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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Anhaus EM, Wendzel S. BACtag — Data Leakage Protection für Gebäude. In: D-A-CH Security 2015. syssec; 2015 p. 417—248.     [File] 
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Kaur J, Wendzel S, Meier M. Countermeasures for covert channel-internal control protocols. In: 10th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2015); IWCC Workshop. 2015 p. 422—428.      [DOI]      [File] 
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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] 
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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] 
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Wendzel S, Ploetner J. Einstieg in Linux . 6 ed. Galileo Press; 2014
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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] 
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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] 

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