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Ján presenting his work at the Real World Cryptography symposium in 2022.
Ján presenting his work on the usability of constant-timeness analysis tools at the Real World Cryptography symposium in 2022.

Since May 2026, we have welcomed Dr. Ján Jančár as a postdoctoral researcher.

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Nicole with her poster on ethical dilemmas in computer security at SOUPS 2026.
Nicole with her poster on ethical dilemmas in computer security at SOUPS 2026.
The Empirical Software Engineering Group at SOUPS 2026 in Hannover, Germany.
The Empirical Software Engineering Group at SOUPS 2026 in Hannover, Germany.

Paderborn University’s Empirical Software Engineering research group presented new research on how to make digital security and privacy easier for users.

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Together with Prof. Yoshi Kohno, University of Washington, and Dr. Wulf Loh, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Prof. Dr. Yasemin Acar, Professor of Empirical Software Engineering at Paderborn University has received an Honorable Mention in the National Security Agency's 12th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition.

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Ein internationales Forschungsteam der Universität Paderborn, des Barnard College (New York City) und des CISPA Helmholtz-Zentrums für Informationssicherheit (Hannover) hat die Effektivität der „Security App“ empirisch nachgewiesen.

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Together with Sungwon Jung, Anastassija Kostan organized and chaired Panel 2 of this years’ Big Data & Society online colloquium titled “The Power of Privacy”!

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At the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium Anastassija Kostan presented the paper “Exploring digital security and privacy in relative poverty in Germany through qualitative interviews”.

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The Präfaktisch Philosophie-Blog features Anastassija Kostan’s entry “Epistemische Ungerechtigkeiten im Kontext Künstlicher Intelligenz“.

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Award at CSCW!

We've been awarded with a Recognition for Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion at CSCW!

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Two research papers accepted at IEEE Security & Privacy!

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Distinguished Paper at USENIX Security!

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