Scholar
Steffen Becker
Google Scholar ID: O3VQWMQAAAAJ
Research Center for Trustworthy Data Science and Security, RUB, MPI-SP
Citations & Impact
Citations
382
H-index
10
i10-index
10
Publications
20
Co-authors
9
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published several papers, including:
- - 'I see an IC: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Study Human Problem-Solving Processes in Hardware Reverse Engineering'
- - 'The Anatomy of Hardware Reverse Engineering: An Exploration of Human Factors During Problem Solving'
- - 'A World Full of Privacy and Security (Mis)conceptions? Findings of a Representative Survey in 12 Countries'
- - 'Red Team vs. Blue Team: A Real-World Hardware Trojan Detection Case Study Across Four Modern CMOS Technology Generations'
- - 'An Exploratory Study of Hardware Reverse Engineering - Technical and Cognitive Processes'
Research Experience
- Currently a Junior Research Group Leader at the Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security, leading the Human-Centered Hardware Security group. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the CASA Cluster of Excellence and the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy.
Education
- Completed his doctoral studies at Ruhr University Bochum in 2021, focusing on the human aspects of hardware reverse engineering.
Background
- Research interests include hardware security, cognitive science, and human-computer interaction, aiming to enhance the transparency and trustworthiness of digital systems. Focuses on embedded security and the human factors that influence it, with research areas spanning hardware reverse engineering, obfuscation, and Trojans, as well as usable security and privacy.
