Distributed Security Infrastructures
Research

Our research focuses currently on the areas:

  • Blockchain technologies
  • Anonymous communications systems
  • Data Privacy

In these areas, we work on topics from the fields:

  • Network security
  • Communication protocols and system architectures
  • Overlay networks
  • Privacy and security
  • Anonymity
  • Weak identities
  • Distributed algorithms

Ongoing Research Projects

freemove

A transdisciplinary project about the privacy-preserving use of human mobility data.

Onion Routing Networks

The DFG project "Compatibility of Anonymity and Performance in Onion Routing Networks" investigates to what degree anonymity networks like Tor can offer high performance and strong anonymity at the same time.

BBBlockchain

A blockchain-based urban development platform to improve trust and transparency in public participation processes.

ATLAS

Transdisciplinary exploration of a data trustee for anonymized analytics in community data spaces.

Completed Research Projects

AnyPPA

Predictive analytics of employee data in a privacy-friendly way.

Data Networks

The ECDF project "Feasibility of Peer-to-Peer Data Networks" deals with the exploration, assessment, and improvement of peer-to-peer data networks.