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Die ATHENE-Forschung ist in Forschungsbereiche gegliedert, die jeweils einem klaren Auftrag folgen. Mit einer Reihe von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekten tragen diese Forschungsbereiche zum Gesamtauftrag von ATHENE bei.

Analytics Based Cybersecurity (ABC)

Koordinatorin:

Prof. Haya Schulmann

ABC New Directions
Prof. Haya Schulmann
Active Cyber Defense
Prof. Haya Schulmann
Control-Flow Fingerprinting for Malware Detection (CFFP)
Prof. Haya Schulmann
Prof. Michael Waidner
Prof. Reiner Hähnle
Large-scale LDAP and S/MIME Analysis (LLAMA)
Prof. Sebastian Schinzel
Research Platform Internet Cybersecurity
Prof. Haya Schulmann
Routing Security
Prof. Haya Schulmann
SecScan
Prof. Michael Waidner
Security of Critical Infrastructures
Prof. Haya Schulmann
Security of Web Ecosystem (Websec)
Collaborative P2P Botnet Monitoring and Data-Analysis
Visual Analytics

Automatic Vulnerability Scanning and Verification (AVSV)

Koordinator:

Dr. Steven Arzt

Cross-Language Data Flow Detection and Analysis for iOS Binaries (XDaFlowD)
Dr. Jens Heider
Cross-Language Library-Aware Security Analysis of Complex Software Systems
Prof. Mira Mezini
Enhanced Vulnerability Detection
Dr. Steven Arzt
Foundational Models for Secure Software Development
Prof. Mira Mezini
Prof. Iryna Gurevych
Prof. Kristian Kersting
Hybrid Fuzzing for Apps and Web Applications
Dr. Steven Arzt
Visual and User-Centric Support for Verifying and Avoiding Vulnerabilities
Prof. Jörn Kohlhammer
Automatic Vulnerability Scanner for Mobile Applications
Automatic Vulnerability Verification
Further development of the CogniCrypt Assistant to ensure the correct use of crypto libraries
Machine Learning for Vulnerability Detection
User-centric visualization of security problems
Vulnerability Detection for Hybrid Apps using Generic Analyses

Cryptography (Crypto)

Koordinator:

Prof. Marc Fischlin

Cryptography and Game Theory for Decentralized Exchanges (CRYPTOECONOMICS)
Prof. Sebastian Faust
Leakage Models for Masking: Bridging the gap between theory and practice (LEAK)
Prof. Sebastian Faust
Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions, Revisited (OPRF)
PORTUNUS
Prof. Andreas Koch
Quantum-Resistance of Symmetric-Key Primitives
Prof. Marc Fischlin
Secure and Fast Quantum Key Distribution (SATURN)
Prof. Marc Fischlin
Prof. Andreas Heinemann
Secure Compiler and Verification Tools for Masking Schemes in the Noisy Leakage Model (CoVeriNoisy)
Prof. Amir Moradi
Prof. Sebastian Faust
Agile and Easy-to-use Integration of PQC Schemes
High Performance Implementations of PQC Schemes
Dr. Fabian Ising
Design and Analysis of PQC Primitives
PQC Building Blocks for eCard Applications - Quantum-resilient PACE
Prof. Alexander Wiesmaier

Energy

Koordinatorin:

Prof. Haya Schulmann

Cybersecurity Compliance in the Energy Sector (CybEnergy)
Dr. Annika Selzer
Real-time Automated Attack Isolation for Smart Home Energy Systems (HomePPSec)
Dr. Thorsten Henkel
Trustworthy Power Electronic Converters for the Secure Operation of Active Distribution Grids (TrustedPowerCon)
Prof. Florian Steinke

Legal Aspects of Privacy and IT Security (LeAP)

Koordinatorin:

Dr. Annika Selzer

Legal aspects of offensive cybersecurity research in dark-X environments (Dark-X)
Dr. Annika Selzer
Legal framework for offensive cybersecurity research (LegRes)
Dr. Annika Selzer
Privacy at Large (P@L)
Dr. Annika Selzer
Systematic privacy for large, real-life data processing systems
Dr. Annika Selzer

Next Generation Biometric Systems (NGBS)

Koordinatoren:

Prof. Christian Rathgeb

Prof. Christoph Busch

Prof. Naser Damer

Biometric Sample Quality Assessment
Florian Kirchbuchner, M. Sc.
Dr. Olaf Henniger
Embedded Biometrics
Florian Kirchbuchner, M. Sc.
Prof. Naser Damer
Fair Biometric Systems
Prof. Christoph Busch
Operational Challenges in Face Recognition
Secure Identity Management
Florian Kirchbuchner, M. Sc.
Prof. Naser Damer
Trustworthy Biometrics (TrustBio)
Prof. Christoph Busch
Prof. Christian Rathgeb
Bias and Fairness in Biometric Systems
Biometric Tampering Detection

Reliable and Verifiable Information through Secure Media (REVISE)

Koordinator:

Prof. Martin Steinebach

Chat Control, Age Verification and Resilience for Minors (ChARM)
Prof. Martin Steinebach
Cross-Domain Disinformation Analysis (CRISIS)
Prof. Martin Steinebach
Deepfake REcognition and Artificial Media (DREAM)
Prof. Martin Steinebach
Safeguarding LLMs against Misleading Evidence Attack (SafeLLMs)
Prof. Iryna Gurevych
Trustworthy and Explainable AI-generated Text Detection (TXAITD)
Prof. Iryna Gurevych
Security and Privacy in Automated OSINT (SePiA)
Prof. Martin Steinebach

