Bernd Prünster
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. BScSecure Applications, Senior Staff - A-SIT Plus
Bernd Prünster received his PhD degree in computer science from Graz University of Technology in 2021 (with distinction) and a master's degree in computer science from Graz University of Technology (with distinction) in 2016. He joined IAIK in the same year. During his bachelor and master studies he was involved in EU-funded research projects at the Cognitive Science Section.
He currently works as Senior IT Security Expert at A-SIT Plus, a limited company 100% owned by the non-profit association A-SIT.
Research
My main research interest during my PhD studies lied in security and trust management in decentralised systems in the context of peer-to-peer and cloud environments. I focused on usable security and explore ways to enhance the security properties of connected services by harnessing the joint capabilities of different device classes.
I am/was involved in the following research projects:
- mGov4EU – Mobile Cross-Border Government Services for Europe EU H2020-SC6-GOVERNANCE-2020 (2021-2032)
- SEMPER – Cross-border Semantic Interoperability of Powers and Mandates EU CEF-TC-2018-1 (2019-2020)
- SUNFISH – SecUre iNFormatIon SHaring in federated heterogeneous private clouds EU H2020-ICT-2014-1 (2015-2017)
- weSPOT – Working Environment with Social and Personal Open Tools for inquiry based learning EU FP7-ICT-2011-8 (2012-2015)
- ROLE – Responsive Open Learning Environments EU FP7-ICT-2007-3 (2009-2013)