assistance.

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ATHENE director becomes advisory board member for association “AI Frankfurt Rhein-Main”

70 institutions in the Rhine Main Area have teamed up in the association “AI Frankfurt Rhein-Main”, AIF, so far. Their objectives are to set up the Rhine Main Area for the application of Artificial Intelligence and to support the citizens in their approach of the possible applications and their benefits. Now, ATHENE director Prof Michael Waidner has also been appointed member of the AIF advisory board. Among other tasks, he will be responsible for the establishment of ethical guidelines in relation to AI applications.

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Success for ATHENE researchers

ATHENE members from the contributing research institutions Fraunhofer SIT and TU Darmstadt were successfully able to place no less than ten papers at the “International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security”, ARES for short. ARES highlights different aspects of security, focusing mainly on the crucial connection between availability, reliability and security.

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ATHENE researcher in the organizing team of the Computer Science in Cars Symposium

Prof. Christoph Krauß, head of the department Cyber-Physical Systems and Automotive Security at Fraunhofer SIT and Professor for Network Security at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, is one of the program co-chairs of the Science in Cars Symposium, CSCS for short.

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