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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Keller J, Spenger G, Wendzel S. Ant colony-inspired parallel algorithm to improve cryptographic pseudo random number generators. In: 2017 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW 2017). 2017 p. 17—22.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Wendzel S, Mazurczyk W, Haas G. Don’t you touch my nuts: Information hiding in cyber physical systems. In: 2017 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW 2017). 2017 p. 29—34.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Kobekova A, Bültermann L, Tonejc J, Wendzel S. Was bedeutet das IT-Sicherheitsgesetz für Smart Buildings? Konzepte des sicheren Alterns der Gebäude-IT. In: Tagungsband des 15. Deutschen IT-Sicherheitskongresses des BSI. SecuMedia Verlags-GmbH; 2017 p. 515—526.     [File] 
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Wendzel S, Mazurczyk W, Zander S. A Unified Description Method for Network Information Hiding Methods. Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS). 2016; 22(11):1456—1486.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Kaur J, Wendzel S, Eissa O, Tonejc J, Meier M. Covert channel-internal control protocols: attacks and defense. Security and Communication Networks (SCN). 2016; 9(15):2986—2997.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Wendzel S. How to Increase the Security of Smart Buildings. Communications of the ACM (CACM). 2016; 59(5):47–49.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Wendzel S, Kasem-Madani S. IoT Security: The Improvement-Decelerating 'Cycle of Blame'. Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility (JCSM). 2016      [DOI]      [File] 
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Naumann M, Wendzel S, Mazurczyk W, Keller J. Micro protocol engineering for unstructured carriers: on the embedding of steganographic control protocols into audio transmissions. Security and Communication Networks (SCN). 2016; 9(15):2972—2985.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Mazurczyk W, Wendzel S, Azagra Villares I, Szczypiorski K. On importance of steganographic cost for network steganography. Security and Communication Networks (SCN). 2016; 9(8):781—790.      [DOI]      [File] 
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Wendzel S, Keller J. Special Issue on Security, Privacy and Reliability of Smart Buildings. Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS). 2016; 22(9):1201—1202.      [DOI]      [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