Dr. Holger Kinkelin
Research Associate

Postal address
- Institut für Informatik der
- Technischen Universität München
- Lehrstuhl I8
- Boltzmannstr. 3
- 85748 Garching bei München - Germany
Contact
- Tel: +49 89 289 18006
- Fax: +49 89 289 - 18033
- e-Mail: kinkelin
net.in.tum.de
(GPG: 3DAB BEAE C1EB 2E29 30D6 A5C4 2F61 D0AD 0A80 35D2) - Building/Room: MI Building, 03.05.055
Consultation hours
By arrangement
Research
Research topics
- Network security
- Design of trustworthy and robust networked systems using
- Distributed ledger technology (DLT)
- Transparency overlay (TO)
- Trusted computing technology
- Properties and performance of DLT/TO
- (Data) Privacy
- in smart environments
- in communication networks
- Human-centric identity management
Research projects
- SKINET (Proaktive Sicherheit durch künstliche Intelligenz in automobilen und industriellen IT-Netzwerken (Proactive Security in automobile and industrial IT networks based on artificial intelligence); from 10/20)
- VITAF (Vertrauenswürdige IT für autonomes Fahren (Trustworthy IT for autonomous driving); from 01/2019)
- DecADe (Decentralized Anomaly Detection; from 06/2016)
- Contract research project with HUAWEI Technologies (01/2016 - 06/2016)
- Surf (Systemic Security for Critical Infrastructures; from 09/2014)
- IDEM (Individualisierbares Energiecontrollingsystem mit Mandantenfähigkeit; 01/2014 - 12/2015)
- BaaS (Building as a Service; 11/2013 - 10/2016)
- ANSII (Anomalieerkennung und eingebettete Sicherheit in industriellen Informationssystemen)
- AutHoNe (Autonomic Home Networking)
- Various contract research projects with Nokia Siemens Networks (2007 - 2012)
Teaching
- WiSe 20/21: Lecture "Network Security" (organizer/main lecturer)
- WiSe 19/20: Lecture "Network Security" (organizer/main lecturer)
- WiSe 18/19: Lecture "Network Security" (organizer/main lecturer)
- WiSe 17/18: Proseminar "Network Hacking and Defense" (organizer/advisor)
- WiSe 16/17: Proseminar "Network Hacking and Defense" (organizer/advisor)
- WiSe 15/16: Proseminar "Network Hacking and Defense" (organizer/advisor)
- WiSe 14/15: Proseminar "Network Hacking and Defense" (organizer/advisor)
- WiSe 13/14: Proseminar "Network Hacking and Defense" (organizer/advisor)
- WiSe 12/13: Proseminar "Network Hacking and Defense" (organizer/advisor)
- SoSe 12: Internet Praktikum "ilab" (organizer/advisor)
- WiSe 11/12: Internet Praktikum "ilab" (organizer/advisor)
- WiSe 11/12: Proseminar "Network Hacking and Defense" (organizer/advisor)
- SoSe 11: Internet Praktikum "ilab" (organizer/advisor)
- WiSe 10/11: Internet Praktikum "ilab" (organizer/advisor)
- WiSe 10/11: Proseminar "Network Hacking and Defense" (organizer/advisor)
- SoSe 10: Internet Praktikum "ilab" (organizer/advisor)
- WiSe 09/10: Proseminar "Network Hacking and Defense" (organizer/advisor)
- Since 2007: Seminars "Innovative Internettechnologien und Mobilkommunikation (IITM)" and "Future Internet (FI)" (advisor)
Supervised Theses
Open
Title | Type | Advisors | Year | Links |
(Reserviert) Survey on AI-based Methods for Network Anomaly Detection | MA, BA | Lars Wüstrich, Christian Lübben, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2020 |
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Creation of Data Sets in Automotive Environments for Network Anomaly Detection | MA, IDP | Lars Wüstrich, Christian Lübben, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2020 |
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In progress
Student | Title | Type | Advisors | Year | Links |
Michal Virgovic | Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Threshold Decryption Schemes | MA | Filip Rezabek, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2021 | |
Nadja Schricker | Creating Traffic Causality Graphs from Network Captures and Application Logic | MA | Lars Wüstrich, Christian Lübben, Holger Kinkelin, Marc-Oliver Pahl | 2021 | |
Stefan Genchev | Online Identification Using the German eID Scheme - Practical Analysis Based on a Certificate Issuance Use Case | BA | Lars Wüstrich, Holger Kinkelin | 2021 | |
Leon Kist | Performance Evaluation of Lightweight Transport Layer Security Protocols | BA | Filip Rezabek, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2020 | |
Robert Junge | A Tamper-Resistant Signature Services Based on Schnorr threshold signing | MA | Filip Rezabek, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2020 |
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Sam Katala | A Tamper-Resistant Signature Services Based on BLS threshold signing | BA | Filip Rezabek, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2020 |
