SecUrban
Secure information and communication systems for the Smart City

 

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) lie at the heart of smart, interconnected urban infrastructures. Secure and resilient operation is required to enable the availability of ICTs for critical infrastructures such as Energy, Water, Transport or Health.
The ATHENE research area Secure Urban Infrastructures (SecUrban) aims to integrate data, information and infrastructure security and empower city stakeholders for practical operation as well as security incidents.

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Publications

Enhancing Citizens’ Role in Public Safety: Interaction, Perception and Design of Mobile Warning Apps
Jasmin Haunschild

Resilient Smart Farming: Crisis-Capable Information and Communication Technologies for Agriculture
Franz Kuntke

Towards a Digitally Mediated Transitional Justice Process? An Analysis of Colombian Transitional Justice Organisations’ Posting Behaviour on Facebook
Jasmin Haunschild; Laura Guntrum; Sofía Cerrillo; Franziska Bujara; Christian Reuter
Peace and Conflict Studies, 2024

A Survey on Data Augmentation for Text Classification
Markus Bayer; Marc-André Kaufhold; Christian Reuter
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2023, Vol.55, p.1-39

Challenges for Cyber Arms Control: A Qualitative Expert Interview Study
Thomas Reinhold; Helene Pleil; Christian Reuter
Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (ZfAS), 2023, Vol.16, p.289-310

Common vulnerability scoring system prediction based on open source intelligence information sources
Philipp Kuehn; David N. Relke; Christian Reuter
Computers \& Security, 2023

Das Netz hat Geschichte: Historisch-technische Analyse der kritischen Infrastrukturen in der Region Rhein/Main
Jonas Franken; Marco Zivkovic; Nadja Thiessen; Jens Ivo Engels; Christian Reuter
INFORMATIK 2023: 53. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik – Informatik für Gesellschaft (Workshop-Beiträge), 2023, p.1-6

Digital Volunteers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Care Work on Social Media for Socio-technical Resilience
Stefka Schmid; Laura Guntrum; Steffen Haesler; Lisa Schultheiß; Christian Reuter
Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society, 2023, Vol.3

Dual-use in volunteer operations? Attitudes of computer science students regarding the establishment of a cyber security volunteer force
Jasmin Haunschild; Leon Jung; Christian Reuter
International Symposium on Technikpsychologie (TecPsy) 2023, 2023, p.66-81

Dual-Use Technologies in the Context of Autonomous Driving: An Empirical Case Study From Germany
Laura Guntrum; Sebastian Schwartz; Christian Reuter
Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (ZfAS), 2023

ExTRUST: Reducing Exploit Stockpiles With a Privacy-Preserving Depletion Systems for Inter-State Relationships
Thomas Reinhold; Philipp Kuehn; Daniel Günther; Thomas Schneider; Christian Reuter
IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, 2023, Vol.4, p.158-170

Getting the Residents Attention: The Perception of Warning Channels in Smart Home Warning Systems
Steffen Haesler; Marc Wendelborn; Christian Reuter
Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2023, p.1114-1127

Infrastrukturen und historisches Wissen: Eine inter­dis­zi­pli­näre Analyse der Resilienz von Schienen- und Kabelnetzen
Marco Zivkovic; Jonas Franken; Nadja Thiessen; Jens Ivo Engels; Christian Reuter

Preparedness Nudging for Warning Apps? A Mixed-Method Study Investigating Popularity and Effects of Preparedness Alerts in Warning Apps
Jasmin Haunschild; Selina Pauli; Christian Reuter
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2023, Vol.172, p.102995

Preventing the escalation of cyber conflicts: towards an approach to plausibly assure the non-involvement in a cyberattack
Thomas Reinhold; Christian Reuter
Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (ZeFKo), 2023, Vol.12, p.31-58

Safe and Secure? Visions of Military Human-Computer Interaction
Stefka Schmid
Mensch und Computer 2023 - Workshopband, 2023

Safe AND Secure Infrastructures? – Studying Human Aspects of Safety and Security Incidents with Experts from both Domains
Verena Zimmermann; Jasmin Haunschild; Alina Stöver; Nina Gerber
Mensch und Computer 2023 - Workshopband, 2023

