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Carmela Troncoso on surveillance technology used in the US and Germany more

Everything is up and running as usual: banking apps, Wi-Fi, charging stations for electric cars. But what would happen if a quantum computer suddenly rendered all encryption methods commonly used today ineffective? A research alliance composed of Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da), Hochschule RheinMain – University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSRM) and the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP) is working on ways to prevent this – and rethinking cryptography in the process. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding their project with around €750,000. more

The CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems takes place next week in Barcelona. Scientists from MPI-SP will share results from nine different studies. Two publications received Best Paper Awards and Best Paper Honorable Mention Awards, respectively. more

The new IMPRS Program will attract students with an exceptional academic record and a keen interest in Security and Privacy to study in Bochum, one of Europe's leading IT security hubs. more

Stories of People from Underrepresented Groups in Computer Science more

Around 150 experts from academia, industry, government, and students in the field of hardware security met in Bochum this week for the 4^th edition of HARRIS more