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Bohdan Hirnyak | A Tamper-Resistant Signature Services Based on EDCSA threshold signing | BA | Filip Rezabek, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2020 |
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Raphael Schleithoff | Lightweight Consensus for Distributed Certificate Issuance | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Filip Rezabek | 2020 | |
Andrei Lebedev | Performance Evaluation and Improvement of Hyperledger Iroha | IDP | Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2020 | |
Mohammed Said Derbel | AI-based anomaly classification | BA | Christian Lübben, Lars Wüstrich, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2020 |
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Finished
Author | Title | Type | Advisors | Year | Links |
Jakob Mezger | Performance Analysis of BFT Consensus | BA | Johannes Schleger, Richard von Seck, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2020 |
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Twan Schoonen | Decentral Trust Infrastructure based on Tamper-Evident Logs | MA | Johannes Schleger, Richard von Seck, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2020 | |
Daniel Federschmidt | Assessment of Private Inference Methods for Deep Neural Networks in Autonomous Driving | MA | Benedikt Jaeger, Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Sebastian Wirkert | 2019 | |
Christoph Rudolf | Tamper-resistant creation of integrity tokens for trustworthy communication in cyber-physical systems | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Richard von Seck | 2019 | |
Filip Rezabek | A fault-proof and tamper-resistant certificate issuance process | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Jorge Cuellar | 2019 |
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Jan Martin Vogt | Feasibility of DLT-based Data Storage and Exchange in Small Scale IoT Networks | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2019 | |
Xiaolin Ma | Feasibility of OAuth 2.0 based Authentication in a V2V Communication Scenario | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Georgi Kehaiov (IC-consult) | 2019 | |
Emir Chalgaf | An Evaluation of Manageability and Adaptability of Hyperledger Fabric | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Johannes Schleger | 2019 | |
Markus Oberprieler | Designing a Lightweight Alternative to Distributed Ledgers | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Johannes Schleger, Max Helm | 2019 |
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Michael Koepferl | Development of Security Guidelines for Production Environments | MA | Dr. Heiko Niedermayer, Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Thorsten Delbrouck | 2018 | |
Julian Roos | Modelling Organizational Structues for a Federated Distributed Ledger-Based Certificate Management System | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2018 |
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Yannick Gehring | Incorporating Automated Checks in a Distributed Ledger-Based Certificate Issuance System | BA | Dr. Heiko Niedermayer, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2018 |
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Alexander Bauer | Evaluation of Distributed Ledger Technology in Automotive Scenarios | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer | 2018 | |
Marc Müller | Trustworthy and tamperproof configuration management of networked devices | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Cora-Lisa Perner, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer | 2018 |
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Anil Karatas | Experimental Performance Evaluation of Distributed Private Ledgers in a Virtualized Environment | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Benedikt Jaeger | 2018 |
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Thomas Maier | Exposing Insecure Configurations of Network Session and Permission Graphs | MA | Simon Bauer, Jonas Jelten, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2018 | |
Dominik Bitzer | Privacy-Preserving and Transparent Access Control for Data Queries in Sensor Networks | MA | Marcel von Maltitz, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2017 |
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Max von Tettenborn | A Usable and Expressive Schema for Access Control | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz | 2017 | |
Jan Felix Hoops | Federated Identity and Transaction Management over Blockchain II | BA | Dr. Heiko Niedermayer, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2017 |
