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About Us

Mission & People

The HGI, Research Department of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), is one of the largest and oldest institutes in the field of IT security in Europe. The institute was founded in 2002 at RUB to address the Europe-wide deficits in public research on IT security.

Currently, around 160 scientists from computer science, electrical engineering, information technology and mathematics as well as the humanities and social sciences are conducting research at the Research Department IT Security.

Our research is driven by these goals and values:

Our Mission Statement

At HGI, we aim

  • to conduct pioneering and cutting-edge research and lay the foundations for future cyber security
  • to provide excellent teaching and job opportunities for young cyber security researchers
  • to protect the general public, developers and users of cyber security alike
  • to make results available to the general public and maximize societal benefit of research
  • to be an important mediator in communication and in creating awareness for cyber security
  • to be a leader in the transfer of knowledge and in creating startups
  • to be an orchestrator of IT security and business for Bochum.

What the HGI stands for:

  • We are unconventional, innovative, creative and interdisciplinary
  • We are fair and supportive in working together as a team
  • We are open-minded and invite a diverse, liberal and cosmopolitan corporate culture
  • We promote professional discussion and welcome open scientific discourse.
HGI

25th anniversary of the IT Security studies at HGI, Copyright: RUB, Marquard

Our Working Groups and Members

The interdisciplinary environment of our institute covers nearly all aspects of IT security, from basic research in cryptography to internet security, security for the Internet of Things, usability and data protection:

Computer Science

Prof. Dr. Kevin Borgolte

Software Security Group

Prof. Dr. Maike Buchin

Chair for Theoretical Computer Science

Prof. Dr. Asja Fischer

Chair for Machine Learning

Prof. Dr. Nils Fleischhacker

Chair for Theoretical Cryptography

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tim Güneysu

Chair for Security Engineering

Person mit Baseballkappe und dunklem T-Shirt vor unscharfem Hintergrund. Es handelt sich um Nils Jansen.
Prof. Dr. Nils Jansen

Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Formal Methods

Prof. Dr. Ghassan Karame

Chair for Information Security

Prof. Dr. Eike Kiltz

Chair for Cryptography

Frau mit kurzem braunem Haar trägt ein helles T-Shirt und ein graues Sakko vor unscharfem Hintergrund. Es handelt sich um Katharina Kohls.
Prof. Dr. Katharina Kohls

Chair for System Security

Prof. Dr. Gregor Leander

Chair for Symmetric Cryptography

Prof. Dr. Karola Marky

Workgroup Digital Sovereignty

Prof. Dr. Alexander May

Chair of Cryptology and IT Security

Prof. Dr. Veelasha Moonsamy

Chair for System Security

Prof. Dr. Alena Naiakshina

Chair for Developer-Centred Security

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Prof. Dr. Rebekah Overdorf

Chair for Security and Trustworthiness of Online Information

Prof. Dr. Christof Paar

Chair for Embedded Security

Prof. Dr. Martina Angela Sasse

Chair for Hu­man-Cent­red Se­cu­ri­ty

Prof. Dr. Jörg Schwenk

Chair for Network and Data Security

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Prof. Dr. Flavio Toffalini

Automated Security Analysis

Prof. Dr. Michael Walter

Chair for Quantum Information

Prof. Dr. Yuval Yarom

Chair for Computer Security

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Prof. Dr. Bilal Zafar

Chair for Computing and Society

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Prof. Dr. Jonas Haferkamp

Chari for Quantum Computing

Electrical and Information Technology

Prof. Dr. -Ing. Aydin Sezgin

Chair for Digital Communication Systems

Prof. Dr. Christian Zenger

Secure Mobile Networking

Psychology and Educational Sciences

Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel

Chair of Educational Psychology and Educational Technology

Associated Members of the HGI

  


Prof. Dr. Gilles Barthe

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Dr.-Ing. Asia Biega

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Dr. Marcel Böhme

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

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Prof. Dr. Meeyoung Cha

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lucas Davi

Chair for Computer Science, University Duisburg-Essen

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Jana Hofmann

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

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Prof. Dr. Thorsten Holz

CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security

Dr. habil. Cătălin Hrițcu

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Dr. Giulio Malavolta

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Person mit schwarzer Mütze und kariertem Hemd vor unscharfem Hintergrund. Es handelt sich um Abraham Mhaidli.
Dr. Abraham Mhaidli

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

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Dr. Tamalika Mukherjee

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Prof. Dr. Konrad Rieck

Chair of Machine Learning and Security, TU Berlin & BIFOLD

Dr. Clara Schneidewind

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Prof. Dr. Peter Schwabe

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

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Prof. Dr. Jatinder Singh

Universität Duisburg-Essen

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Prof. Dr. Carmela Troncoso

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Dr. Yixin Zou

Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

Working Group SicherDigi

SicherDigi (Security Production in the Digital Age) is an interdisciplinary research group that explores the topic of IT security from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences in close exchange with the technical sciences. SicherDigi investigates dynamics and processes of change at the intersection of the analog and the digital with a view to the question of how a need for IT security arises and what desired and unintended effects result from guaranteeing it. One focus is on empirical examples with a regional reference to the Ruhr region, which are used to concretize global developments. Both producers and consumers of IT security are taken into account. SicherDigi currently brings together RUB researchers from media science (Tuschling), philosophy (Weydner-Volkmann), law and criminology (Golla), social science (Sørensen, Galanova) and contemporary history (Goschler).

 

SFB 1567

The Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1567 "Virtual Lifeworlds" is an interdisciplinary network that researches the increase of virtuality in everyday life and the social and cultural transformation processes it sets in motion. It is dedicated to the virtual infusion of social subsystems and asks for consequences of individual subjects and their constitution, of lifeworld and aesthetic practices as well as social organizations and operations. The SFB gathers researchers from educational studies, German studies, history, art history, media studies and social sciences.

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HGI Board of Trustees

At the HGI, we are advised by the HGI Board of Trustees, especially regarding questions of research orientation and strategy. We are grateful that high-ranking representatives from business, politics, administration and science support us in this way and regularly provide important impulses.


Christian Bohne
Management Board

Horst Görtz Stiftung

Thomas Caspers
Vice President

Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)

Friederike Dahns
Head of Cyber and Information Security

Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI)

Susanne Dehmel
Member of the Executive Board

Bitkom e.V.

Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Jester
Head of Division, “Communication Technologies and Cybersecurity; CISPA”

BMFTR

Andreas Könen
Ministerial Director (a.D.) Bonn

Jörg Lukat
Mayor

City of Bochum

Prof. Dr. Martin Paul
Rector

Ruhr-University Bochum

Prof. Martin Stratmann
Former President of the Max Planck Society (until 2023)

Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH

Dr. Thomas Wollinger
CEO

Bochum Economic Development

Rubin Special Edition IT Security

In June 2016, the first Rubin Special Edition IT Security was published. The science magazine of the Ruhr-University presents the multifaceted research interests of our scientists in a way that is easy to understand and thus provides exciting insights into the work at our institute. You can download the digital version of the complete magazine here (only in German).

The new special issue of Rubin on IT security was published in July 2023 - the issue can be found here as a download and flipbook.

Geschäftsordnung

Das HGI ist als Research Department IT-Sicherheit (RD ITS) an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) verortet. Die Geschäftsordnung des RD ITS steht hier zur Verfügung: