I am a professor of computer science at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Since I work in the area of applied computer security I am constantly trying to cover my traces: From 2002 to 2010 I worked at five different universities under two different names.
I don't have any account in social media, so any account with my name is probably somebody else's.
Announcements
My Sprechstunde during winter semester 2012-2013 is Tuesdays between 16:00 and 17:00. Please indicate in advance to Christine Stief or Getrud Seybold if you plan to come.
Felix Freiling's Email Policy
On December 18, 2008 the number of unanswered messages in my email inbox surpassed 1000. I surrender! On christmas day 2008 I decided to change my email handling policy: In the future, I will treat emails more like I treat telephone calls. I will fix a time interval d and after d time I will completely remove all unanswered email from my inbox that is older than d. This means I will most probably not respond anymore to emails that have not been answered in d time. Currently d is one year, but it may be adjusted. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but I am now convinced that I cannot continue to treat email the same as I treat postal mail. If you need a definitive response from me within a certain time, it is probably more reliable to send a letter by postal mail.
Update in April 2009: d is now 6 months.
Update in July 2009: d is now 2 months.
Update in December 2010: d is now 3 weeks.
Update in January 2012: d is now 1 week
Exams
Students planning an oral examination have the chance to visit such an exam as an observer (Hospitation) beforehand under the condition that they do not disturb the exam and the examined student agrees.
Internship and Employment Opportunities
My lab infrequently offers internships and short or long term employment to interested and well-qualified candidates. I however only reply to normal postal mail or (sometimes) to email which has been sent individually to me. In case you wish to communicate via email and are looking for an internship, please include the code word "ref: nightingale" in the subject of your mail to prove that you prepared an individual email.
Memberships
Professional activities
- Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS 2002), Osaka, Japan, PC Member
- International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2002), Taiwan, PC Member
- Workshop on Resource Sharing in Massively Distributed Systems (RESH 2002), PC Member
- DISC 2004: The 18th Annual Conference on Distributed Computing, PC member
- Euro-Par 2005, Vice Chair of Topic 8: Distributed Systems and Algorithms
- 2nd Workshop on Sensor Networks at INFORMATIK 2005, PC member
- Sicherheit in komplexen, vernetzten Umgebungen, PC member
- Seventh International Symposium on Self Stabilizing Systems (SSS 2005), PC member
- First International Workshop on Distributed Algorithms and Applications for Wireless and Mobile Systems (DAAWMS 2005), PC member
- Workshop on Dependability and Fault Tolerance at ARCS 2006, PC member
- First International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2006), PC member
- Sicherheit - Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit (Sicherheit 2006), member of organizing committee and PC member
- 8th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2006), Dallas, PC Member
- 25th IEEE International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS 2006), PC Member
- Sixth European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC-6), Student Forum PC member
- 1st International Workshop on Advances in Sensor Networks, PC member
- Workshop Verlässlichkeit und Fehlertoleranz im Rahmen der ARCS 2007, Zürich, Schweiz, March 12, 2007, PC Member
- Testing of Software - From Research to Practice Workshop at Software Engineering 2007, PC Member
- Workshop on Foundations of Fault-Tolerant Distributed Computing (FOFDC 2007), PC member
- Fourth GI International Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment (DIMVA 2007), PC member
- The First International Workshop on Spoofing, Digital Forensics and Open Source Tools (SDFOST 2007), PC member
- International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2007), Dependability and Fault-Tolerance Area, PC member
- International Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems (DEBS 2007), PC member
- 9th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2007), PC member
- First International Workshop on Reliability, Availability, and Security (WRAS 2007), PC member
- Sicherheit - Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit (Sicherheit 2008), member of organizing committee and PC member
- 2nd Workshop on Recent Advances on Intrusion-Tolerant Systems (WRAITS 2008), PC member
- 10th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, PC member
- 12th Internationnal Conference On Principles Of DIstributed Systems (OPODIS 2008), PC member.
- iNetSec 2009. Open Research Problems in Network Security Workshop, PC member.
- 5th International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm 2009), PC member.
- Digitale Multimedia-Forensik: Techniken und Anwendungsgebiete, Workshop at INFORMATIK 2009, PC member.
