„Athene-Preise für gute Lehre“ awards best practices

TU Darmstadt held its annual Teaching Day on 20 November 2024, concluding with the presentation of the Athene Awards for Good Teaching („Athene-Preise für gute Lehre“). Sponsored by the Carlo and Karin Giersch Foundation, these awards recognize exceptional teaching efforts with a total prize fund of 46,000 euros. The ENCRYPTO group of CROSSING-PI Prof. Thomas Schneider received the award of the Department of Computer Science.

TU researchers enable better protection for sending sensitive information

In today's digital landscape, ensuring the privacy of online communications is more critical than ever, especially in professions that rely on confidentiality, such as law or politics. Two research groups from the Profile Topic Cybersecurity and Privacy at TU Darmstadt have developed EMC² (Encrypted Multi-Channel Communication), a method that enhances the security of sensitive messages by distributing trust across several existing communication channels. The team's approach addresses the limitations of current encryption solutions, introduces a tool that makes secure communication more accessible, and shows the ineffectiveness of government-mandated backdoors.

Doctoral Theses of Dr. Thea Riebe and Dr. Thomas Reinhold Honored

At this year's FIfF e.V. (Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung) conference, researchers from the PEASEC group at TU Darmstadt will be honoured twice with the Weizenbaum Study Prize 2024. The doctoral theses of Dr. Thea Riebe and Dr. Thomas Reinhold, supervised by Professor Christian Reuter, will be honoured with the first prize. Both theses deal with security-relevant aspects of information and communication technologies and cyber security.

Kryptografie ermöglicht datenschutzkonforme Lösung für behördliche Datenabgleiche

Eine neue Studie der Technischen Universität Darmstadt zusammen mit der Universität Kassel beleuchtet datenschutzrechtliche Probleme bei Datenabgleichen zwischen Behörden am Beispiel des Selbstbestimmungsgesetzes. Die Forschenden zeigen, dass die Private Schnittmengenberechnung als datenschutzkonforme Lösung dienen kann. So lassen sich sowohl die Interessen von Bürger:innen als auch von Sicherheitsbehörden wahren. Dies könnte insbesondere im Hinblick auf die geplante Reform des Namensrechts von aktueller Bedeutung sein.

Professor Buchmann an Leopoldina-Denkschrift beteiligt

Professor Johannes Buchmann, bis 2019 Professor für Informatik und Mathematik sowie Sprecher des Sonderforschungsbereichs CROSSING an der TU Darmstadt und aktives Mitglied der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina, hat gemeinsam mit weiteren Expert:innen Empfehlungen der Leopoldina zu „Selbstregulationskompetenzen von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Kindertageseinrichtungen und Schulen“ als eine Leitperspektive im deutschen Bildungssystem vorgestellt. Die interdisziplinären Autor:innen gehen dabei auch auf die Rolle von digitalen Medien ein.

Success for CROSSING researchers from E4

Building trust in remote attestation through transparency

Success for CROSSING researchers from P2 and E7

Kilian Demuth’s CROSSING Collaboration Award Experience

Kilian Demuth, doctoral student from the research group PEASEC at TU Darmstadt, is one of the recipients of the CROSSING Collaboration Award 2023. The award not only acknowledges excellent internal collaboration and progress in research but also provided Kilian with the opportunity to attend the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems this May. In this interview, Kilian shares his experiences at the conference, insights from the sessions he attended, and how the unique setting of Hawai'i added a special dimension to his personal growth.

Master's student travels to top conference through CROSSING program

At the Collaborative Research Center CROSSING, we are not only dedicated to researching cryptography for new and next-generation computing environments but also to fostering the next generation of cryptography experts. Our CROSSING Female Student Mentoring and Networking Program is an exceptional opportunity for talented female students to dive deep into the world of cryptographic research at a top conference. Today, we share the inspiring report of a Master’s student from TU Darmstadt who attended Eurocrypt 2024 in Zurich through the program.

Success for CROSSING researchers from S7 and E4

Success for CROSSING researchers from S7

Success for CROSSING researchers from ENCRYPTO group

Success for CROSSING researchers

Students receive award and travel grant for academic achievements

This year's Female Student Travel Awards from CROSSING go to Bachelor's students Greys Fankyeyeva and Carina Schulte. They receive the award for their noteable academic achievements in computer science. In addition, the two prize winners not only have a strong interest in, but also early involvement with the topics of the Collaborative Research Centre CROSSING. The prizes were awarded on Wednesday (3 July) as part of the Ruzena Bajcsy Lecture on Communications and Resilience of the Collaborative Research Centre MAKI.