ThreatCrawl: A BERT-based Focused Crawler for the Cyber­security Domain
Philipp Kuehn; Mike Schmidt; Markus Bayer; Christian Reuter

Trends in Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Non-Experts
Elise Özalp; Katrin Hartwig; Christian Reuter
AI - Limits and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence, 2023, p.223-243

Values and Value Conflicts in the Context of OSINT Technologies for Cyber­security Incident Response: A Value Sensitive Design Perspective
Thea Riebe; Julian Bäumler; Marc-André Kaufhold; Christian Reuter
Computer Supported Cooperative Work: The Journal of Collaborative Computing (JCSCW), 2023

Zur Debatte über die Einhegung eines Cyberwars: Analyse militärischer Cyberaktivitäten im Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine
Thomas Reinhold; Christian Reuter
Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (ZeFKo), 2023

A European Perspective on Crisis Informatics: Citizens and Authorities attitudes towards Social Media for Public Safety and Security
Christian Reuter

A Quarter Century of Usable Security and Privacy Research: Transparency, Tailorability, and the Road Ahead
Christian Reuter; Luigi Lo Iacono; Alexander Benlian
Behaviour \& Information Technology (BIT), 2022, Vol.41, p.2035-2048

Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence - The Janus-faced Nature of Machine Learning in the Military Realm
Niklas Schörnig; Thomas Reinhold

Arms Control for Artificial Intelligence
Thomas Reinhold
Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence - The Janus-faced Nature of Machine Learning in the Military Realm, 2022, p.211-226

Book Review: Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Warfare, James Johnson (2021)
Thomas Reinhold; Christian Reuter
Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (ZfAS), 2022

Clustering of Threat Information to Mitigate Information Overload for Computer Emergency Response Teams
Philipp Kuehn; Moritz Kerk; Marc Wendelborn; Christian Reuter

Cultural Violence and Fragmentation on Social Media: Interventions and Countermeasures by Humans and Social Bots
Jasmin Haunschild; Marc-André Kaufhold; Christian Reuter
Cyber Security Politics: Socio-Technological Transformations and Political Fragmentation, 2022, p.48-63

Cyber Threat Observatory: Design and Evaluation of an Interactive Dashboard for Computer Emergency Response Teams
Marc-André Kaufhold; Ali Sercan Basyurt; Kaan Eyilmez; Marc Stöttinger; Christian Reuter
Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2022

Cyber Weapons and Artificial Intelligence: Impact, Influence and the Challenges for Arms Control
Thomas Reinhold; Christian Reuter
Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence - The Janus-faced Nature of Machine Learning in the Military Realm, 2022, p.145-158

CySecBERT: A Domain-Adapted Language Model for the Cyber­security Domain
Markus Bayer; Philipp Kuehn; Ramin Shanehsaz; Christian Reuter

Detecting a Crisis: Comparison of Self-Reported vs. Automated Internet Outage Measuring Methods
Denis Orlov; Simon Möller; Sven Düfler; Steffen Haesler; Christian Reuter
Workshop-Proceedings Mensch und Computer, 2022

Discussing Conflict in Social Media – The Use of Twitter in the Jammu and Kashmir Conflict
Sabrina Gabel; Lilian Reichert; Christian Reuter
Media, War \& Conflict, 2022, Vol.15, p.1-26

Introduction
Niklas Schörnig; Thomas Reinhold
Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence - The Janus-faced Nature of Machine Learning in the Military Realm, 2022, p.1-9

Perceptions and Use of Warning Apps – Did Recent Crises Lead to Changes in Germany?
Jasmin Haunschild; Marc-André Kaufhold; Christian Reuter
Mensch und Computer 2022 - Tagungsband, 2022

Security threats to undersea communications cables and infrastructure – consequences for the EU
Christian Bueger; Tobias Liebetrau; Jonas Franken

Seekabel als Maritime Kritische Infrastruktur
Jonas Franken
Dreizack 21: Von historischen bis zukünftigen Herausforderungen im maritimen Raum, 2022, p.22-25

Sicherheits­heraus­forderungen für Smart City-Infrastrukturen
Verena Zimmermann; Jasmin Haunschild; Marita Unden; Paul Gerber; Nina Gerber
Wirtschaftsinformatik \& Management, 2022