- IMF 2009 - 5th International Conference on IT Security Incident Management & IT Forensics, PC member.
- The 11th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2009), Fault-tolerance in distributed systems track and stabilization track, PC member.
- Sixth European Conference on Computer Network Defense (EC2ND 2010), Berlin, PC member.
- Sicherheit, Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit (SICHERHEIT 2010), Berlin, PC Chair.
- The First International Workshop on Dynamic Aspects in Dependability Models for Fault-Tolerant Systems (DYADEM-FTS 2010), Valencia, Spain, PC member.
- 3rd ACM International Workshop on Reliability, Availability, and Security (WRAS 2010), Zurich, Switzerland, PC member
- 7th Workshop on Dependability and Fault Tolerance at ARCS 2011, Como, Italy, 2011, PC member
- International Workshop on Security Issues for Future Internet Social Networks and Devices: connecting Digital World with Social & Real Life (FISN 2011), Crete, Greece, PC member
- 2nd International Workshop on Logical Aspects of Fault-Tolerance (LAFT 2011), Toronto, Canada, PC member
- 6th International Conference on IT Incident Management and IT Forensics (IMF 2011), Stuttgart, Germany, PC member
- 8th Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability Assessment (DIMVA 2011), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, PC member
- 3rd International ICST Conference on Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime (ICDF2C 2011), Dublin, Ireland, PC member
- 13th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2011), Genoble, France, Security Track, PC member
- The Seventh European Conference on Computer Network Defense (EC2ND) 2011, Gothenburg, Sweden, PC member
- Sicherheit - Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit (SICHERHEIT 2012), Darmstadt, Germany, PC member and member of organizing committee
- The Eigth European Conference on Computer Network Defense (EC2ND) 2012, Bristol, UK, PC member
- The 26th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2012), Salvador, Brazil, PC member
- The 4th International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Mobile Information and Communication Szstems (MobiSec 2012), Frankfurt, Germany, PC member
- The 14th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2012), Toronto, Cloud Computing Track, PC member, and Safety and Security track, Track Chair
- The 2nd International Workshop on Trustworthy Embedded Devices (TrustED 2012), San Franscisco, PC member
- The 2012 ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law, Richmond, VA, USA, PC member
- First International Baltic Conference on Network Security & Forensics (NeSeFo 2012), Tartu, Estonia, PC member
- 9th Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability Assessment (DIMVA 2012), Heraklion, Greece, PC member
- The 15th Information Security Conference (ISC 2012), Passau, Germany, PC Co-Chair
- The 7th International Conference on IT Incident Management and IT Forensics (IMF 2013), Nürnberg, Germany, General Chair and PC member
- The International Conference on Privacy and Security in Mobile Systems (PRISMS) 2013, Atlantic City, USA, PC member
- Risikokommunikation im Kontext von IT-Sicherheit (RiskKom), Workshop at INFORMATIK 2013, Koblenz, PC member
- D.A.CH Security 2013, Nürnberg, Germany, PC member
- First International Workshop on Emerging Cyberthreats and Countermeasures (ECTCM), Workshop at ARES 2013, Regensburg, Germany, PC member
Academic Administration/Politics/Honorary Positions
- 2004-2008: Vorstandsmitglied im GI Beirat der Universitätsprofessoren (GIBU)
- 2006: Member of the expert commission to evaluate the online voting system for the DFG
- Sommersemester 2006: Direktor des Instituts für Informatik der Universität Mannheim
- May 2007-September 2009: Direktor des Instituts für Informatik der Universität Mannheim
- October 2007: Advisor of the German constitutional court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) in the public hearing on "Online Durchsuchungen"
- Sommersemester 2008: Prodekan der Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik der Universität Mannheim
- Herbstsemester 2008-November 2010: Dekan der Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik der Universität Mannheim
- June 2009: Advisor of the German constitutional court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) in the case on "Vorratsdatenspeicherung"
- since May 2011: Mitglied des Senats- und Bewilligungsausschusses für die Graduiertenkollegs der DFG
- since July 2011: Mitglied der Masterzulassungskommission der Technischen Fakultät der Universität Erlangen
- since October 2011: Mitglied der Studienkommission des Department Informatik der Universität Erlangen
- since July 2012: Vertreter der FAU im Fakultätentag Informatik
- since November 2012: Mitglied im wissenschaftlichen Beirat der Firma RedTeam Pentesting GmbH, Aachen
Research Interests
Dependable distributed systems (theory and practice)
Reviewed PhD and Habilitation Theses
- Matthias Meixner: HADES - Eine hochverfügbare Main-Memory Datenbank für eventbasierte Systeme. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer: Prof. Alejandro Buchmann). Defended December 17, 2004, TU Darmstadt.
