Hiti Chair for Data Application Security

The chair will make important contributions to foster cyber security as a foundation for digital innovation and transformation, and will collaborate closely with the other research groups at the department, such as Business Process Management, Technology and Innovation, and Data Science. The chair will also collaborate with neighboring disciplines at the university, such as law, finance, and entrepreneurship, and it will establish strong relations to leading scholars and practitioners in the rea of cyber security around the world. The chair will be responsible for developing and leading a major in Data and Application Security as part of our information systems master’s program and is expected to conduct high quality research and publish in internationally renowned academic journals. The chair will further be expected to develop strong ties to the regional industry through intensive knowledge transfer, and to develop a strong portfolio of executive education in data and application security.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: development and assessment of strategies and policies for data and application security, predictive modeling in forensics, malware detection, development of secure, embedded platforms, secure public cloud computing, secure network computing, security engineering and application development, and security protocols and organizational processes. Technologies like blockchain, machine learning, and advanced encryption will be part of the research portfolio of the Hilti Chair for Data and Application Security.

• Applicants must have superior academic credentials, including a record of scholarly impact evidenced by journal and conference publications, excellent teaching ability, and a record in professional academic and institutional service.
• Good knowledge of the German language will allow the candidate to successfully engage with our regional partners, and we expect candidates who do not speak German to learn the language within a period of three years.
• We seek for candidates who bring the ability, passion, and motivation to actively build a group of both regional and international impact.