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. Earlier, he was a lecturer (Privatdoz.) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Hagen, Germany, a professor and director of the Center for Technology and Transfer (ZTT) at Hochschule Worms, and 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: Project lead: 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

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

Publications

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Kaur J, Herdin C, Tonejc J, Wendzel S, Meier M, Szlósarczyk S. Novel Approaches for Security in Building Automation Systems. In: Tagungsband des 14. Deutschen IT-Sicherheitskongresses des BSI. SecuMedia Verlags-GmbH; 2015 p. 148—155.
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Kaur J, Tonejc J, Wendzel S, Meier M. Securing BACnet's pitfalls. In: Proc. 30th IFIP TC-11 International Information Security and Privacy Conference (IFIP SEC 2015). 2015 p. 616—629.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Tonejc J, Kaur J, Karsten A, Wendzel S. Visualizing BACnet data to facilitate humans in building-security decision-making. In: International Conference on Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust (HAS 2015). 2015 p. 693—704.      [DOI]      [File] 
41.
Wendzel S, Keller J. Hidden and under control. Annals of Telecommunications—Annales des Télécommunications (ANTE). 2014; 69(7):417—430.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Wendzel S, Keller J. IT-gestütztes Management und Controlling: Verdeckte Kanäle — eine zunehmende Gefahr für Unternehmensdaten. Controlling. 2014; 26. Jahrgang(14/6)1      [DOI]      [File] 
39.
Wendzel S, Ploetner J. Einstieg in Linux . 6 ed. Galileo Press; 2014
38.
Wendzel S, Mazurczyk W, Caviglione L, Meier M. Hidden and uncontrolled—on the emergence of network steganographic threats. In: Securing Electronic Business Processes (ISSE 2014). Springer; 2014 p. 123—133.      [DOI]      [File] 
37.
Kaur J, Meier M, Szlósarczyk S, Wendzel S. A Cost-Efficient Building Automation Security Testbed for Educational Purposes. In: Proc. SECURWARE 2014. Iaria; 2014     [File] 
36.
Wendzel S, Zwanger V, Meier M, Szlósarczyk S. Envisioning smart building botnets. In: Sicherheit 2014 — Sicherheit, Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.; 2014     [File] 
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Wendzel S, Herdin C, Wirth R, Masoodian M, Luz S, Kaur J. Mosaic-chart based visualization in building automation systems. In: Proceedings of the 9th Future Security Research Conference. Fraunhofer Verlag/MEV Verlag, Berlin; 2014 p. 687—690.     [File] 

Open Theses and Projects

8.
(AI-based) Intrusion Detection for Supercomputing . 2026
7.
Auslastungsanzeige für die Bibliothek [Bachelor]. 2026
6.
Covert Channel Amplification (Multiple Topics Available) [Bachelor/Master]. 2026
5.
Mehrere Bachelorarbeitsthemen in Zusammenarbeit mit dem kiz . 2026
4.
Censorship Resistant Scientific Repository [Master]. 2025 Jul.     [File] 
3.
Erweiterung bestehender Tunneling-Software für den Einsatz in Experimentalumgebungen [Bachelor]. 2025
2.
Fuzzing for Censorship Circumvention [Bachelor/Master]. 2025
1.
Evaluation of Tor Obfuscation Extensions [Bachelor/Master]. 2024