Communication and Distributed Systems
RWTH Aachen University
Ahornstr. 55
52074 Aachen, Germany
E-Mail: markus.dahlmanns[[at]]comsys.rwth-aachen.de (PGP public key [0xDDE6EBD5])
Phone: +49 241 80-21425
Office: Building E3, Room 9016 (how to get to COMSYS).
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Short CV
Background
Since March 2019, I’m a researcher and Ph.D. Student at Klaus Wehrle’s Chair of Communication and Distributed Systems after I graduated with an M.Sc. in Computer Science in September 2018 and received my B.Sc. in 2016. More precisely, I’m part of the Security and Privacy Group.
Research
Currently, my research interests focus on but are not limited to Network Security for Critical Infrastructures. This research encompasses the description of the current state, e.g., via Internet Measurements, and the development of novel mechanisms that increase the security of deployments in critical infrastructures.
Supervision of Theses
I am supervising Bachelor's and Master's Theses in these areas. If you are interested in these topics, look at the description of projects I am currently involved in, theses I previously supervised, and publications I was involved in (all down below).
Professional Services
Program Committee Member
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Student PC, 2021)
Reviewer for Conferences
MobiQuitous (2020)
Reviewer for Journals
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2022), International Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering & Telecommunications (2021)
Supervisor for UROP Intern
Efficient but Secure: Protocols for Security and Privacy in Communication Systems (2019)
Network Security in Critical Infrastructures and the Internet of Things (2023)
Publications
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MapXchange: Designing a Confidentiality-Preserving Platform for Exchanging Technology Parameter Maps
Proceedings of the 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '25), March 31-April 4, 2025, Catania, Italy
Publisher: ACM,
April
2025
ISBN: 979-8-4007-0629-5/25/03
Accepted
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LUA-IoT: Let's Usably Authenticate the IoT
Proceedings of the 27th Annual International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology (ICISC '24), November 20-22, 2024, Seoul, Korea
Publisher: Springer,
November
2024
Accepted
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Resilient Control Center to Substation Device Communication
Proceedings of the CIRED Chicago Workshop 2024 on Resilience of Electric Distribution Systems, November 7-8, 2024, Chicago, USA
November
2024
Accepted
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Reliable and Secure Control Center to Station Device Communication
Proceedings of the CIRED workshop on Increasing Distribution Network Hosting Capacity 2024, June 19-20, 2024, Vienna, Austria
June
2024
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Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS '24), May 6-10, 2024, Seoul, Korea
Publisher: IEEE,
May
2024
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Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS '24), May 6-10, 2024, Seoul, Korea
Publisher: IEEE,
May
2024
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VDE ETG/FNN-Tutorial 2024 Schutz- und Leittechnik, March 05-06, 2024, Leipzig, Germany
March
2024
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Poster: Resiliente Kommunikation für die Fernwirktechnik in digitalen Umspannwerken
VDE ETG/FNN-Tutorial 2024 Schutz- und Leittechnik, March 05-06, 2024, Leipzig, Germany
March
2024
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Collectively Enhancing IoT Security: A Privacy-Aware Crowd-Sourcing Approach
Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security (FPS '23), December 11-13, 2023, Bordeaux, France Volume 14551of Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher: Springer Cham,
2024
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Proceedings of the 2023 ACM SIGSAC Conference on
Computer and Communications Security (CCS ’23), November 26-30, 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark
Publisher: ACM,
November
2023
ISBN: 979-8-4007-0050-7/23/11
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ACM Transactions on Internet Technology,
23(4)
November
2023
ISSN: 1533-5399
DOI: 10.1145/3599968
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Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS '23), July 10-14, 2023, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, page 797-811.
Publisher: ACM,
July
2023
ISBN: 979-8-4007-0098-9/23/07
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Advised Theses
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A Topic in Internet Measurements
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, September 2024
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A Topic in Security & Privacy
Master's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, October 2023
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A Topic in Security & Privacy
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, October 2023
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A Topic in Internet Measurements
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, October 2023
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A Topic in Internet Measurements
Master's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, June 2023
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A Topic in Security & Privacy
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, May 2023
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A Topic in Security & Privacy
Master's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, May 2023
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A Topic in Internet Meausurements
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, October 2022
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A Topic in Internet Measurements
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, August 2022
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A Privacy-Aware Collective-Knowledge Platform for Improved Security Configurations
Master's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, October 2021
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On the Occurence of Confidential Security Material in Docker Images
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, October 2021
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An Internet-Wide Study on TLS Usage in Industrial Control Systems
Master's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, June 2021
Finalist at CAST Förderpreis IT-Sicherheit 2021
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Analyzing Publicly Available Message Brokers
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, September 2020
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Dynamic Secure Communication for Legacy Devices in Industrial Networks
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, July 2020
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Vulnerability Measurements of Internet Connected Industrial Devices
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, June 2020
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Remote and Privacy-Preserving Security Vulnerability Identification
Bachelor's Thesis, RWTH Aachen University, September 2019
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Teaching
I am/have been involved in the following courses at RWTH Aachen University:
SS2024
Advanced Internet Technology (1 of 2 teaching assistants; B course)
Seminar on Internet Technology (2 advised topic; B course)
WS2023
Seminar on Internet Technology (2 advised topic; B course)
SS2023
Seminar on Internet Technology (2 advised topic; B course)
Preseminar on Networks & Security (2 advised topics; B course)
WS2022
Seminar on Internet Technology (2 advised topic; B course)
SS2022
Seminar on Internet Technology (2 advised topic; B course)
Practical Internet eXperience (PIX) Lab (1 advised project; M course)
Preseminar on Networks & Security (2 advised topics; B course)
WS2021
Seminar on Advanced Internet Technology (1 advised topic; M course)
Seminar on Internet Technology (1 advised topic; B course)
SS2021
Research Focus Class on Securing Industrial Networks (M course)
Seminar on Internet Technology (2 advised topics; B course)
Preseminar on Security and Privacy (2 advised topics; B course)
WS2020
Seminar on Advanced Internet Technology (2 advised topics; M course)
Security and Privacy Lunch (Extracurricular)
SS2020
Operating Systems and System Software (1 of 3 teaching assistants; responsible CS unit: Computer Vision (Prof. Dr. Bastian Leibe); B course)
Seminar on Advanced Internet Technology (1 advised topic; M course)
Seminar on Internet Technology (1 advised topic; B course)
Preseminar on Security and Privacy (2 advised topics; B course)
Security and Privacy Lunch (Extracurricular)
WS2019
Research Focus Class on Cyber-Physical System Security (M course)
Seminar on Internet Technology (2 advised topic; B course)
Security and Privacy Lunch (Extracurricular)
SS2019
Seminar on Advanced Internet Technology (1 advised topic; M course)
Seminar on Internet Technology (1 advised topic; B course)
Lecture on Data Communication and Security (1 of 3 teaching assistants; responsible CS unit: IT Security (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrike Meyer); B course)
Security and Privacy Lunch (Extracurricular)