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Stefanos Georgiou | A Trustworthy Process-Tracing System for B2B-Applications based on Blockchain Technology | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Sree Harsha Totakura, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer | 2017 |
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Valentin Hauner | Trustworthy Configuration Management with Distributed Ledgers | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer | 2017 |
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Hendrik Leppelsack | Experimental Performance Evaluation of Private Distributed Ledger Implementations | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Stefan Liebald | 2017 |
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Manuel Ehler | Decentralized Feature Processing on Resource-Constrained Devices for Network Anomaly Detection | MA | Marcel von Maltitz, Stefan Liebald, Simon Bauer, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2017 | |
Thomas Mauerer | Chairman: Software Support for the Management of Student Projects | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz | 2017 |
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Elias Hazboun | Applicability and Performance Analysis of Encrypted Databases for Smart Environments | MA | Dr. Heiko Niedermayer, Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz | 2016 |
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Stefan Smarzly | Employment and Evaluation of Secure Multi-Party Computation for Privacy-Preserving Services in Smart Buildings | MA | Marcel von Maltitz, Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2016 |
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Thomas Mauerer | A multi-tenant and privacy-preserving information processing system | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz, Johann Schlamp | 2016 |
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Andreas Kammerloher | Address Resolution and Key Management for a Distributed Communication Underlay | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz | 2015 |
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Besjan Saidi | User controlled privacy settings for Smart Environments | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz | 2015 |
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Lawrence Krug | A system for giving practical advice for energy saving based on sensor information | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz, Johann Schlamp | 2015 |
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Arved Baus | A Feedback System for Smart Buildings | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz, Johann Schlamp | 2015 |
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Jakob Leitmeir | Privacy-preserving Data Combination in Smart Environments | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz | 2015 |
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Benjamin Schöntag | Integrating Voice over IP into a privacy friendly network underlay | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer, Marcel von Maltitz | 2015 | |
Christian Brosche | A modular framework for a collaborative solution for privacy-preserving network communication | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer, Marcel von Maltitz | 2015 |
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Sebastian Vogl | Privatheitsprobleme von Datenmodellen im intelligenten Gebäudeumfeld | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer, Marcel von Maltitz | 2015 |
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Florian Baumann | Anonyme Autorisierung in Smart Environments | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz | 2014 |
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Benedikt Peter | A Privacy-Preserving Architecture for a Smart Building Control System | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz | 2014 |
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Sebastian Rückerl | Presence Detection using passive WLAN measurements | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer | 2014 | |
Sebastian Bendeich | Datenmodelle und Konfliktlösung im intelligenten Gebäudeumfeld | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer, Marcel von Maltitz | 2014 | |
Max von Tettenborn | Permission-aware Resolution of Human-readable Identifiers and Connectivity Establishment in Smart Environments | BA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer | 2014 | |
Rupert Schneider | Resource Depletion und Denial of Service Angriffe auf Xen und KVM | BA | Holger Kinkelin, Heiko Niedermayer | 2013 | |
Michael Dorner | Establishing Secure Communication for (Virtual) Machines using Java Smart Cards | BA | Holger Kinkelin, Nadine Herold | 2013 |
