ISF - Our Research Areas

Some examples of our key research areas:

• Department of Computer Science and Department of Natural Sciences:
  Research Area Civil Security
  (Prof. Dr. Gerhard Holl, Prof. Dr. Harald Illges, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Jung, Prof. Dr. Peter Kaul, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pomp, Prof. Dr. Dieter Reinscheid)
  e.g. sensors for the detection and analysis of explosives and energetic materials

• Department of Computer Science:
  Research Area Information Security
  (Prof. Dr. Karl Jonas, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl W. Neunast, Prof. Markus Ullmann, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Jung)
  e.g. the development of secure software and secure human-machine cooperation
  Example: Cyber-Security Lab

• Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Journalism:
  Research Area Functional Safety
  (Prof. Dr. Alexander Asteroth, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Breuer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iris Groß, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Jung, Prof. Dr. Dietmar Reinert)
  E.g. reliable non-contact sensors for hazard detection; safety assessment of production facilities

• Department of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Journalism and department of Natural Sciences
  Research Area Secure supply networks
  (Prof. Dr. Robert Scholl)
  E.g. low-cost drinking water disinfection