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Institute of Information Resource Management

Steffen Wendzel is the Chair of the Institute of Information Resource Management (IRM / OMI) and Director of the kiz (university library and computing center). He received his habilitation (2020) and PhD (Dr. rer. nat., 2013) from the University of Hagen, Germany. Before joining Ulm University, he was a lecturer (Privatdoz.) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, FernUniversitÀt in Hagen, a professor and director of the Center for Technology and Transfer (ZTT), Hochschule Worms, and a PostDoc at the Dep. Cyber Security, Fraunhofer FKIE, Bonn.

Current Roles:

  • since 2024: Chair of the Institute of Information Resource Management (OMI)
  • since 2024: Director of the Library and Computing Center (kiz), Ulm University
  • since 2026: Scientific Spokesperson of BelWĂŒ
  • since 2024: Member: Working Group of the Scientific Computing Center Directors Baden-WĂŒrttemberg (ALWR)
  • since 2024: Member: Working Group of the Library Directors Baden-WĂŒrttemberg (AG BibDir)
  • since 2025: Responsible for the State-level High-performance Computing Project bwHPC-S5 (jointly with Prof. M. Frank, KIT)
  • since 2025: Member: consultative group for bwInfoSec
  • since 2024: Member: Senatsausschuss Lehre, UniversitĂ€t Ulm
  • since 2024: Member: Lenkungsausschuss des Projekts Campusportal zur EinfĂŒhrung von HISinOne, Ulm University
  • since 2025: DFN Representative for Ulm University
  • since 2025: ZKI Representative for Ulm University
  • since 2026: External member RARP (Rechenzentrumsallianz Rheinland-Pfalz)

More information:

Publications

146.
, Mileva A, Franqueira VNL, Jaatun MG. Editorial: Fighting Cybersecurity Risks from a Multidisciplinary Perspective. Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS). 2024; 30(9):1137—1139.             
145.
, Plötner J. Linux. Der Grundkurs. 2 ed. Rheinwerk Verlag; 2024      
144.
, Wressnegger C, Hartmann L, Freiling F, Armknecht F, Reinfelder L. Sicherheit 2024 — BeitrĂ€ge der 12. Jahrestagung des Fachbereichs Sicherheit der Gesellschaft fĂŒr Informatik e.V. (GI). Gesellschaft fĂŒr Informatik e.V. (GI); 2024      
143.
Schymiczek J, Schmidbauer T, . A Case Study on the Detection of Hash-Chain-based Covert Channels Using Heuristics and Machine Learning. In: Proc. 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2024). ACM; 2024             
142.
Strachanski F, Petrov D, Schmidbauer T, . A Comprehensive Pattern-based Overview of Stegomalware. In: Proc. 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2024). ACM; 2024             
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Dittmann J, KrĂ€tzer C, Kiltz S, Altschaffel R, Vielhauer C, , Wefel S, Nitsch H. Attribution von verdeckten (Informations-)KanĂ€len im Bereich kritischer Infrastrukturen und Potentiale fĂŒr PrĂ€vention und Reaktion (ATTRIBUT). In: GI Sicherheit 2024 — Sicherheit, Schutz und ZuverlĂ€ssigkeit. Gesellschaft fĂŒr Informatik e.V. (GI); 2024 p. 265—268.             
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, Schmidbauer T, Kubek M, Keller J, . Look What's There! Utilizing the Internet's Existing Data for Censorship Circumvention with OPPRESSION. In: Proc. 19th ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security (AsiaCCS 2024). ACM; 2024 p. 80—95.             
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Keller J, Heßeling C, . Robust and Homomorphic Covert Channels in Streams of Numeric Data. In: Proc. 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2024). ACM; 2024             
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, Caviglione L, Mazurczyk W. Avoiding research tribal wars using taxonomies. IEEE Computer. 2023; 56(1):93—96.             
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Aehle M, Alme J, Barnaföldi GG, BlĂŒhdorn J, Bodova T, Borshchov V, Brink A, Eikeland VN, Feofilov G, Garth C, Gauger NR, GrĂžttvik OS, Helstrup H, Igolkin S, Keidel R, Kobdaj C, Kortus T, Kusch L, Leonhardt V, Mehendale S, Mulawade RN, Odland OH, O'Neill G, Papp G, Peitzmann T, Pettersen HES, Piersimoni P, Pochampalli R, Protsenko M, Rauch M, Rehman AU, Richter M, Roehrich D, Sagebaum M, Santana J, Schilling A, Seco J, Songmoolnak A, SudĂĄr Ă, Tambave G, Tymchuk I, Ullaland K, Varga-KƑfaragĂł M, Volz L, Wagner B, , Wiebel A, Xiao R, Yang S, . Exploration of differentiability in a proton computed tomography simulation framework. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2023; 68(24)1             

Open Theses and Projects

4.
(AI-based) Intrusion Detection for Supercomputing . 2026
3.
Covert Channel Amplification (Multiple Topics Available) [Bachelor/Master]. 2026
2.
Fuzzing for Censorship Circumvention [Bachelor/Master]. 2025
1.
Evaluation of Tor Obfuscation Extensions [Bachelor/Master]. 2024