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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Wendzel S. The problem of traffic normalization within a covert channel's network environment learning phase. In: Sicherheit 2012 — Sicherheit, Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.; 2012 p. 149—161.     [File] 
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Wendzel S, Keller J. Low-attention forwarding for mobile network covert channels. In: B. de Decker et. al., editors. Proc. 12th Conference on Communications and Multimedia Security (CMS 2011). Springer; 2011 Oct. p. 122—133.      [DOI]      [File] 
14.
Rist T, Wendzel S, Masoodian M, Monigatti P, Andre E. Creating Awareness for Efficient Energy Use in Smart Homes. In: Gerhild Feuerstein and Walter Ritter, editors. Zusammenfassung der Beiträge zum Usability Day IX, Dornbirn, Austria. Pabst; 2011 May p. 162—168.     [File] 
13.
Ploetner J, Wendzel S. Linux. Das umfassende Handbuch . 4 ed. Galileo Press; 2011
12.
Wendzel S, Rist T, Masoodian M, André E. A Secure Interoperable Architecture for Building-Automation Applications. In: Proc. 4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL). 2011      [DOI]      [File] 
11.
Wendzel S. Mikroprotokolle in verdeckten Kanälen. In: Beiträge zum Doktorandenkolleg Ruhr 2011. 2011
10.
Wendzel S, Ploetner J. Einstieg in Linux. Eine distributionsunabhängige Einführung . 4 ed. Galileo Press; 2010
9.
Ploetner J, Wendzel S. Linux. Das umfassende Handbuch . 3 ed. Galileo Press; 2009
8.
Wendzel S. Protocol channels as a new design alternative of covert channels. CoRR. 2008; abs/0809.19491      [DOI]      [File] 
7.
Wendzel S, Ploetner J. Einstieg in Linux. Eine distributionsunabhängige Einführung . 3 ed. Galileo Press; 2008

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