- Martin Hutle: Failure Detection in Sparse Networks. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer: Prof. Ulrich Schmid). Defended October 4, 2005, TU Wien.
- Erik-Oliver Blaß: Sicherer, aggregierender Datentransport in drahtlosen Sensornetzen. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer: Prof. Dr. Martina Zitterbart). Defended April 20, 2007, University of Karlsruhe.
- Dr. Guido Schryen: An analysis of anti-spam measures and the conceptual design of a technological and organizational infrastructure framework for tackling spam e-mails. Habilitation thesis, RWTH Aachen, 2007.
- Lucia Draque Penso: Distributed Protocols Robust Against Malicious Attacks. (PhD defense committee member with Prof. Maurice Herlihy and Prof. Anna Lysyanskaya). Defended January 30, 2008. Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
- Mohammad Torabi Dashti: Keeping Fairness Alive. (PhD defense committee member, advisor was Prof. Wan Fokkink). Defended Februrary 27, 2008. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- Wei Zhou: Access Control Model and Policies for Collaborative Environments. (PhD thesis, external reviewer, first reviewer: Prof. Christoph Meinel.) Defended April 27, 2009, Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), Potsdam.
- Ionannis Krontiris: Intrusion Prevention and Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Tassos Dimitriou, AIT, Greece). Defended November 13, 2008. University of Mannheim.
- Zinaida Benenson: Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Adrian Perrig, CMU). Defended Dec. 19, 2008. University of Mannheim.
- Oliver Steffen Weiß: A model to quantitavely assess the security of organizations. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer Prof. Dr. K. Meyer-Wegener, Univ. Erlangen). Defended Feb 20, 2009. Univ. Erlangen.
- Thorsten Holz: Tracking and Mitigation of Malicious Remote Control Networks. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Christopher Kruegel, UCSB). Defended April 30, 2009. University of Mannheim.
- Frank Werner: Applied Formal Methods in Wireless Sensor Networks. (2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer Prof. Dr. P. H. Schmitt, Univ. of Karlsruhe). Defended July 22, 2009. Univ. of Karlsruhe.
- Timo Warns: Structural Failure Models for Fault-Tolerant Distributed Computing. (PhD thesis, 3rd reviewer, 1st and 2nd reviewers Prof. Dr. Oliver Theel, University of Oldenburg, Prof. Dr. Willi Hasselbring, University of Kiel). Defended Sept, 28, 2009. University of Oldenburg.
- Michael Becher: Security of Smartphones at the Dawn of Their Ubiquitousness. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Dr. Ulrike Meyer, RWTH Aachen). Defended October 9, 2009. University of Mannheim.
- Martin Mink: Vergleich von Lehransätzen für die Ausbildung in IT-Sicherheit. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Dr. Simone Fischer-Hübner, Karlstad University, Sweden). Defended Dec 11, 2009. University of Mannheim.
- Moritz Martens: Properties of Interaction Systems. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer Prof. Dr. Mila Majster-Cederbaum, University of Mannheim). Defended Dec 18, 2009. University of Mannheim.
- Roberto Cortinas: Failure Detectors and Communication Efficiency in the Crash and General Omission Failure Models. (Member of PhD defense committee, advisors: Prof. Alberto Laufente, Prof. Iratxe Soraluze, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain) Defended April 4, 2011. University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain.
- Jan Gerrit Göbel: Large-Scale Detection and Measurement of Malicious Content. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Christopher Krügel, UCSB) Defended April 27, 2011. University of Mannheim.
