Steering Committee Memberships:

  • since 2024: Arbeitskreis der Leiterinnen und Leiter der wissenschaftlichen Rechenzentren (ALWR) in Baden-Württemberg
  • since 2024: AG der Bibliotheksdirektorinnen und –direktoren in Baden-Württemberg (AG BibDir)
  • since 2024: Großgerätekommission der Universität Ulm
  • since 2024: Senatsausschuss Lehre, Universität Ulm
  • 2017-2023 (re-elected 2020): Elected Member of EURASIP Special Area Team (SAT) on Biometrics, Data Forensics, and Security (BForSec)
  • since 2015: Europol EC3: Criminal Use of Information Hiding (CUIng) Initiative
  • 2014-2016: Arbeitskreis kritische Informations- und Kommunikationsinfrastrukturen (AK KRITIS) of the German Informatics Society (GI) SIG Management für Informationssicherheit, SECMGT 
  • 2013-2015: EU NIS Public-Private Platform Working Group 3 on Secure ICT research and innovation; Leading the AoI (Area of Interest) on Trustworthy (Hyperconnected) Infrastructures

Other Memberships:

Nominations/Awards/Scholarships:

Research Abroad:

  • 4/2023: Visiting colleagues at Technical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (host: Prof. Dr. Wojciech Mazurczyk).
  • 3/2023: Visiting colleagues at CentraleSupélec, Rennes, France (host: Prof. Dr. Jean-Francois Lalande).
  • 11-12/2022: Visiting researcher at Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies (IMATI), CNR, Genova, Italy (host: Dr. Luca Caviglione).
  • 02/2016: Visiting colleagues at the Murdoch University, Perth, Australia (host: Dr. Sebastian Zander).
  • 2013, 2014, 2015: several longer stays in Brussels, Belgium, for Fraunhofer Brussels as part of EU-related activities.
  • 10/2013: Visiting colleagues at the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland (host: Prof. Dr. Wojciech Mazurczyk).
  • 12/2011-01/2012: guest researcher at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, for the 2nd time for six weeks via project IT4SE (host: Dr. Masood Masoodian)
  • 12/2010-01/2011: guest researcher at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, for six weeks via project IT4SE (host: Dr. Masood Masoodian)

Advisory Board/Editorial Board Memberships

Journal Special Issues as Guest Editor

  • Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS) special issue Fighting Cybersecurity Risks from a Multidisciplinary Perspective, 2023/2024, together with Aleksandra Mileva, Virginia N. L. Franqueira, and Martin Gilje Jaatun.
  • IEEE Security & Privacy (S&P) special issue on Security & Privacy Issues on Home Globalization, 2022, together with Luca Caviglione, Aleksandra Mileva and Simon Vrhovec.
  • Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) special issue on Emerging Topics in Defending Networked Systems, 2022, together with Luca Caviglione, Amir Houmansadr and Wojciech Mazurczyk.
  • it – Information Technology (ITIT) special issue on Information security methodology and replication studies, 2022, together with Luca Caviglione, Aleksandra Mileva, Jean-Francois Lalande and Wojciech Mazurczyk.
  • Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications (JoWUA) special issue on Multidisciplinary Solutions to Modern Cybersecurity Challenges, 2021, together with Luca Caviglione, Aleksandra Mileva and Simon Vrhovec.
  • Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS) special issue on Information Security Methodology, Replication Studies and Information Security Education, 2020, together with Luca Caviglione, Alessandro Checco, Aleksandra Mileva, Jean-Francois Lalande and Wojciech Mazurczyk.
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII) special section on Cyber-Physical Security in Industrial Environments, 2019, together with Zhihan Lv, Wojciech Mazurczyk and Houbing Song.
  • IEEE Security & Privacy special issue on Digital Forensics, part 2, together with W. Mazurczyk, L. Caviglione and S. Garfinkel, 2019.
  • Security and Communication Networks (SCN) special issue Emerging and Unconventional: New Attacks and Innovative Detection Techniques, 2018, together with Luca Caviglione, Wojciech Mazurczyk and Sebastian Zander.
  • IEEE S&P Magazine special issue on Digital Forensics, part 1, together with W. Mazurczyk, L. Caviglione and S. Garfinkel, 2017.
  • Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS) special issue on Security, Privacy and Reliability of Smart Buildings, together with J. Keller, 2016.

