PhD Theses

On this page you will find an overview about all ongoing and completed PhD Theses at the chair for Security Engineering.

Ongoing Theses

• Side-channel Resistant Physically Unclonable Functions
  Anita Ag­haie
  

• Evaluation and Prevention of Side-channel Leakage with Special Consideration of Multivariant Methods
  Florian Bache
  

• Security-Oriented Hardware Design and Tool Flow
  Fa­bi­an Busch­kow­ski
  

• TBA
  Bijan Fada­ei­nia
  

• Security Patterns in High-Level Hardware Design
  Jakob Feldtkel­ler
  

• Sym­me­tric Cryp­to­gra­phic Pri­mi­ti­ves with Ef­fi­ci­ent Phy­si­cal Se­cu­ri­ty
  David Knichel
  

• For­ma­le Ve­ri­fi­ka­ti­on phy­si­ka­li­scher Si­cher­heits­ei­gen­schaf­ten
  Markus Krausz
  

• Secure Implementation of Post-Quantum Cryptography
  Georg Land
  

• Eva­lu­ie­rung und Im­ple­men­tie­rung von mo­der­ner Kryp­to­gra­phie zur Wah­rung der Pri­vat­sphä­re in cloud­ba­sier­ten An­wen­dun­gen
  Johannes Mono
  

• Phy­si­ka­li­sche Si­cher­heit von in­te­grier­ten CMOS Schalt­krei­sen der nächs­ten Ge­ne­ra­ti­on
  Thorben Moos
  

• Re­kon­fi­gu­rier­ba­re Platt­form mit Schutz­me­cha­nis­men gegen An­grei­fer mit phy­si­schen Zu­gang
  Ni­co­lai Mül­ler
  

• Phy­si­cal Se­cu­ri­ty So­lu­ti­ons for Low-En­er­gy and Low-Power Hard­ware Ap­p­li­ca­ti­ons
  Aein Re­za­ei Shah­mir­za­di
  

• Security by Dynamic Hardware Reconfiguration
  Jan Richter-Brockmann
  

• Behavioral Analysis of Integrated Circuits through the Electromagnetic Near Field
  Marvin Staib
  

• Security Extensions for Instruction Set Architectures
  Florian Stolz
  

• Randomization in Secure Processor Design
  Jan Phil­ipp Thoma
  

Finished Theses

• Deep Learning-Enhanced Side-Channel Analysis of Cryptographic Implementations
  Benjamin Hettwer
  Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, May 2021
  

  Gutachter: Prof. Tim Güneysu, Prof. Dr. Lejla Batina

• Hardware-Oriented SPN Block Ciphers
  Shahram Ra­so­olz­adeh
  Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Novemeber 2020
  

  Gutachter: Prof. Amir Moradi, Prof. Gregor Leander

• Advanced Side-channel Measurement and Testing
  Bastian Richter
  Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, May 2020
  

  Referee: Prof. Amir Moradi, Prof. Thomas Eisenbarth

• Efficient and Side-channel Resistant Implementation of Lattice-based Cryptography
  Tobias Oder
  Ph.D. Thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, December 2019
  

  Referee: Prof. Tim Güneysu, Dr. Peter Schwabe

• Phy­si­cal-Lay­er Se­cu­ri­ty Ar­chi­tec­tu­res for the In­ter­net of Things
  Chris­to­pher Huth
  Ph.D. Thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, May 2018
  

  Referee: Prof. Tim Güneysu, Prof. Aydin Sezgin

• Cryp­to­gra­phic Hard­ware Agi­li­ty for Phy­si­cal Pro­tec­tion
  Pascal Sasdrich
  Ph.D. Thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Januar 2018
  

  Referee: Prof. Tim Güneysu, Prof. Nele Mentens

• Struc­tu­re-Awa­re De­sign of Se­cu­ri­ty Pri­mi­ti­ves on Re­con­fi­gura­ble Hard­ware
  Alexander Wild
  Ph.D. Thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, November 2016
  

  Referee: Prof. Tim Güneysu, Priv.-Doz. Amir Moradi

• Hard­ware-Ba­sed Coun­ter­me­a­su­res Against Phy­si­cal At­tacks
  Tobias Schneider
  Ph.D. Thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, October 2016
  

  Referee: Prof. Tim Güneysu, Priv.-Doz. Amir Moradi

• Efficient Implementation of Code- and Hash-Based Cryptography
  Ingo von Maurich
  Ph.D. Thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Oktober 2016
  

  Referee: Prof. Tim Güneysu, Prof. Christof Paar

• Ef­fi­ci­ent Im­ple­men­ta­ti­on of Ideal Lat­ti­ce-Ba­sed Cryp­to­gra­phy
  Thomas Pöppelmann
  Ph.D. Thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Juni 2015
  

  Referee: Prof. Tim Güneysu, Prof. Ingrid Verbauwhede

• Physical Attacks and Countermeasures on the Advanced Encryption Standard
  Oliver Mischke
  Ph.D. Thesis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, April 2015
  

  Referee: Prof. Tim Güneysu, Prof. Stefan Mangard