The Digital Divide in State Vulnerability to Submarine Communications Cable Failure
Jonas Franken; Thomas Reinhold; Lilian Reichert; Christian Reuter
International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection (IJCIP), 2022, Vol.38, p.1-15

The Implementation of Protective Measures and Communication of Cyber­security Alerts in Germany - A Representative Survey of the Population
Marc-André Kaufhold; Julian Bäumler; Christian Reuter
Workshop-Proceedings Mensch und Computer, 2022

The Notion of Relevance in Cyber­security: A Categorization of Security Tools and Deduction of Relevance Notions
Philipp Kuehn; Julian Bäumler; Marc-André Kaufhold; Marc Wendelborn; Christian Reuter
Workshop-Proceedings Mensch und Computer, 2022

Towards a Cyber Weapons Assessment Model – Assessment of the Technical Features of Malicious Software
Thomas Reinhold; Christian Reuter
IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, 2022, Vol.3, p.226-239

Trustworthy and Explainable: A European Vision of (Weaponised) Artificial Intelligence
Stefka Schmid
Die Friedens-Warte / Journal of International Peace and Organization (JIPO), 2022, Vol.95, p.290-315

Bridging from Crisis to Everyday Life – An Analysis of User Reviews of the Warning App NINA and the COVID-19 Information Apps CoroBuddy and DarfIchDas
Jasmin Haunschild; Christian Reuter
CSCW 21 Companion: Conference Companion Publication of the 2021 on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, 2021, p.72-78

Citizens Perceived Information Responsibilities and Information Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jasmin Haunschild; Selina Pauli; Christian Reuter
GoodIT 21: Proceedings of the Conference on Information Technology for Social Good, 2021, p.151-156

Connected Self-Organized Citizens in Crises: An Interdisciplinary Resilience Concept for Neighborhoods
Steffen Haesler; Ragnark Mogk; Florentin Putz; Kevin T. Logan; Nadja Thiessen; Katharina Kleinschnitger; Lars Baumgärtner; Jan-Philipp Stroscher; Christian Reuter; Michele Knodt; Matthias Hollick
CSCW 21 Companion: Conference Companion Publication of the 2021 on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, 2021

CySecAlert: An Alert Generation System for Cyber Security Events Using Open Source Intelligence Data
Thea Riebe; Tristan Wirth; Markus Bayer; Philipp Kuehn; Marc-André Kaufhold; Volker Knauthe; Stefan Guthe; Christian Reuter
Information and Communications Security (ICICS), 2021, p.429-446

Design and Evaluation of Deep Learning Models for Real-Time Credibility Assessment in Twitter
Marc-André Kaufhold; Markus Bayer; Daniel Hartung; Christian Reuter
30th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN2021), 2021, p.1-13

Finding Secret Treasure? Improving Memorized Secrets Through Gamification
Katrin Hartwig; Atlas Englisch; Jan Pelle Thomson; Christian Reuter
European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC), 2021, p.105-117

Information Overload in Crisis Management: Bilingual Evaluation of Embedding Models for Clustering Social Media Posts in Emergencies
Markus Bayer; Marc-André Kaufhold; Christian Reuter
Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2021, p.1-18

Information Refinement Technologies for Crisis Informatics: User Expectations and Design Principles for Social Media and Mobile Apps
Marc-André Kaufhold

Measuring Spillover Effects from Defense to Civilian Sectors – A Quantitative Approach Using LinkedIn
Thea Riebe; Stefka Schmid; Christian Reuter
Defence and Peace Economics, 2021, Vol.32, p.773-785

Nudge or Restraint: How do People Assess Nudging in Cyber­security - A Representative Study in Germany
Katrin Hartwig; Christian Reuter
European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC), 2021, p.141-150

Nutzer, Sammler, Entscheidungsträger? Arten der Bürgerbeteiligung in Smart Cities
Jasmin Haunschild; Kilian Demuth; Henri-Jacques Geiß; Christian Richter; Christian Reuter
HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2021, Vol.58

OVANA: An Approach to Analyze and Improve the Information Quality of Vulnerability Databases
Philipp Kuehn; Markus Bayer; Marc Wendelborn; Christian Reuter
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, 2021, p.1-11

