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Prof. Dr. Jörn Müller-Quade

Prof. Dr. Jörn Müller-Quade

Scientific Director
Innovation, Strategy and Transfer

Career

Prof. Dr. Jörn Müller-Quade, the speaker and initiator of the Institute for Information Security and Dependability (KASTEL) at KIT, heads the KASTEL Cryptography and Security Group. He deals with research questions on data protection, IT security, and cryptography. The “Bingo-Voting” secure voting procedure was developed at his chair. Currently, Jörn Müller-Quade is concerned with the question to what extent data processed and stored on foreign servers can remain secure.

Engagements and Awards

  • Spokesperson of the Institute for Information Security and Dependability (KASTEL)
  • Working Group Leader of Lernende Systeme – Germany’s Platform for Artificial Intelligence of the German Federal Government

First place at the German IT Security Award
(2008 and 2014)

awarded by the Horst Görtz Foundation