Christian Wressnegger
Scholar

Christian Wressnegger

Google Scholar ID: GTiPndkAAAAJ
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Computer SecurityMachine LearningXAI Security
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
2,284
 
H-index
20
 
i10-index
28
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
8
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • NDSS Distinguished Paper Award 2025
  • AISEC Top Reviewer Award 2025
  • ACSAC Best Paper Award Runner-Up 2024
  • USENIX Security Distinguished Paper Award 2022
  • WWW Best Paper Award Runner-Up and Honorable Mentioned PC Member 2022
  • CVPR-SAIAD Best Paper Award Runner-Up 2021
  • DIMVA and ARES Best Paper Award Runner-Up 2019
  • CAST/GI Dissertation Award for IT-Security Runner-Up 2019
  • DIMVA Best Paper Award 2016
  • German Prize for IT-Security 2nd Place 2016
  • Multiple teaching awards, including Best CS Lecture at KIT (2021) and Best Lecture/Practical Course at TU Braunschweig (2019)
  • Held key organizational roles: Artifact Evaluation Chair for USENIX Security 2026, Workshop Chair for IEEE EuroS&P 2024/2025, PC Chair for GI Sicherheit 2024, etc.
  • Longstanding PC member for top-tier conferences including IEEE S&P, NDSS, USENIX Security, ACSAC, CCS, WWW, SatML, AISEC, DIMVA, and more
Background
  • Professor of Computer Science at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
  • Head of the 'Artificial Intelligence and Security' research group
  • Research focuses on the intersection of machine learning (or AI broadly) and computer security
  • Develops methods in system and application security, e.g., attack detection and vulnerability discovery in software
  • Studies robustness of machine learning against adversarial attacks, aiming for 'secure AI'
  • Particularly interested in the Security of Explainable AI (XAI)