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Conference on Security and Peace Research celebrates its Premiere in Darmstadt
The Conference on the Perspectives of Scientific and Technical Peace and Security Research will take place in Darmstadt for the first time in 2019. Prof. Dr. Christian Reuter, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, organizes the conference together with IANUS (Interdisciplinary Working Group for Science, Technology and Security), FONAS (Research Association for Science, Disarmament and International Security) and the DFG Collaborative Research Center CROSSING.
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Fraunhofer ICT Dissertation Award 2018 goes to CRISP-Researcher
This years first price of the Fraunhofer ICT Dissertation Award goes to Dr. Steven Arzt, Fraunhofer SIT, for his dissertation "Static Data Flow Analysis for Android Applications". In his work he presents techniques for static data flow analysis, which are able to efficiently analyse big amounts of code, even binary code, of real Android apps.
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Blockchain Research Center opened
Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi and Prof. Sebastian Faust, both from CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, have in cooperation with Prof. Philipp Sandner of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Goethe University and international academic and industrial partners Ledgers and Contracts founded the Center for Secure Distributed Ledgers and Contracts. The center researches decentralized security technologies and conducts interdisciplinary research between computer science, law and economics.
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ISCRAM 2019
The 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) will offer an internatinal forum for scientists and users to discuss compositon, development and usage of information systems that are aimed to improve on coping mechanisms for crisis and disaster situations. The conference will offer different tracks, which will present different focal points of the topic. Prof. Christian Reuter, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, is co-chair of the track "Social Media in Crisis and Conflicts".
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FONAS Annual Conference 2018
At this year's autumn conference of the Research Alliance for Science, Disarmament and International Security (FONAS), Prof. Christian Reuter, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, presented the subject area "Science and Technology for Peace and Security." Thea Riebe, PhD student in the field PEASEC and research associate of the research group KontiKat at the University of Siegen, explained in their presentation a research project for the evaluation of dual-use risks in software development and was also elected as a member of the FONAS board of directors.
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International Exchange
Vice minister Chung-Jung Su lead a delegation of 24 members to be informed during their visit of the cyber security research in Darmstadt. Researchers of CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt and Fraunhofer SIT presented their development strategies, international activities and new fields of research and showcased their individual work groups.
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