Perceptions of Police Technology Use and Attitudes Towards the Police - A Representative Survey of the German Population
Jasmin Haunschild; Christian Reuter
Workshop-Proceedings Mensch und Computer, 2021

Sicherheitskritische Mensch-Computer-Interaktion: Interaktive Tech­no­logien und Soziale Medien im Krisen- und Sicherheitsmanagement (Zweite Auflage)
Christian Reuter

Stronger Together: How Neighborhood Groups Build up a Virtual Network during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Steffen Haesler; Stefka Schmid; Annemike Sophia Vierneisel; Christian Reuter
Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM): Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, 2021, Vol.5

The Impact of Organizational Structure and Technology Use on Collaborative Practices in Computer Emergency Response Teams: An Empirical Study
Thea Riebe; Marc-André Kaufhold; Christian Reuter
Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM): Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, 2021, Vol.5

Towards Resilient Critical Infrastructures - Motivating Users to Contribute to Smart Grid Resilience
Rolf Egert; Nina Gerber; Jasmin Haunschild; Philipp Kuehn; Verena Zimmermann
i-com - Journal of Interactive Media, 2021, Vol.20, p.161-175

Crisis Volunteering Nerds: Three Months After COVID-19 Hackathon \#WirVsVirus
Steffen Haesler; Stefka Schmid; Christian Reuter
MobileHCI 20: 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 2020, p.1-56

Die Veränderung der Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Europa
Thea Riebe; Jasmin Haunschild; Felix Divo; Matthias Lang; Gerbert Roitburd; Jonas Franken; Christian Reuter
Da­ten­schutz und Datensicherheit - DuD, 2020, Vol.44, p.316-321

Information Refinement Technologies for Crisis Informatics: User Expectations and Design Implications for Social Media and Mobile Apps in Crisis
Marc-André Kaufhold

Mobile Resilience: Designing Mobile Interactive Systems for Societal and Technical Resilience
Christian Reuter; Marc-André Kaufhold; Tina Comes; Michèle Knodt; Max Mühlhäuser
MobileHCI 20: 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, 2020, p.1-3

Rapid relevance classification of social media posts in disasters and emergencies: A system and evaluation featuring active, incremental and online learning
Marc-André Kaufhold; Markus Bayer; Christian Reuter
Information Processing \& Management (IPM), 2020, Vol.57, p.1-32

Sharing of Cyber Threat Intelligence between States
Philipp Kuehn; Thea Riebe; Lynn Apelt; Max Jansen; Christian Reuter
S+F Sicherheit und Frieden / Peace and Security, 2020, Vol.38, p.22-28

Sticking with Landlines? Citizens and Police Social Media Use and Expectation During Emergencies
Jasmin Haunschild; Marc-André Kaufhold; Christian Reuter
Proceedings of the International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI) (Best Paper Social Impact Award), 2020, p.1-16

Towards IT Peace Research: Challenges at the Intersection of Peace and Conflict Research and Computer Science
Christian Reuter
S+F Sicherheit und Frieden / Peace and Security, 2020, Vol.38, p.10-16

Towards Secure Urban Infrastructures: Cyber Security Challenges to Information and Communication Technology in Smart Cities
Christian Reuter; Jasmin Haunschild; Matthias Hollick; Max Mühlhäuser; Joachim Vogt; Michael Kreutzer
Mensch und Computer 2020 - Workshopband, 2020, p.1-7

Verfassungs- und völkerrechtliche Fragen im militärischen Cyber- und Informationsraum unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Parlamentsvorbehalts, der Zurechenbarkeit von Cyberangriffen sowie einer möglichen Anpassung nationaler und inter­nationaler Normen
Thomas Reinhold
Deutscher Bundestag, Verteidigungsausschuss, 2020, p.1-9

Warning the Public: A Survey on Attitudes, Expectations and Use of Mobile Crisis Apps in Germany
Marc-André Kaufhold; Jasmin Haunschild; Christian Reuter
Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 2020

Zur naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Friedens- und Konfliktforschung – Aktuelle Herausforderungen und Bewertung der Empfehlungen des Wissenschaftsrats
Christian Reuter; Jürgen Altmann; Malte Göttsche; Mirko Himmel
Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (ZeFKo), 2020, Vol.9, p.143-154