About Me
My name is Marcel Winandy and I am working as Post-doctoral Researcher with the System Security Group at the Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany. My research focus is on trusted platforms, trusted computing, operating system security, secure software systems, and e-health security. I am also a project coordinator and acting manager for research and development projects, and an advisor for students (bachelor and master theses).
See also my homepage at work.
Education
- PhD in IT Security, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (2012)
Thesis: "Security and Trust Architectures for Protecting Sensitive Data on Commodity Computing Platforms" - Diploma in Computer Science (Dipl.-Inform.) University of Bonn, Germany (2004)
Major subject on computer security, databases, and software technology.
Thesis: "Robuste Integration kryptographischer Anwendungen in Java und Windows 2000"
Work Experience
- since 2005: Research Assistant at System Security Lab, Horst Görtz Institute for IT-Security, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
- 2004 - 2005: Research Assistant at Institute for Computer Science, University of Bonn.
- 2003 - 2004: Software developer (working student) at SRC Security & Research Consulting, Bonn, Germany.
- 1997 - 2010: Entrepreneur and freelancer as DJ and for sound & light equipment rental.
Grants and Awards
- 2010: German IT Security Award 2010, 2nd prize, together with Lucas Davi and Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, €60.000,-
- 2010: Scheme to support specific activities of doctoral students, granted by Ruhr-University Bochum, €1500,-
- 2009: Scheme to support specific activities of doctoral students, granted by Ruhr-University Bochum, €1500,-
- 2007 - 2011: Doctoral Fellow of the Ruhr-University Research School, allowance of 3x €1000,-