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Cornelius Diekmann | Security Requirement Modeling as Configuration Management for Scenario-Specific Networks | MA | Holger Kinkelin, Dr. Heiko Niedermayer | 2013 |
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Simon Mittelberger | Flexible and resilient services for user-centric identity management and access control | MA | Holger Kinkelin, Heiko Niedermayer | 2013 | |
Benedikt Peter | Isolation Quality of Hypervisors | BA | Holger Kinkelin, Heiko Niedermayer | 2012 | |
Simon Stauber | Hypervisor-based machine monitoring for securing network infrastructures | DA | Holger Kinkelin | 2012 | |
Martin Jobst | Security and Privacy for Personalized Virtual Machine Images using Smart Cards | BA | Holger Kinkelin, Andreas Müller | 2012 |
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Paulo Henrique Azevêdo Filho | User-friendly authorization mechanisms in smart building environments | GR | Holger Kinkelin | 2012 | |
Wenwen Chen | Authentication and Authorization Methods for Resource-Constrained Embedded Device | MA | Dr. Holger Kinkelin | 2012 | |
Simon Mittelberger | A Home Certification Authority for AutHoNe based on Trusted Computing Technology | SEP | Holger Kinkelin | 2012 |
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Blaz Primc | Authentisierende Adressierung in Netzwerken | DA (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) | Marc-Oliver Pahl, Heiko Niedermayer, Holger Kinkelin, Andreas Müller | 2010 | |
Gürcan Karakoc | Ein Mechanismus für nutzerzentriertes Identitäts- und Vertrauensmanagement basierend auf sozialen Netzwerken | DA | Holger Kinkelin, Andreas Müller | 2010 | |
Christoph Eunicke | Vertrauenswürdige Authentisierung durch die Verbindung von digitalen Ausweisen und TPM-fähigen Geräten | Diplomarbeit | Andreas Klenk, Holger Kinkelin | 2009 | |
Maximilian Vinokurov | Ein SIP Auto-Konfigurationsdienst für sicheres VoIP | DA | Andreas Müller, Holger Kinkelin | 2009 | |
Spaska Ivancheva | Ein wissensbasierter SIP-Konfigurationsdienst für NAT-Traversal | SEP | Andreas Müller, Holger Kinkelin | 2009 | |
Andreas Weis | Bluetooth in future Home Networks | SEP | Andreas Müller, Holger Kinkelin | 2009 | |
Simon Stauber | Vertrauenswuerdiges Network Access Control basierend auf Integritaetsmesswerten mit EAP-TNC | SEP | Holger Kinkelin, Corinna Schmitt | 2009 | |
Michael Bothmann | Vertrauenswuerdige Auslieferung von Zertifikaten fuer Network Access Control mit EAP-(T)TLS | SEP | Holger Kinkelin, Corinna Schmitt | 2009 |
Publications
2020-04-01 | Holger Kinkelin, Richard von Seck, Christoph Rudolf, Georg Carle, “Hardening X.509 Certificate Issuance using Distributed Ledger Technology,” in NOMS 2020 - IEEE/IFIP Workshop DISSECT 2020, Budapest, Hungary, Apr. 2020. [Preprint] [Bib] |
2019-04-01 | Cora Perner, Holger Kinkelin, Georg Carle, “Adaptive Network Management for Safety-Critical Systems,” in IM 2019 - IEEE/IFIP Workshop Dissect 2019, Washington D.C., USA, Apr. 2019. [Bib] |
2019-04-01 | Holger Kinkelin, Heiko Niedermayer, Marc-Oliver Müller, Georg Carle, “Multi-party authorization and conflict mediation for decentralized configuration management processes,” in IM 2019 - IEEE/IFIP Workshop HotNSM 2019, Washington D.C., USA, Apr. 2019. [Preprint] [Bib] |
2019-03-01 | Fabien Geyer, Holger Kinkelin, Hendrik Leppelsack, Stefan Liebald, Dominik Scholz, Georg Carle, Dominic Schupke, “Performance Perspective on Private Distributed Ledger Technologies for Industrial Networks,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Networked Systems, Munich, Germany, Mar. 2019. [Pdf] [DOI] [Bib] |
2018-04-23 | Marcel von Maltitz, Stefan Smarzly, Holger Kinkelin, Georg Carle, “A Management Framework for Secure Multiparty Computation in Dynamic Environments,” in NOMS 2018 – IEEE/IFIP DOMINOS Workshop, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018. [Pdf] [Slides] [Bib] |
2018-04-01 | Holger Kinkelin, Valentin Hauner, Heiko Niedermayer, Georg Carle, “Trustworthy Configuration Management for Networked Devices using Distributed Ledgers,” in NOMS 2018 - IEEE/IFIP DOMINOS workshop, Apr. 2018. [Preprint] [Bib] |
2016-03-01 | Johann Schlamp, Holger Kinkelin, Georg Carle, “Distributed Diagnosis of Wireless Networks with TUM measrdroid.” Talk on the GHMT Kompetenztage, Mar-2016. Homburg (Saar), Germany [Bib] |
2016-01-01 | Nadine Herold, Holger Kinkelin, Georg Carle, “Collaborative Incident Handling Based on the Blackboard-Pattern,” in Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Workshop on Information Sharing and Collaborative Security, New York, NY, USA, 2016. [Bib] |
