Thomas Groß - Curriculum Vitae

Personal data

• Thomas Groß
  IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
  Säumerstrasse 4
  CH-8003 Zurich
  Switzerland
  [more...]
• Family status: Single
• Citizenship: German

Education

• from 01/2003 PhD thesis 'Federated Identity Management' at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
• 2002-2003 Master thesis 'Context-based Access Control' at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
• 1998-2003 Computer Science at Saarland University, Saarbrücken
• 1997 University-entrance diploma (Abitur)
• 1988-1997 Secondary school in Ottweiler

Research Interests

• Federated identity management
• Protocol analysis and design especially of browser-based protocols
• Formal methods in protocol security proofs
• Security and privacy research
• Side interests: Innovative software engineering techniques, web service technology, dynamic access control

Awards

• 08/2003 IBM Invention Achievement Award (First Plateau)
• 12/2003 IBM Research Division Award: Federation Manager

Industry Projects

• 2002 DynADI Entitlement Service for Tivoli Access Manager
• 2003 Federation Manager for Tivoli Access Manager
• 2004 Security for Federated Identity Management
• 2004 ODIS: Security and Privacy for SXIP
• 2004 ODIS: Government of Alberta, Federated Identity Management

Networks of Excellency

• ECRYPT - European Network of Excellency in Cryptology
• FIDIS - Future of Identity in the Information Society

Social Service and Non-profit Organizations

• Social service at Naturlandstiftung (Foundation for Nature) Saarland
• Alumni of the German National Academic Foundation
• Youth Speaker of the Naturschutzbund (NABU) Saarland
• President of the Naturschutzjugend (NAJU) Saarland
• Member of the board of the Naturschutzjugend (NAJU) Germany

Other Interests

• Martial Arts: Karate, Ju'Jitsu,
• Live Role Playing Games,
• Music, and Literature

Language Skills

• German (mother tongue),
• English (fluently),
• French (advanced),
• Portuguese, and High-Arabian (beginner)

References

• Dr. Michael Waidner
  IBM Zurich Research Lab
  wmi[at]zurich.ibm.com,
• Dr. Birgit Pfitzmann
  IBM Zurich Research Lab
  bpf[at]zurich.ibm.com
• Prof. Dr. Ahmad Reza-Sadeghi
  Ruhr University Bochum
  sadeghi[at]crypto.rub.de

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