Conference and Workshop Organization

Journal Reviews for:

  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • IEEE Network Magazine
  • IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (OJ-COMS)
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS)
  • IEEE Spectrum magazine (Spectrum)
  • IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Signal Processing Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (TCCN)
  • IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC)
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • IEEE Transactions on Education
  • IEEE IT Professional Journal
  • ACM Computing Reviews
  • Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS) 
  • Elsevier Computers & Security
  • Elsevier Computer Standards & Interfaces
  • Elsevier Applied Soft Computing
  • Elsevier Journal of Information Security & Applications
  • Elsevier Information Sciences
  • Elsevier International Journal of Intelligent Networks
  • Springer Annals of Telecommunications - Annales des Télécommunications (ANTE)
  • Springer Journal of Hardware and Systems Security}
  • Springer Multimedia Systems Journal (MMSJ)
  • Wiley Security and Communication Networks (SCN)
  • Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility (JCSM) 
  • Int. Journal on Advances in Security
  • MDPI Sensors and MDPI Applied Sciences
  • PeerJ Computer Science
  • IET Information Security
  • International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering
  • Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
  • Informatica Journal (Slovenian Society Informatika)
  • Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science

(Technical) Program Committee Memberships:

  • Selected Conferences:
    • ACSAC: ACSAC’24
    • ATC (Advanced and Trusted Computing): ATC’21, ATC’19
    • EICC (European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference, former Central European Cybersecurity Conference): EICC’25, EICC’24, (pc co-chair ‘23), EICC’22, EICC’21, (pc co-chair ‘20), CECC’19, CECC’18, CECC’17 (initial event)
    • HAS (Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy and Trust): HAS’17, HAS’16, HAS’15
    • IFIP SEC: SEC’17, SEC’16, SEC’15
    • NSS: NSS’23, NSS’22, NSS’21, NSS’19, NSS’18, NSS’17
    • SICHERHEIT: (chair Sicherheit’24), Sicherheit’22, Sicherheit’20, Sicherheit’18, Sicherheit’16, Sicherheit’14.
    • CAST/GI Promotionspreis IT-Sicherheit: 2025, 2024, (rejected invitation in 2023), 2022
  • Selected Workshops:
    • BioStar/BCSN: BioStar’18, BioStar’17, BioStar’16, BCSN’15
    • CUING @ ARES (Criminal Use of Information Hiding): CUING’24, CUING’23, CUING’22, CUING’21, CUING’20, CUING’19, CUING’18, CUING’17 (initial event)
    • IWCC @ ARES (International Workshop on Cyber Crime): IWCC’24, IWCC’23, IWCC’22, IWCC’21, IWCC’20, IWCC’19, IWCC’18, IWCC’17, IWCC’16, IWCC’15, IWCC’14
    • PerEnergy (International Workshop on Pervasive Energy Services): PerEnergy’17, PerEnergy’16, PerEnergy’15
    • WTMC @ Euro S&P (Workshop on Traffic Measurement and Cybersecurity): WTMC’24, WTMC’23, WTMC’21, WTMC’20, WTMC’19, WTMC’18, WTMC’17, WTMC’16 (initial event)
  • Other PC Memberships (Selection): ACISP’20, EUSIPCO’23 and ‘19, IoT-SECFOR’19, IWDW’18, D-A-CH Security’18, AINA’17, D-A-CH Security’17, BigDAISy’17, IEACon’16, D-A-CH Security’16, GLOBECOM’15, ICIMP’13, ISTP’13
  • Invited reviews for: RAID’19, IECON’18, DIMVA’15, ICC’14
  • … and several special issue PC memberships for journals.

Reviews for Funding Proposals:

  • Innovationsförderagentur NRW/Forschungszentrum Jülich: NEXT.IN.NRW programme
  • Norges forskningsråd (Norwegian Research Society)

Reviews for books:

  • ACM Computing Reviews: multiple book reviews over the years (these appear in my list of publications as they are published reviews), since 2017
  • WILEY-IEEE Scientific: book proposal review, 2013
  • Galileo Press book review: Arnold Willemer: Linux-Server einrichten und administrieren mit Debian 6 GNU/Linux, 2011
  • Galileo Press book review: Dirk Becker: OpenVPN. Das Praxisbuch, 2008
  • Galileo Press book review: Thomas Theis: Einstieg in PHP5, 2006
  • Galileo Press book review: Sascha Kersken: Handbuch für Fachinformatiker; reviewed chapter on IT security, 2005