Ladenburg Collegium "Security in Communication Technology"
Chair: Professor Günter Müller, University of Freiburg, Institute for Information Technology and Society
Topic of the Collegium
The Ladenburg Collegium "Security in Communication Technology" was held between 1994 and 1999. Psychologists analyzed the user perception of security. Legal experts, social scientists and political scientists took a closer look at the social and political conditions facilitating the general acceptance of the new media. In close cooperation with all the participants of the collegium, computer scientists developed new technologies or network architectures for secure communication. The concept of "Multilateral Security" was the basis of the research, which delegates the responsibility for security to the parties involved (providers, network operators and users).
In a simulation study in November 1998, participants of the collegium together with the research hospital of the University of Heidelberg tested the technologies developed in the collegium with the requirement of the privacy of patient data. The results of the collegium are available in three publications. In July 1999, the participants of the collegium presented the results to an expert public at an academic conference.
The Web-Site of the collegium is available at http://www.iig.uni-freiburg.de/dbskolleg.
Projects of the Ladenburg Collegium "Security in Communication Technology"
Communication Services in ISDN and IN: Functions of Security and their Integration
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Paul Kühn
University of Stuttgart, Institute for Information Transmission and Data Processing
Reliability, Mobility and Telecommunication Networks
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pfitzmann
Technical University Dresden, Institute for Theoretical Information Technology
Reliable Communication in Open Networks
Prof. Dr. Otto Spaniol
RWTH Aachen, Department of Information Technology IV
The Management of Accessibility as a Demonstration of Multilateral Security
Prof. Dr. Günter Müller
University of Freiburg, Institute for Information Technology and Society
Simulation - Secure Communication in Health Care
Prof. Dr. Alexander Roßnagel
GHK Kassel, Department of Social Sciences and Law
Psychological Research:
a) The Users Perspective: Management of Accessibility and Criteria for Security
b) Multilateral Security and Practical Evaluation by Users
c) Knowledge and the Subjective Perception of Security
d) Usability of the Security Manager
Prof. Dr. Georg Rudinger
University of Bonn, Institute for Psychology
Prof. Dr. Kurt Stapf
University of Tübingen, Institute for Psychology
Building Trust - A Sociological Viewpoint
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Braczyk
Academy for the Evaluation of the Effects of Technology in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
TeleDelphi - The Use of the Internet for a Delphi-Survey
Prof. Dr. Thomas Malsch
University of Dortmund, Department for Technology and SocietyUniversity of Dortmund, Department for Technology and Society
Dr. Michael Florian
Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Department of Evaluation and Design of Technology
Confidence-creating regulations and instances
Prof. Dr. Hansjürgen Garstka
Data Security Official, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schlink
Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute for the Law of Information Technology and Communication Technology
Controlling Banks in the Net and the Net Functioning as Bank: Monetary Policy and Security Problems
Prof. Dr. Hans-Hermann Francke
University of Freiburg, Institute for Financial Sciences