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1. Focus: Key technologies
2. Status: Planned Program

Virtual information and partnering event on November 27, 2024, 2-4 p.m. Please register by November 20 using this form.Deadline for submission of presentation slides is November 25, 2024. The research program Side-Channel Analysis for Post-Quantum Cryptology (SCA4PQC) investigates countermeasures to side-channel attacks on asymmetric, cryptographic post-quantum methods. The aim is to (further) develop cryptosystems that […]

1. Focus: Secure Society
2. Status: Planned Program

Background Until now, forensically relevant data has been generated in heterogeneous formats that are difficult to merge. As a result, it is only possible to compare individual pieces of information, e.g. time stamps or location data, with a great deal of additional effort. The calculation of new information, such as gait patterns, also requires heterogeneous […]

1. Focus: Key technologies
2. Status: Planned Program

Background Generative AI applications such as ChatGPT or Midjourney are currently attracting a great deal of attention. These models can be used in a wide range of application areas without any prior technical knowledge due to their ability to generate complex and multimodal outputs (e.g. text, image, audio, video) based on free inputs (prompts). The […]

1. Focus: Key technologies
2. Status: Project phase

Background Side-channel attacks (SCA) are generally attacks to extract otherwise hidden information, properties of program routines or reveal the physical implementation of cryptographic systems. Information such as passwords, encryption keys or other sensitive data on electronic chips can be uncovered by analyzing physical characteristics of the system such as power consumption, electromagnetic emissions or the […]

1. Focus: Secure Society
2. Status: Planned Program

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1. Focus: Key technologies
2. Status: Project phase

We are looking for ideas for the coming future From drones in the air to unmanned robotic systems on the ground – key technologies in this area will be highly relevant for Germany’s internal and external security in the future. That is why we were looking for disruptive ideas on the topic of “Autonomous Intelligent […]

1. Focus: Secure Society
2. Status: Planned Program

Background The transcription of linguistic data and the identification of speakers have been the subject of some research activity in the analysis of audio data. However, the evaluation of meta-information that can be extracted from acoustic signals in addition to spoken language is still a largely unexplored field. In particular, it is not currently known […]

1. Focus: Secure systems
2. Status: Planned Program

Background The ZANDER program addresses the critical need to enable communication and imaging in environments where conventional methods fail. A key scenario is communication within teams on a container ship, where the massive steel structure hinders signal transmission. Equally important is imaging for underground structures such as tunnels, where the layers of earth make visual […]

1. Focus: Secure Society
2. Status: Planned Program

1. Focus: Secure Society
2. Status: Planned Program

1. Focus: Secure systems
2. Status: Planned Program

1. Focus: Secure systems
2. Status: Finalised

1. Focus: Key technologies
2. Status: Planned Program

1. Focus: Secure Society

1. Focus: Secure Society
2. Status: Project phase

Background The increasing connectivity of society offers many advantages, but this also increases the risk of being affected by cybercrime. Despite this rising threat, it is currently only possible to estimate the extent of the harm caused by cybercrime, as there is no model that allows for a holistic measurement of both material and non-material […]

1. Focus: Secure systems
2. Status: Project phase

Background Alternative computing architectures refer to computing architectures that go beyond the current architecture of binary logic on semiconductor chips. This includes logical models such as analogue computing, ternary computing, symbolic computing or reservoir computing. It also includes physical implementations such as optical computing, DNA computing, physarum computing (mushrooms), neuromorphic computing or orgonoid intelligence. Quantum […]

1. Focus: Secure systems
2. Status: Project phase

Existential Risks from Cyber and Information Space – High Security in Security-Critical and Defense-Relevant Scenarios (HSK) Background IT infrastructures are of critical importance to society today. The currently discussed draft of the new KRITIS umbrella law emphasizes the relevance of critical infrastructures in cyber and information space. Targeted attacks on these structures pose a potential […]

1. Focus: Secure Society
2. Status: Project phase

Background Digital identities are indispensable: whether for online banking or for digital federal applications. Secure authentication is also necessary to make various types of applications securely usable for the user. In this call for proposals, three novel forms of biometric authentication are to be researched and the requirements for their encryption developed. Zielstellung Biometrics This […]

1. Focus: Key technologies
2. Status: Finalised

Background Established cryptographic procedures enable protection against unauthorised access to sensitive data during communication with other parties (data in transit) and during the storage of this data (data at rest). However, it is not possible to process data directly in an encrypted state using conventional methods. This is contrasted by newer cryptographic concepts such as […]

1. Focus: Secure systems
2. Status: Project phase

Background As IT systems become increasingly complex, they also become more vulnerable to security-critical errors. Many of the most dangerous vulnerabilities in IT systems stem from a few fundamental issues. Conventional programming and testing methods can help avoid and identify many errors in hardware and software, but they are not foolproof. This is where formal […]

1. Focus: Secure Society
2. Status: Project phase

Background IT forensics describes the securing and analyzing of criminally relevant data from IT systems using scientific methods. Strictly methodical data analysis is used to prove facts in court. Digital forensics also plays a decisive role in the application context of artificial intelligence, as AI systems are often used in companies as well as in […]

1. Focus: Secure Society
2. Status: Project phase

Background The program “Safe Neural Human-Machine Interaction” takes brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to a new level of safety. BCIs are revolutionary technologies that make it possible to read electrical signals from the brain and use them to control external devices. For example, paraplegics can learn to control a robotic arm with their thoughts. However, many neurotechnologies […]

1. Focus: Key technologies
2. Status: Project phase

Background Neural artificial intelligence algorithms (e.g. deep learning) are increasingly used in applications by internal and external security organisations, for example in the context of drone-based reconnaissance, disinformation detection and tactical situational awareness applications. At the same time, there is a growing awareness of specific vulnerabilities that are specific to machine learning (ML) and emerge […]

1. Focus: Key technologies
2. Status: Project phase

Background Quantum computers are expected to revolutionize computing in the foreseeable future, as they could solve many problems faster than a conventional computer can. This is made possible by quantum mechanical properties and effects, e.g. entanglement and interference. This results in enormous application potential, from machine learning to simulations of very complex systems. However, many […]

1. Focus: Secure Society
2. Status: Project phase

A country’s cultural and structural conditions can influence the development of crime, and cybercrime is no exception. These include, for example, cyber hygiene, victimization, fear of cybercrime and the acceptance of new technologies. Constant technological change precipitates a dynamic development of crime, however stable factors also need to be identified. Future Cybercrime I(Pattern Recognition and […]