Institute of Information Resource Management

Steffen Wendzel is the Chair of the Institute of Information Resource Management (IRM / OMI) and Director of the kiz (university library and computing center). He received his habilitation (2020) and PhD (Dr. rer. nat., 2013) from the University of Hagen, Germany. Before joining Ulm University, he was a lecturer (Privatdoz.) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, FernUniversität in Hagen, a professor and director of the Center for Technology and Transfer (ZTT), Hochschule Worms, and a PostDoc at the Dep. Cyber Security, Fraunhofer FKIE, Bonn.

Current Roles:

  • since 2024: Chair of the Institute of Information Resource Management (OMI)
  • since 2024: Director of the Library and Computing Center (kiz), Ulm University
  • since 2026: Scientific Spokesperson of BelWü
  • since 2024: Member: Working Group of the Scientific Computing Center Directors Baden-Württemberg (ALWR)
  • since 2024: Member: Working Group of the Library Directors Baden-Württemberg (AG BibDir)
  • since 2025: Responsible for the State-level High-performance Computing Project bwHPC-S5 (jointly with Prof. M. Frank, KIT)
  • since 2025: Member: consultative group for bwInfoSec
  • since 2024: Member: Senatsausschuss Lehre, Universität Ulm
  • since 2024: Member: Lenkungsausschuss des Projekts Campusportal zur Einführung von HISinOne, Ulm University
  • since 2025: DFN Representative for Ulm University
  • since 2025: ZKI Representative for Ulm University
  • since 2026: External member RARP (Rechenzentrumsallianz Rheinland-Pfalz)

More information: https://www.wendzel.de/

Publications

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Pettersen H, Aehle M, Alme J, Barnaföldi G, Borshchov V, Brink A, Chaar M, Eikeland V, Gregory F, Garth C, Gauger N, Genov G, Grøttvik O, Helstrup H, Igolkin S, Keidel R, Kobdaj C, Kortus T, Leonhardt V, Mehendale S, Mulawade R, Odland O, Papp G, Peitzmann T, Piersimoni P, Protsenko M, Rehman A, Richter M, Santana J, Schilling A, Seco J, Songmoolnak A, Sølie J, Tambave G, Tymchuk I, Ullaland K, Varga-Kőfaragó M, Volz L, Wagner B, Wendzel S, Wiebel A, Xiao R, Yang S, Yokoyama H, Zillien S, Röhrich D. Investigating particle track topology for range telescopes in particle radiography using convolutional neural networks. Acta Oncologica. 2021; 60(11):1413—1418.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Caviglione L, Wendzel S, Mileva A, Vrhovec S. Multidisciplinary Solutions to Modern Cybersecurity Challenges. Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications (JoWUA). 2021; 12(3):1—3.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Keller J, Wendzel S. Reversible and Plausibly Deniable Covert Channels in One-Time Passwords Based on Hash Chains. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(2)1      [DOI]      [File] 
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Wendzel S. IT-Sicherheit für TCP/IP- und IoT-Netzwerke: Grundlagen, Konzepte, Protokolle, Härtung . 2 ed. Springer; 2021      [DOI]      [File] 
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Wendzel S, Plötner J. Linux. Der Grundkurs . 1 ed. Rheinwerk Verlag; 2021     [File] 
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Wendzel S, Caviglione L, Checco A, Mileva A, Lalande J, Mazurczyk W. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Information Security Methodology and Replication Studies (IWSMR 2021). ACM; 2021
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Wendzel S, Caviglione L, Mazurczyk W, Mileva A, Dittmann J, Krätzer C, Lamshöft K, Vielhauer C, Hartmann L, Keller J, Neubert T. A Revised Taxonomy of Steganography Embedding Patterns. In: Proc. 16th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2021). ACM; 2021      [DOI]      [File] 
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Chourib M, Wendzel S, Mazurczyk W. Adaptive Warden Strategy for Countering Network Covert Storage Channels. In: 46th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2021). IEEE; 2021 p. 148—153.     [File] 
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Vrhovec S, Caviglione L, Wendzel S. Crème de la Crème: Lessons from Papers in Top Publications. In: Proc. 16th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2021). ACM; 2021      [DOI]      [File] 
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Hartmann L, Wendzel S. Detection of Anomalous Values within TIA Project Data History for Industrial Control Systems. In: Proc. European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference (EICC 2021). ACM; 2021      [DOI]      [File] 

Open Theses and Projects

4.
(AI-based) Intrusion Detection for Supercomputing . 2026
3.
Covert Channel Amplification (Multiple Topics Available) [Bachelor/Master]. 2026
2.
Fuzzing for Censorship Circumvention [Bachelor/Master]. 2025
1.
Evaluation of Tor Obfuscation Extensions [Bachelor/Master]. 2024