معرفی
Prof. Dr. Ghassan Karame is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the Ruhr-University Bochum, leading the Chair for Information Security. He is a Principal Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence CASA and Director of the Horst Goertz Institute for IT Security since October 2023. Additionally, he serves as a part-time Chief Scientific Advisor at NEC Laboratories Europe.
His research focuses on blockchain security and privacy, platform/storage security, and machine learning security. He has contributed to improving cryptocurrency protocols, hardware-assisted secure systems, and decentralized trust mechanisms.
- Education: PhD in Computer Science from ETH Zurich (2011)
His recent work explores federated learning security, side-channel attacks in TEEs, and practical blockchain scalability solutions. He has served on over 50 program committees and held editorial roles at IEEE TDSC and IEEE TIFS.
Notable Awards:
- 2024 Outstanding Editorial Board Member Award (IEEE Signal Processing Society)
- 2020 Value Realization Award (NEC)
- 2019 IEEE TC Best Paper Award
- Degree among top 2% authors (Stanford-Elsevier)
His teaching includes courses on systems security, blockchain security, and practical ML security, with thesis projects in blockchain, ML, and platform security. He leads the Information Security Chair, part of major research initiatives like CASA and HGI.
