Officers / Board Members

Chair: Dr.-Ing. Nikolaos Athanasios Anagnostopoulos, University of Passau
Vice-Chair 1: Michael Jakobi, contagi
Vice-Chair 2: Nico Mexis, University of Passau
Secretary: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tolga Arul, University of Passau

Upcoming events

• The German Chapter of the IEEE Consumer Technology Society is pleased to announce a webinar by Prof. Dr. Stefan Katzenbeisser of the University of Passau that will take place on 2 December 2024 starting at 16.30. All members of the German IEEE CTSoc Chapter, as well as every other interested person, are heartily welcome to participate in this event.
   

  Securing Everyday Digital Life – An Approach towards Detection, Precise Localization, and Effective Isolation of Concealed IoT Devices in Unfamiliar Environments

  https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/440577

  Date and Time

  • Date: 02 Dec 2024
  • Time: 04:30 PM to 05:30 PM
  • All times are (UTC+01:00) Berlin
   

  Location

  • Virtual attendance
   

  Host

  • Germany Section Chapter, CT08
   

  Registration

  • Starts 16 October 2024 12:00 AM
  • Ends 02 December 2024 04:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC+01:00) Berlin
  • No Admission Charge
  • https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/440577
   

  Speaker Biography

   

  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Katzenbeisser of the University of Passau

  

  Stefan Katzenbeisser (Senior Member, IEEE) received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at TU Wien. Following his habilitation in Computer Science at the Technical University of Munich (2009), he was a professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt from 2012 until 2019. Since 2019, he has been a full professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Passau, Germany. His main research interests include cryptographic protocols (design, analysis), cryptographic techniques for noisy and fuzzy data, privacy-enhancing technologies, software security, watermarking, digital rights management, copyright protection, and malicious code detection.

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  Webinar Description

  The Bavarian research network ForDaySec is an interdisciplinary research association for improving IT security in everyday digital life. The focus is on the development of technologies and solutions suitable for everyday use, with which the opportunities of digitization can be safely exploited in various areas of life and work. In this talk we report on recent results in the use of IoT devices in security applications.

  Internet of Things (IoT) devices have been reportedly used to spy on guests in hotels or privately rented accommodations in recent years. Such attacks can be mitigated by users, especially those at higher security risk, by detecting such devices, localizing them, and subsequently disabling their intrusive functionality. Our work introduces a system that allows a user without specific technical knowledge not only to detect and physically locate hidden IoT devices but further also to isolate devices that are perceived as threats from the network without physical intervention. For the former, the system provides a visual aid using augmented reality, for the latter we integrate de-authentication attacks on the Wi-Fi network based on the network information collected during device localization. The prototype of the system is implemented as an iOS application, connected to a Raspberry Pi, and evaluated on a set of 18 different test devices. Compared to previous research our system shows comparable or even better results. It discloses devices within 3s with a detection rate of at least 90%, localizes them in 3D space visualized using augmented reality with an approximate accuracy of 0.4m, and isolates 100% of the devices for at least 180s (and potentially longer). 

Recent past events

• Symposium on Consumer and Broadcast Technology – Innovation for All (IFA)
  Meeting of the Virtual European Chapter and the German Chapter of IEEE Consumer Technology Society (CTSoc) + Site Event for the 100 Years of IFA: “100 Moments”
   

  7 September 2024 10.00 – 15.30

   

  Held at:
  VDE Berlin
  Bismarckstraße 33
  Berlin

   

  Description:

  IFA 100 – Innovation for all

  On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the IFA and the 145th anniversary of the ETV Berlin-Brandenburg, a hybrid IEEE CTSoc Symposium will be held in cooperation with the VDE Berlin-Brandenburg (ETV), the VDE Rhein-Main and the IEEE Broadcast Technology (BT) Society.

  Leif Lindner, head of the IFA management company, will speak in his welcoming address about the vision for changing IFA in its global context. IFA is the leading trade fair for consumer electronics and household appliances. Today it is becoming younger, more international and hipper. Lindner: “I believe that we have clearly managed to improve, refine and adapt our brand image and usher in the start of a new era.” This starts with the name IFA. It once stood for “Internationale Funkausstellung” but now this name no longer describes what IFA actually is standing for. Today, IFA stands for “Innovation for all”.

  Renowned speakers such as Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Brandenburg one of the inventors of the mp3 file format, probably the most important development for the music industry since the vinyl record, will talk about his vision to connect the digital and real world through immersive audio and unlock the full potential of human hearing. “We want to enable everyone to dive deep into any soundscape.”

  Architect Mattes Buskies will speak about the intermittent vision of the IFA trade fair, Werner von Siemens’s idea of “Ingenuity for Life” and the connection between electrical engineering and well-being. He will explain how well-known buildings in Berlin such as the Radio Tower, the “Haus des Rundfunks” and the “VDE-Haus Bismarckstraße 33” have their own design language and convey a message of the New Objectivity.

  The event is organized as a hybrid chapter meeting of the IEEE Consumer Technology Society together with Stefan Mozar, IEEE Consumer Technology, and Peter Siebert, IEEE Broadcast Technology Society. Experience an exciting day with presentations by renowned speakers, institutions and experts.

  Organizer

  VDE Berlin-Brandenburg (ETV)

  Co-Organizers

  IEEE CTSoc
  VDE Rhein-Main e.V.
  IEEE BT Society
  VDE ITG