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-Alumnus of the Month:
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gajek
Lunch Break with Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gajek
You have questions and would like to talk directly with Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gajek? On January 24, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., all HGI alumni, PhD students and students are invited to participate in our interactive lunch break (via zoom). From HGI to Israel to Founder and Guardian of the Cloud! What characterizes a founder?
Click here for the lunch break via zoom link
(Meeting-ID: 670 7618 7838; Password: 799125)
About Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gajek
Then & Now
- 2004: Master of Science ETIT, HGI
- 2008: Ph.D. Cryptography & Information Security
- 2022: Professor for IT Security and Cryptography, Hochschule Flensburg, & Co-Founder and CTO, enclaive
Work History
- 02/2022 - today: Co-Founder and CTO, enclaive
- 2015 - today: Professor for IT Security and Cryptography, Hochschule Flensburg
- 2019 - today: Co-Founder and Advisor, encentive GmbH
- 2018 - today: Member Of The Board Of Advisors, Ocean Protocol
- 2018 - today: Member Of The Board Of Advisors, LUKSO
- 02/2017 - 10/2019: Founder & Managing Director, Weeve (Exit)
- 2012 - 2016: Chief Scientist & Manager, NEC Laboratories Europe
- 2009 - 2011: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tel Aviv
- 2005 - 2008: Predoctoral Researcher, Horst-Görtz-Institute for IT Security
- 2002 - 2004: Research Assistant, Nokia R&D
Lessons Learned
- In my studies: “Connect Four” is not always the best strategy.
- In professional life: (Adaption of) innovation is no longer the strength of German industry.
Bochum is a great place because ...
... you can still go down in the Bermuda Dreieck.
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.