Johannes Kinder

Prof. Dr. Johannes Kinder is a Professor and Chair of Programming Languages and Artificial Intelligence at the Institute of Informatics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His research focuses on software security through program analysis and machine learning, particularly targeting malware detection, vulnerability analysis, and reverse engineering. He has held faculty positions at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Bundeswehr University Munich.

Research Interests include:

• Securing software systems via program and machine learning techniques
• Detection of software vulnerabilities and malware
• Preventing exploitation through binary analysis
• Applications of formal methods in systems security

Recent Publications highlight advancements in binary function embedding, malware detection in npm, and speculative execution attack modeling. His work appears in top venues like USENIX Security and IEEE S&P.

Education: Diplom from TU Munich (2005), Doctorate from TU Darmstadt (2010).

Professional Roles:

• General Chair, ACM CCS 2019
• Doctoral Symposium Chair, ESSoS 2016
• Program Committee member for NDSS 2026, IEEE S&P 2022-2025