Current Projects

Under the umbrella of the PIDS, research is conducted in numerous projects in the fields of computer science, law, economics and humanities. You'll find a small selection of these projects below.

The FORDaySec research cluster – Security in everyday digitalisation

Coordinated by the University of Passau, the interdisciplinary research cluster "ForDaySec – Security in everyday digitalisation" is investigating new types of technical procedures that provide cybersecurity to private households, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the public administration.

BMBF Research Hub 6G-RIC – A security architecture for future mobile telephony

The University Passau is a participant in the research hub "6G Research and Innovation Cluster (6G-RIC)", which is coordinated by Fraunhofer HHI and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

DZSF – Projecting security requirements and evaluating prospective safety concepts for the railway system

The DZSF research project "Projecting security requirements and evaluating prospective safety concepts for the railway system" teams up Nextrail, INCYDE, the University of Passau und the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) in an effort to accurately assess the requirements regarding railway trend assessment, security needs and skills using knowledge from other industries.

DFG project PUFmem – manipulation-proof fingerprints for new-type memory modules

The analogue world could make the Internet of Things more secure. In the DFG project PUFmem, a research team in Passau is investigating future possibilities for the deployment of physically unclonable functions in memory structures.

DFG project NANOSEC – maximum IT security for tiny particles

The analogue world could make the Internet of Things more secure. In the DFG project NANOSEC, a research team in Passau is investigating future possibilities for the deployment of physically unclonable functions in memory structures and nanomaterial-based components.

Project researches psychological and technical hindrances to using right to data portability

Why do users hardly make any use of their right to data portability? The University of Passau is participating in the project 'amiDaPo', which is looking into this question from a psychological and technical point of view.

CONCORDIA: University of Passau strengthens European cyber-strategy

The EU network CONCORDIA is developing a European cyber-security schedule. A team headed by computer scientist Professor Stefan Katzenbeisser from the University of Passau is contributing its expertise in the field of critical infrastructures.

Collaborative Research Centre CROSSING - Cryptography as the Basis for Trust in the Internet of Things

Cryptography is an essential prerequisite for ensuring that complex services and applications in new and future IT systems are trustworthy. Computer scientist Professor Stefan Katzenbeisser from the University of Passau leads a subproject in the DFG Collaborative Research Centre CROSSING at the TU Darmstadt.