معرفی
Volker Roth is a Professor in Computer Science at Freie Universität Berlin, heading the Secure Identity Research Group since 2009. He has held positions as Senior Researcher at FXPAL (Palo Alto), Visiting Professor at the Peter Kiewit Institute (University of Nebraska at Omaha), CTO of OGM Laboratories (Omaha), Senior Researcher and Deputy Department Head at Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, and Postdoc at ICSI (Berkeley). He earned his Dr.-Ing. and Dipl.-Inform. from Technische Hochschule Darmstadt.
- Education: Dr.-Ing. (PhD), Dipl.-Inform. (M.Sc.) in Computer Science from TU Darmstadt
His research focuses on privacy and security in information systems, emphasizing the psychological acceptability of security mechanisms. Key themes include applied cryptography, human-computer authentication, and usable security. He designs security mechanisms that are simple but effective and function without a common root of trust.
His recent work analyzes email encryption adoption over 27 years (81M+ emails) and explores cryptocurrency wallet usability, touch authentication, and shoulder surfing defenses. He has developed privacy-preserving data collection pipelines and contributed to standards in key management, email security, and mobile authentication.
Scientific awards include:
- Best Paper at MobileHCI 2016
- Honorary Mention at CHI 2021
- INI-GraphicsNet Best System Paper Award 2006
- Best Student Paper at NSDI 2004
Volker Roth teaches computer science and leads research in secure identity systems. His consultation hours are Tuesdays at 18h via Webex, with contact details available on his personal page.