2014-10-01 | Holger Kinkelin, Marcel von Maltitz, Benedikt Peter, Cornelia Kappler, Heiko Niedermayer, Georg Carle, “Privacy Preserving Energy Management,” in Proceeding of City Labs Workshop in conjunction with the International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo 2014), Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 2014. [Pdf] [Bib] |
2014-10-01 | Holger Kinkelin, Heiko Niedermayer, Simon Mittelberger, Georg Carle, “Human-Centric and Privacy-Protecting Trust Establishment over the Internet,” in Proceeding of the Seventh International Conference on Advances in Human-oriented and Personalized Mechanisms, Technologies, and Services (CENTRIC 2014), Nice, France, Oct. 2014. [Bib] |
2014-09-01 | Diego Kreutz, Eduardo Feitosa, Hugo Cunha, Heiko Niedermayer, Holger Kinkelin, “Increasing the Resilience and Trustworthiness of OpenID Identity Providers for Future Networks and Services,” in Ninth International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Sep. 2014, pp. 317–324. [Bib] |
2014-06-01 | Cornelius Diekmann, Stephan-A. Posselt, Heiko Niedermayer, Holger Kinkelin, Oliver Hanka, Georg Carle, “Verifying Security Policies using Host Attributes,” in FORTE – 34th IFIP International Conference on Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components and Systems, Berlin, Germany, Jun. 2014, vol. 8461, pp. 133–148. [Pdf] [Preprint] [Slides] [Sourcecode] [Rawdata] [DOI] [Bib] |
2014-02-01 | Holger Kinkelin, Michael Dorner, Georg Carle, “Lokale Integritätsverifikation von Systemen durch Java Smart Cards,” in Tagungsband des 24. SmartCard Workshop, Darmstadt, Germany, Feb. 2014. [Bib] |
2013-12-01 | Holger Kinkelin, “Autonomous and Robust Components for Security in Network Domains,” PhD thesis, Technische Universität München, Dec. 2013. [Pdf] [Bib] |
2013-10-01 | Marc-Oliver Pahl, Heiko Niedermayer, Holger Kinkelin, Georg Carle, “Enabling Sustainable Smart Neighborhoods,” in 3rd IFIP Conference on Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability 2013 (SustainIT 2013), Palermo, Italy, Oct. 2013. [Pdf] [Bib] |
2011-01-01 | Holger Kinkelin, Ralph Holz, Heiko Niedermayer, Simon Mittelberger, Georg Carle, “On Using TPM for Secure Identities in Future Home Networks,” Future Internet, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1–13, 2011. [Pdf] [DOI] [Bib] |
2010-10-29 | Holger Kinkelin, Ralph Holz, Heiko Niedermayer, Georg Carle, “On Using TPM for Secure Identities in Future Networks (ext. abstract),” in Proceedings of Security in NGNs and the Future Internet Workshop, Sep. 2010. [Bib] |
2010-09-01 | Andreas Müller, Holger Kinkelin, Sunil Kumar Ghai, Georg Carle, “A secure service infrastructure for interconnecting future home networks based on DPWS and XACML,” in HomeNets: ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Home Networks, New Delhi, India, Sep. 2010. [Url] [Pdf] [Bib] |
2010-08-01 | Holger Kinkelin, Andreas Müller, Georg Carle, “Security and Access control for future home networks.” Demo at IPTComm 2010, Munich, Germany, Aug-2010. [Bib] |
2010-06-01 | Holger Kinkelin, Heiko Niedermayer, Ralph Holz, Georg Carle, “TPM-based Access Control for the Future Internet (ext. abstract),” in 5th GI/ITG KuVS Workshop on Future Internet, Stuttgart, Germany, Jun. 2010. [Bib] |
2009-12-01 | Andreas Müller, Holger Kinkelin, Sunil Kumar Ghai, Georg Carle, “An Assisted Device Registration and Service Access System for future Home Networks,” in IFIP Wireless Days 2009, Paris, France, Dec. 2009. [Url] [Pdf] [Bib] |
2009-01-01 | Andreas Klenk, Holger Kinkelin, Christoph Eunicke, Georg Carle, “Preventing identity theft with electronic identity cards and the trusted platform module,” in EUROSEC ’09: Proceedings of the Second European Workshop on System Security, New York, NY, USA, 2009, pp. 44–51. [Pdf] [Bib] |
2008-07-01 | Georg Carle, Holger Kinkelin, Andreas Müller, Heiko Niedermayer, Marc-Oliver Pahl, Alexander König, Thomas Luckenbach, Klaus Scholl, Mario Schuster, Lasse Thiem, Leo Petrak, Markus Steinmetz, Christoph Niedermeier, Jürgen Reichmann, “Autonomic Home Networks in the BMBF project AutHoNe,” in 8th Würzburg Workshop on IP (EuroView 2008), Jul. 2008. [Bib] |
2007-07-01 | Ali Fessi, Heiko Niedermayer, Holger Kinkelin, Georg Carle, “A Cooperative SIP Infrastructure for Highly Reliable Telecommunication Services,” in Principles, Systems and Applications of IP Telecommunications (IPTComm), New York), Jul. 2007. [Pdf] [Bib] |
2007-01-01 | Ali Fessi, Heiko Niedermayer, Holger Kinkelin, Georg Carle, “CoSIP - a hybrid architecture for reliable and secure SIP services,” Praxis in der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation (PIK), special issue on Voice over IP, 2007. [Bib] |