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

34.
Kaur J, Wendzel S. Realization and Experiences with a Low-Cost Building Automation Security Testbed for Educational Purpose. In: Proceedings Computer Science Conference for University of Bonn Students (CSCUBS). 2014     [File] 
33.
Szlósarczyk S, Wendzel S, Kaur J, Meier M, Schubert F. Towards suppressing attacks on and improving resilience of building automation systems — an approach exemplified using BACnet. In: Sicherheit 2014 — Sicherheit, Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.; 2014     [File] 
32.
Pohl C, Schinzel S, Wendzel S. Proceedings of the Eight GI SIG SIDAR Graduate Workshop on Reactive Security (SPRING 2013). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI); 2013     [File] 
31.
Lalande J, Wendzel S. Hiding Privacy Leaks in Android Applications Using Low-Attention Raising Covert Channels. In: Proc. 2013 International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), International Workshop on Emerging Cyberthreats and Countermeasures (ECTCM 2013). IEEE; 2013 p. 701—710.      [DOI] 
30.
Kahler B, Wendzel S. How to own a building? Wardriving gegen die Gebäude-Automation. In: Proc. 20. DFN Workshop zur Sicherheit in vernetzten Systemen. BoD; 2013 p. H1—H13.     [File] 
29.
Wendzel S, Keller J. Preventing Protocol Switching Covert Channels. International Journal on Advances in Security. 2012; 5(3 and 4)1      [DOI] 
28.
Wendzel S, Ploetner J. Einstieg in Linux . 5 ed. Galileo Press; 2012
27.
Ploetner J, Wendzel S. Linux. Das umfassende Handbuch . 5 ed. Galileo Press; 2012     [File] 
26.
Rist T, Wendzel S, Masoodian M, Andre E. Techniken für Menschen im nächsten Jahrzehnt – Beiträge zum Usability Day X. Pabst Science Publishers; 2012 p. 80—87.     [File] 
25.
Wendzel S. Tunnel und verdeckte Kanäle im Netz. 1 ed. Vieweg+Teubner; 2012      [DOI] 

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