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Congratulations, Patricia!
We are delighted to congratulate Patricia Guerra Balboa on successfully passing her doctoral defense on the topic “A Formal Study of Differential Privacy in Complex and Correlated Data” on May, 20.
Keep up the great work, and we wish you all the best!
Congratulation! Dissertation by Markus Raiber
KASTEL Security Research Labs proudly congratulates Markus Raiber on successfully completing his doctoral examination on April 16, 2026. His dissertation is titled “ Privacy-Preserving Collection and Analysis of User Data - Provably Secure and Practical”.
digiTALK at TRIANGEL, May 21: Who Really Sees You?
In his talk “Digital Anonymity – and Why It’s So Hard,” Prof. Thorsten Strufe explained the challenges of digital surveillance and data collection, despite frequent claims, the data was "anonymized". The expert on privacy and security at KIT is part of the KASTEL Security Research Labs. In the subsequent panel discussion, he exchanged views with other experts and an interested audience on the opportunities and risks of digitalization. @ps@social.kit.edu
Congratulations on the Dissertation, Yufan!🎆 🎓
KASTEL Security Research Labs warmly congratulates Yufan Jiang on successfully passing the doctoral examination on May 11.
The title of the dissertation is: “Leveraging Multi-Party Computation for Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning”.
We wish you every success in your future academic and professional career.👍
Congratulations! Dissertation by Frederik Reiche.
KASTEL Security Research Labs proudly congratulates Frederik Reiche on successfully completing his doctoral examination on May 11, 2026. His dissertation is titled "Coupling Architectural Analyses and Static Source Code Analyses for Detecting Security Vulnerabilities".
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Cybersecurity in Motion – Badische Meile 2026
On Sunday, May 3, a highly motivated running team from KASTEL Security Research Labs started at the Badische Meile. Around 20 runners took on the sporty challenge—with team spirit, and plenty of energy. Along the route, numerous spectators created a fantastic atmosphere and with enthusiastic applause as they approached the finish line.
A heartfelt thank to all the runners from KASTEL Security Research Labs – a strong team, a strong performance!
Focus on AI Security: Tohoku University Visits KASTEL Security Research Labs
On April 17, Prof. Dr. Teiji TOMINAGA, President of Tohoku University, visited KASTEL Security Research Labs at KIT with a Japanese delegation. A particular focus of the delegation’s visit was an exchange on the topic of AI.
Read more: www.kastel-labs.de
New Anthropic AI can actively exploit security gaps, Jörn Müller-Quade in interview with WDR 5
Badische Meile: KASTEL Security Research Labs on Board
On Sunday May 3, 20 colleagues from the KASTEL Security Research Labs will take on the challenge of the Badische Meile as a running team.
Join us and support them loudly!
https://badischemeile.de/
Am Girls’ Day 2026 erhielten gestern 16 Mädchen bei der KASTEL-Arbeitsgruppe Kryptographie und Sicherheit einen spielerischen Einblick in die Welt faszinierende der Verschlüsselung. Sie entwarfen eigene Verschlüsselungsmaschinen und knackten historische kryptographische Verfahren. Die Veranstaltung bereitete den Mädchen große Freude und weckte ihr Interesse an Informatik und IT-Sicherheit.
Congratulaions to Gustavo Sánchez Collado!
We congratulate Gustavo Sánchez Collado to his successful PhD exam on the topic "Attacking Learning-based Models in Smart Grids: Explainability as a Double-Edged Sword", which took place on April 27, 2026.
We would like to especially thank the external reviewer Prof. Barbara Hammer.
Gustavo did his work within the KASTEL Institute and was supervised within the Institute of Automation and applied Informatics.
