More than 20 years ago, the IT Security program at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) was the first of its kind in Germany. Since then, many students have successfully graduated, some of them even earning a doctorate in Bochum to start their careers from here. We present some of these graduates in our series "Alumni of the Month". They will tell us what they learned in Bochum and how they have progressed since then.
HGI-Alumna of the Month:
Prof. Dr. Elif Bilge Kavun
Then & Now
- 2011: PhD studies in Bochum
- 2015: PhD in IT-Security (Dr.-Ing.)
- 2022: Assistant professor for Secure Intelligent Systems, University of Passau
Work History
- 10/2020 - today: Assistant professor for Secure Intelligent Systems, University of Passau
- 01/2019- 02/2020: Lecturer in Cybersecurity, The University of Sheffield (UK)
- 12/2014 - 05/2014: Digital Design Engineer Crypto Cores, Infineon Technologies AG (München)
- 02/2014 - 05/2014: Interim Engineering Intern, Qualcomm (San Diego, CA, USA)
- 02/2014 - 05/2014: Research assistant, Chair of Embedded Security (RUB)
Lessons Learned
- In my studies: It is fun to implement cryptography for different applications with different requirements!
- In professional life: It is not easy to implement cryptography in practice because you have to meet all the different requirements, from energy budget to attack resistance, at the same time.
Bochum is a great place because ...
... I had a great time there during my doctorate and made great friends.
Personal Exchange at our Lunch Break
You have questions and would like to exchange ideas directly with Elif Bilge Kavun? On Tuesday, 13 December 2022, from 12:30 to 1 p.m., all HGI alumni, doctoral students and students are cordially invited to participate in our interactive lunch break (via zoom). Under the motto "Feel free to ask me anything" and in a relaxed atmosphere, exciting insights into the practical experiences of an ITS expert and assistant professor can be gained here.
Click here for the alumni lunch via zoom link
(Meeting-ID: 640 4972 2945; Passwort: 476950)
IT Security made in Bochum – Alumni Network at LinkedIn
In our alumni network IT SECURITY made in BOCHUM former students, doctoral candidates and researchers with a connection to IT security at RUB are invited to connect and discuss. All alumni of the study programs IT Security (Bachelor/Master) as well as all former employees (PhD students, researchers and administrators) of the Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security (HGI) at the RUB are welcome in our network, as well as alumni of related study programs like Computer Science or Applied Computer Science.
We welcome all new members of the constantly growing community!
General note: In case of using gender-assigning attributes we include all those who consider themselves in this gender regardless of their own biological sex.