Aufruf zu Nominierungen für den Albert-Endres-Award 2027
Wer hat aus Ihrer Sicht besondere Anerkennung für sein oder ihr Wirken für die Informatik verdient? Seit 2023 verleiht das German Chapter of the ACM aus der Mitte unseres Vereins heraus den Albert-Endres-Award. Mit ihm würdigen wir Persönlichkeiten, die sich in besonderer Weise um die Informatik in Praxis und/oder Forschung verdient gemacht haben und dabei die...
Wenn KI unsere Informationswelt verändert: German Chapter Workshop zu Desinformation beim INFORMATIK FESTIVAL 2026
Generative KI verändert unsere Gesellschaft – und das in einer Geschwindigkeit, deren Konsequenzen wir gerade erst beginnen zu verstehen. Large Language Models können Wissen leichter zugänglich machen, Menschen beim Lernen unterstützen, Softwareentwicklung beschleunigen und völlig neue Formen der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion ermöglichen. Doch dieselben Technologien senken auch die Hürden für die Erzeugung überzeugender falscher oder manipulierter Inhalte...
Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2026: Informatikgeschichte erleben – und live dabei sein
Vom 13. bis 18. September 2026 trifft sich in Heidelberg erneut eine außergewöhnliche Gemeinschaft: Beim 13. Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) kommen einige der bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten aus Mathematik und Informatik mit rund 200 ausgewählten Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchswissenschaftlern aus aller Welt zusammen. Nehmen Sie remote teil!...
European Innovation Ecosystems: Lessons from Ten Years of the German-French Academy for the Industry of the Future
🇪🇺 Sometimes a birthday cake tells a bigger story than a hundred project reports. When we cut the birthday cake at Viva Technology 2026 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the German-French Academy for the Industry of the Future (GFA), I suddenly realized something. We were not celebrating ten years of an institution. We were celebrating ten years of relationships. Researchers greeting collaborators they had not seen for years. Students introducing mentors from another country. Indu...
France’s Cybersecurity Chairs Unite at the École Militaire: Strengthening a National Ecosystem for Cybersecurity Research
A strong cybersecurity ecosystem is built on collaboration, trust, and long-term partnerships. I was delighted to represent the **Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructures (Cyber CNI) Chair** at **IMT Atlantique** during the annual inter-chair meeting organised by **COMCYBER** at the historic **École Militaire** in Paris—a symbolic venue that has educated French military leaders since the reign of Louis XV and today hosts the **École de Guerre**. The meeting brought together the holders an...
Critical Infrastructure Cyber Resilience at Eurosatory 2026: Strengthening France’s and Europe’s Cyber Defence Ecosystem
Protecting critical infrastructures requires close collaboration between academia, industry, and defence. Eurosatory 2026 once again demonstrated how strong this ecosystem has become. As holder of the **Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructures (Cyber CNI) Chair** at **IMT Atlantique**, I had the pleasure of representing the Chair at **Eurosatory 2026**, exchanging with long-standing partners and colleagues committed to strengthening France's and Europe's cyber resilience. A particular pleasur...
CyberSecDome Final Plenary Meeting Brings Partners Together in Chania
The final plenary meeting of the CyberSecDome project took place this week in Chania, Crete, bringing together partners from across Europe as we prepare for the project's final review. Over two days, consortium members discussed pilot progress, platform integration, exploitation activities, Open Call projects, and the next steps towards demonstrating innovative approaches for cyber defence, cyber resilience, incident investigation, and incident response using immersive XR and VR technologies. ...
Digitale Souveränität: Infrastruktur, Macht oder Gesellschaftsprojekt?
💡 Was bedeutet „Digitale Souveränität“ eigentlich wirklich? Geht es um europäische Cloud-Infrastrukturen? Um Open Source und digitale Gemeingüter? Um geopolitische Macht? Oder um gesellschaftliche Selbstbestimmung? In unserem neuen Beitrag für den GI-Radar fassen wir die unterschiedlichen Perspektiven auf Digitale Souveränität zusammen, die aktuell die Informatik-Community prägen. Mit Positionen und Impulsen von: 🔹 Hans Torben Löfflad (STACKIT) 🔹 Stefan Kaufmann (Wikimed...
CyberSecDome XR Cybersecurity Demo at IRISA
A great day yesterday presenting the European project CyberSecDome at the CNRS UMR IRISA laboratory in Rennes during the visit of the Jeunes IHEDN. Many thanks to Olivier Barais for opening the session and highlighting the strong cybersecurity ecosystem within IRISA. As part of the activities carried by the Chaire Cybersécurité des Infrastructures Critiques within the IRISA environment, we presented our work on next-generation cybersecurity interfaces combining AI and XR technologies to impr...
Wrapping Up an Inspiring Journey in the New Master Cybersecurity Program at IMT Atlantique
Today was the final session of my teaching engagement in the new Master Cybersecurity program at IMT Atlantique in Rennes — and what an inspiring experience it has been. Over the past weeks, I had the pleasure of teaching a fantastic group of students in our course on *Securing Critical Infrastructures*. With 8 female and 2 male students, the class brought together strong technical backgrounds, curiosity, critical thinking, and excellent discussions throughout the course. We explored topics ...