Dieter Landes

Prof. Dr. Dieter Landes serves as a Professor in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Coburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. His research bridges theoretical AI advancements with practical cybersecurity and energy solutions, particularly targeting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through federally funded initiatives.

Landes' core research interests include:

• Cybersecurity applications of Large Language Models for Blue/Red Teaming operations
• AI-driven predictive maintenance in photovoltaic energy systems
• Realistic data generation for security system training and testing
• Intelligent educational technologies for personalized learning navigation
• High Performance Computing infrastructure for applied AI workloads

His current grant portfolio demonstrates sustained research leadership:

• Blue-and Red-Agent-based Cyber Security (2025-2028): Federal Office for Information Security project developing LLM-powered defenses against SME-targeted cyberattacks
• Kick-PV (2023-2026): AI characterization methods for remote photovoltaic system diagnostics
• GENESIS (2022-2025): Framework for generating realistic data flows to train insider threat detection systems
• VoLL-AI (2021-2025): Multi-university collaboration (Erlangen/Bamberg) on AI-driven learning navigation
• HPC4AAI (2021-2024): Infrastructure development for applied artificial intelligence computing

Landes operates within interdisciplinary research collectives at Coburg University, frequently partnering with Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg. His project pipeline extending to 2028 confirms active research trajectory in applied computer science.