- Michael Müter: Embedded Security Concepts for In-Verhicle Systems. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Frank Kargl, University of Twente) Defended May 27, 2011. University of Mannheim.
- Tobias Limmer: Efficient Network Monitoring for Attack Detection. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer Prof. Falko Dressler, University of Innsbruck, Austria) Defended June 20, 2011. University of Erlangen.
- Philipp Trinius: Musterbasiertes Filtern von Schadprogrammen und Spam. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Guido Schryen, University of Regensburg) Defended October 21, 2011. University of Mannheim.
- Sebastian Schinzel: Unintentional and hidden information leaks in networked software applications. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Jörg Schwenk, Ruhr-University Bochum) Defended April 23, 2012. University of Erlangen.
- Amir Alsbih: Technische Sicherheitsaspekte bei Kabelnetzbetreibern. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer Prof. Christian Schindelhauer, University of Freiburg) Defended May 8, 2012. University of Freiburg.
- Juliane Blechinger: Ein Metadatenrepositorium zum Datenqualitätsmonitoring im Concurrent Engineering. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer Prof. Richard Lenz, University of Erlangen) Defended July 6, 2012. University of Erlangen.
- Zhang Fu: Multifaceted Defense Against Distributed Denial of Service Attacks: Prevention, Detection, Mitigation. (PhD thesis, faculty opponent, advisors Marina Papatriantafilou and Philippas Tsigas, Chalmers University of Technology) Defended September 19, 2012. Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
- Andreas Dewald: Formalisierung digitaler Spuren und ihre Einbettung in die forensische Informatik. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Guido Schryen, University of Regensburg) Defended November 12, 2012. University of Erlangen.
- Michael Spreitzenbarth: Dissecting the Doid: Forensic Analysis of Android and its Malicious Applications. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Michael Meier, University of Bonn) Defended March 11, 2013. University of Erlangen.
- Christian Jörn Dietrich: Identification and Recognition of Remote-Controlled Malware. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Christopher Krügel, UCSB) Defended March 28, 2013. University of Mannheim.
- Joshua Isaac James: Automated Human Inference in Digital Forensic Investigations Using Hypothesis Reduction. (PhD thesis, external examiner, advisor Dr. Pavel Gladyshev, University College Dublin) Defended April 26, 2013. University College Dublin, Ireland.
- Ralf Hund: Analysis and Retrofitting of Security Properties for Proprietary Software Systems. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer Prof. Thorsten Holz, Ruhr-Universiy Bochum) Defended April 29, 2013. Ruhr-University Bochum.
- Carsten Willems: Instrumenting Existing System Componente for Dynamic Analysis of Malicious Software. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer Prof. Thorsten Holz, Ruhr-University Bochum) Defended April 29, 2013. Ruhr-University Bochum.
- Christian Gorecki: Dilution - A novel Approach in Preserving Privacy. (PhD thesis, 1st reviewer, 2nd reviewer Prof. Thorsten Strufe, TU Darmstadt) Defended April 30, 2013. University of Mannheim.
- Steffen Wendzel: Novel Approaches for Network Covert Storage Channels. (PhD thesis, 2nd reviewer, 1st reviewer Prof. Jörg Keller, FernUniversität Hagen) Defended May 7, 2013. FernUniversität Hagen.
List of Student Placements
This list will probably move to a different location soon. It should give an insight into the type of employment which our students typically do. It is meant as a feedback for prospective diploma (and other) students and as a form of controlling for us.
