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Many more can be found on the websites of the research groups:
- Applied Technical-Cognitive Systems
- Business Information Systems
- Cooperative Autonomous Systems
- Critical Information Infrastructures
- Information Service Engineering
- Security • Usability • Society
- Systems, Data, Simulation & Energy
- Web Science
Please also take a look at our AIFB Thematic Issue 2024 “Security and Privacy made in Karlsruhe” (in German), which contains, among other things, the invitation to the 39th AIK Symposium and current facts and figures about the institute. The AIK Symposium will take place on 08.11.2024 and will be organized by Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer and her research group SECUSO (Security • Usability • Society).
 Girls´Day 2024 (25/04/2024)On Girls' Day 2024, 5 schoolgirls came to our research group "Applied Technical-Cognitive Systems" to get an insight into how we came to our profession, where you are allowed to "play" with robots. More |
 Autonomous driving with Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Volker Wissing on Campus North (01/03/2024)On March 1, 2024, the KIT Center for Mobility Systems and the Energy Lab at Campus North received an official visit from Dr. Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, and Members of the Bundestag Michael Theurer and Parsa Marvi. More |
 CoCar NextGen at IEEE ITSC 2023 (05/10/2023)The Applied Technical-Cognitive Systems research group headed by Prof. J. Marius Zöllner presented its latest autonomous vehicle at ITSC 2023. This research vehicle enables autonomous and networked operation in real road traffic situations. More |
 ISWS 2024The ISE group is one of the organizers of the International Semantic Web Research Summer School (ISWS) 2024. ISWS Website |
 Semantic Digital Humanities Workshop (26.05.2024)Sasha Bruns, Tabea Tietz and Harald Sack, together with external partners from the University of Bologna and Vrije University Amsterdam, are organizing a workshop on "Semantic Digital Humanities", which will be held as part of ESWC 2024. The main goal is to build a bridge between technical semantic web-based solutions and the research questions of the humanities community. Workshop Website |
| Poster accepted at SOUPS 2025 (19-06-2025) Two posters by and with SECUSO members involved will be presented at this year's 21st Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2025): The poster “A Framework for Developing Information Security Awareness Measures” by Mattia Mossano, Anne Hennig, Fabian Lukas Ballreich, Benjamin Maximilian Berens, Filipo Sharevski, Angela Martina Sasse, and Melanie Volkamer presents a work-in-progress framework for developing effective security awareness measures. The poster for the paper “Restricting the Link: Effects of Focused Attention and Time Delay on Phishing Warning Effectiveness” by Justin Patelka, Benjamin Berens, Carlo Sugatan, Melanie Volkamer, and Florian Schaub presents the results of a mixed-methods online experiment comparing the effectiveness of two methods for restricting links – “focused attention” and “time delay” – in reducing phishing click rates. SOUPS will take place August 10-12, 2025 in Seattle, WA, USA. SOUPS 2025 |
| Privacy Friendly Apps will no longer be available on the Google Play Store (10-06-2025) The privacy-friendly apps developed by the SECUSO research group will no longer be available via the Google Play Store, but only via the F-Droid Store. Reason for this decision is that the maintenance required to provide privacy-friendly apps in the Google Play Store is significantly greater than on F-Droid. This extra work no longer feasible for us as a research group. PFAs downloaded from the Google Play Store can continue to be used as usual. However, there will be no further updates for these apps in the future, which is why we recommend switching to the F-Droid versions. Updates will continue to be provided there in the future. Your existing data can be backed up using the BackUp app, which can also be found on F-Droid. The privacy-friendly apps can then be downloaded from F-Droid and used as usual. In our tutorial we explain every step in detail. Tutorial |
| Paper accepted at SOUPS (26-05-2025) The paper "'The more accounts I use, the less I have to think': A Longitudinal Study on the Usability of Password Managers for Novice Users" by Patricia Arias Cabarcos and Peter Mayer has been accepted for publication in the proceedings of the Twenty-First Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2025). The paper presents the results of a longitudinal study of the usability of password managers. SOUPS will take place August 10-12, 2025 in Seattle, WA, USA. SOUPS 2025 |
 SYDSEN at DMaaST and ONE4ALL Joint Consortium Meetings[May 28th, 2025] - From May 20–23, 2025, SYDSEN attended DMaaST and ONE4ALL conjoined project meetings and workshops. - DMaaST 3rd Consortium Meeting (May 20–21): During the consortium meeting Prof. Dr. Sanja Lazarova-Molnar and PhD Student Michelle Jungmann presented the developments in Work Package 3, which is lead by the KIT. The Work Package aims to develop a cognitive Manufacturing Ecosystem Digital Twin encompassing both manufacturing services and value chains to enhance resiliency through innovative modeling and assessment capabilities. - Joint Workshop (May 21–22): Projects’ participants from SYDSEN at KIT and MSDA at SDU delivered a collaborative workshop on the development and implementation of Digital Twins in smart manufacturing systems. Their workshop contained the model development, validation, and security of Digital Twins in smart manufacturing systems. - ONE4ALL 5th Consortium Meeting (May 22–23): Prof. Dr. Sanja Lazarova-Molnar and SYDSEN Ph.D. students Atieh Khodadadi and Manuel Götz, SDU postdoctoral researcher Sani Abdullahi, and SYDSEN-affiliated Ph.D. student at SDU, Ashkan Zare, presented their recent developments in Work Packages 2, 3, and 4. These developments covered development of Multidimensional Digital Twins, labor-intensive model extraction, Digital Twins model validation and Digital Twins’ cybersecurity.
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 SYDSEN’s Talk on Digital Twins at the KIT's 200th Anniversary Event (Open House Day)[May 21st, 2025] – As part of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s 200th anniversary celebrations, we, the SYDSEN group, presented our ongoing research on May 17, 2025. In the Open House Day, Prof. Sanja Lazarova-Molnar delivered a talk titled “What are Digital Twins? Critical Aspects and Puzzle Pieces from Our Research”. Her presentation highlighted key challenges and emerging perspectives in Digital Twins. Following, PhD students Atieh Khodadadi, Manuel Götz, Michelle Jungmann, and Omar Mustafa showcased their research topics as puzzle pieces of the group’s overall research.
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 Welcome Johannes Deufel and Ohad Daniel to SYDSEN![May 5th, 2025] - We're happy to welcome Johannes Deufel and Ohad Daniel as Ph.D. candidates at SYDSEN - Systems, Data, Simulation & Energy Research Group at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Johannes and Ohad joined our research group on May 1st, 2025. |