Science Shield

Koordinatorin:

Prof. Haya Schulmann

Secure Digital Transformation in Health Care (SeDiTraH)

Koordinator:

Prof. Jörn Kohlhammer

Collecting and Sharing Distributed Medical Data of a Digital Twin - Securely, Privacy-friendly and User-centered (MeDiTwin)
Prof. Jörn Kohlhammer
Privacy-Aware Domain-Adaptive Medical NLP (PADAM)
Prof. Iryna Gurevych
Disinformation and Corona
Prof. Martin Steinebach
Fake News and Conspiracy Theories
Prof. Iryna Gurevych
JAB Codes for Secure Ad-hoc Documents
Prof. Martin Steinebach
Know Your App
Quality Assurance of Biomedical Literature
Prof. Iryna Gurevych
Security Analysis of the German Corona Warn App
Dr. Steven Arzt
Secure Medical Data Sharing

Secure Urban Infrastructures (SecUrban)

Koordinator:

Prof. Christian Reuter

Security of Fiber-Optic Critical Infrastructures (SecFOCI)
Prof. Christian Reuter
Security and Privacy of Location Systems in Urban Environments (SPLocS)
Prof. Matthias Hollick
Architecture and Processes for Effective Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection in Smart Cities (SecArch)
Dr. Michael Kreutzer
Integrating Safety and Security Aspects in Secure Urban Infrastructures (SaSec)
Secure Urban Mesh Networks (Smesh)
Security Modelling and Simulation of Secure Urban Infrastructures (SeMS)
Security of Urban Infrastructures Against Cyberattacks (SecAttack)
Situation Awareness for Smart Cities (SiAware)

Security and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence (SenPAI)

Koordinator:

Prof. Martin Steinebach

Detecting CSAM without the Need for CSAM Training Data (DeCNeC)
Dr. Oren Halvani
Forensic and OSINT Technology with Machine Learning (FROST + ML) (FROST)
Prof. Martin Steinebach
LLM-Aided and Affected Authorship Verification/Attribution (LAVA)
Dr. Oren Halvani
Interactive Visual Cyber Analytics for Trust and Explainability in Artificial Intelligence for Sensitive Data (VCAXAI)
Prof. Jörn Kohlhammer
Protecting Privacy and Sensitive Information in Texts
Prof. Iryna Gurevych
Robustness in Machine Learning (RoMa)
Prof. Martin Steinebach
Security in Large Language Models (SecLLM)
Prof. Iryna Gurevych
Adversarial Attacks on NLP systems
Prof. Iryna Gurevych
EXplainable REinforcement Learning for Secure Intelligent Systems (XReLeaS)
Security and Privacy in Automated OSINT (SePiA)
Prof. Martin Steinebach

Trustworthy Data Ecosystems (TRUDATA)

Koordinatoren:

Prof. Carsten Binnig

Prof. Sebastian Faust

Distributed Usage and Information-Flow Control in the IoT (DUCIF)
Prof. Heiko Mantel
High-Performance Analytical & Secure Query Processing for Cloud Databases (HiPeAC)
Model-centric Deductive Verification of Smart Contracts
Dr. Richard Bubel
Prof. Reiner Hähnle
Probabilistic Data Structures in Adversarial Environments
Trustworthy Decentralized Coordination and Authentication (TruDeCoA)
Cryptographic Primitives for Secure Decentralized Protocols
Distributed Ledger & Multiparty Computation
Encryption Meets Search
Prof. Marc Fischlin
Federated Machine Learning
Hardware-assisted Data Protection
Securing Refinements of Distributed Workflows
Prof. Heiko Mantel
Trusted and Scalable Shared Databases
Prof. Carsten Binnig
Trusted Multiparty Computation as a Service
Prof. Sebastian Faust
Trusted Utilization of Personal Data
Prof. Mira Mezini

User-centered Security and Privacy (UCSP)

Koordinatoren:

Prof. Andreas Heinemann

Prof. Christian Reuter

AddressIng Deceptive designs with a tech-assisted citizen science Approach (AIDA)
A PrIvacy companion for mOtivatioN andknowlEdge transfER (PIONEER)
Dr. Ephraim Zimmer
Dr. Nina Gerber
A Security Mechanism to Detect and MitigatePerceptual Manipulations in Extended Reality (XR-GUARD)
Prof. Jan Gugenheimer
Comprehensive Probabilistic QoSec-Assessment (ComPAss)
User-Centered Technology Design for Cyber Situational Awareness
Prof. Christian Reuter
Visualization-based Technologies as Enablers for Privacy Sovereignty Online (PriVis)
Prof. Jörn Kohlhammer
Data Economy and Privacy—An International and Intercultural Perspective
Easy-to-use Processes and Tools for User-Centric Co-Development of PETs
Economics of Cybersecurity (EcoSec)
Fingerprinting Detection and Remediation in Mobile Apps (FiDeReMa)
Dr. Jens Heider
Formal QoSec for Comparison and Composition (FoCC)
PETs for Smart Cities in Security Situations
PETs in Disease-Management Programs to Reduce Health Care Costs
Practical Private Set Intersection for Data Protection
Privacy Risks and Safety in Machine Learning (PRisMa)
Quantitative and Probabilistic QoSec in Complex HW/SW-Systems (QPSys)
Technical Support for the Implementation of Requirements in Applications in Accordance with GDPR (TECHIRA)
Visualization of Critical Aspects for Data Analysis and Privacy