- Marc Albertz (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), hired by Accenture
- Matthias Majuntke (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), started PhD at TU Darmstadt
- Thorsten Holz (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), started PhD at University of Mannheim
- Hans-Georg Eßer (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2005), continues to work as editor for EasyLinux and Linux Magazin
- Tobias Hülsdau (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), hired by Leano Media
- Andreas Sensen (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), hired by T-Com
- Michael Becher (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), started PhD at University of Mannheim
- Andreas Tielmann (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), started PhD at University of Paris 7
- Bastian Schwittay (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006) hired by Symantec
- Sven Henkel (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), hired by SAP
- Samad Nasserian (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), hired by SAP
- Peter Cholewinski (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2005), hired by SAP
- Nils Gedicke (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2005), hired by Siemens
- Robert Heracles (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), hired by ESE GmbH Braunschweig
- Joachim Wieland (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2006), hired by SAP
- Boris Leidner (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2007)
- Jens Liebchen (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2007) runs RedTeam Pentesting
- Michael Schüler (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2007), hired by Cisco Systems
- Christian Hönig (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2007), hired by iDev
- Marjan Ghajar-Azadanlou (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2007)
- Michael Müter (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2007), hired by DaimlerChrysler Research
- Klaus Kröner (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2007), hired by Atos Worldline, Aachen
- Frank van der Beek (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2007), started at Bundesstelle für Informationstechnik, BVA Köln
- Christian Mertens (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2007), hired by ComConsult Beratung und Planung GmbH, Aachen
- Ali Ikinci (Diploma Uni Mannheim, 2007), hired by ContentKeeper Technologies
- Christian Lambertz (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2007), started PhD at University of Mannheim
- Frank Zimmer (Bachelor Uni Mannheim, 2007), started joint Master programme at FH Mannheim and PH Heidelberg
- Marek Jawurek (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2008), hired by Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern
- Markus de Brün (Diploma RWTH Aachen, 2008), hired by BSI, Referat für Internetsicherheit, Bonn
- Jörg Lenz (Bachelor Uni Mannheim, 2008), hired by Erdt Systems GmbH
- Jan Joy (Diplom Uni Mannheim, 2008), hired by mindsquare GmbH
- Sebastian Kreuther (Bachelor Uni Mannheim, 2008), hired by Rechenzentrum der Universität Mannheim
- Sebastian Hajok (Diploma, Uni Mannheim, 2008), hired by Deutsche Börse AG
- Thomas Badura (Diploma, Uni Mannheim, 2008), hired by Communology.com
- Jose Marquez (Diploma, Uni Mannheim, 2008), hired by SAP
- Ernest Hammerschmidt (Diploma, RWTH Aachen, 2009), hired by secunet AG
- Hanno Middelhaufe (Diploma, RWTH Aachen, 2009), hired by ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG
- Alexander Pfister (Diploma, Uni Mannheim, 2009), hired by Universität Mannheim
- Romi Sorge (Bachelor, Uni Mannheim, 2009), started Master in Computer Science at Uni Bremen
- Felix Gröbert (Diploma, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2010), hired by Google Zürich, Switzerland
- Simon Schork (Diploma, Uni Mannheim, 2010), hired by Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH, Bad Schönborn
- Johannes Grohmüller (Bachelor, Uni Mannheim, 2011), hired by Tectum IT Solutions
- Alexander Knaus (Diploma, Uni Mannheim, 2011), hired by SAP AG
- Christian Zimmermann (Diploma, Uni Mannheim, 2011), started PhD at University of Freiburg
If you wish your name to be added to the list, contact any member of the group.
Collection of famous citations
"Neuinstallieren skaliert nicht." (Thorsten Holz, June 18, 2008)
"People have said that computing is a fast moving subject and what they mean is that the wheel of re-incarnation goes faster."
(Roger Needham in a SIGSOFT interview)
"Der Browser ist ein dreckiges Objekt mit vielen unangenehmen Eigenschaften." (Martin Johns, March 8, 2012)
My GPG Public Key
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Statistics
My Erdös number is at most 3 (the path is via Matthias Kirchner and Pete Winkler). If you work(ed) in fault-tolerant distributed computing and want to know your Erdös number, check your collaboration distance to (for example) Shay Kutten, Shlomo Moran, Nicola Santoro or Gerard Tel; all have Erdös number 2.
My h-index is at least 25 (using Harzing's PoP application).
My most often cited paper is the 1999 ACM Computing Surveys article "Fundmentals of fault-tolerant distributed computing in asynchronous environments" (until 2010 around 220 citations).
Images of Felix Freiling
Here are some images of Felix Freiling to upset Google image search. One of the following images shows me. I encourage you to set up a website with a picture of a person and the name "Felix Freiling" associated to it. If you inform me, I will link to such pages from here (to increase the page rank). Here are (somewhat strange) examples (first and second)
