Person
Prof. Dr. Marc Stöttinger
Vita
| since 2022 | Professor for Computer Engineering and Security at the Hochschule RheinMain University of Applied Sciences and Arts |
| since 2026 | Visiting Professor at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapur |
| since 2025 | Associate Senior Research Fellow at Fraunhofer Singapore |
| since 2024 | Associate Researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS) |
| 2020 to 2021 | Senior IT Analyst at the Hessian Ministry of the Interior, Security, and Homeland Protection |
| 2014 to 2020 | Senior Expert for Embedded Hardware Cyber Security at Aumovio SE (former Continental AG) |
| 2012 to 2014 | Postdoctoral researcher at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and deputy research group leader at the PACE Lab of Temasek Laboratories @ Nanyang Technological University in Singapore |
| 2008 to 2012 | Ph.D. from the Technical University of Darmstadt; research assistant and associate researcher at the Center for Advanced Security Research |
| 2002 to 2008 | Studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Technical University of Darmstadt |
Teaching
All course materials can be found on stud.ip
The following modules have been designed and delivered to date:
- Advance Security Engineering
- Bare-metal Programming
- Bare-metal Programming 1
- Bare-metal Programming 2
- Current Topics in Computer Science - Post-Quanten Cryptography
- Current Topics in Computer Science - AI in Security
- Embedded IT-Security
- Embedded Systems
- Fundamentals of Digital Electronics
- Microprocessor Technology
- Security
Research and projects
Research interessts
- Embedded System Security:
- Implementation attacks (Side-channel and fault injection attacks)
- Secure implmenation of cryptographic algorithms in HW/SW
Security architecture of embedded systems (system level)
- Cryptographic migration and agility:
- Post quantum cryptography with constrained resources
- Secure engineering and transformation processes
- Operative security mechanism and process for embedded systems
- Applicaiton domain:
- Automotive
- IoT
Running projects:
- QUEST - Quantum-safe Embedded Systems with Side-channel Tolerance
- Funded by Cyber-Argentur
- Runtime: 01-04-2026 - 31-03-2029
- H3SI - Holistic Security Solutions for Software-Hardware Implementations
- Funded by DFG
- Runtime: 01-04-2026 - 31-03-2029
- QUASAR-CREATE Thrust 2 - Improving quantum security testing and assessment
- Funded by the NRF CREATE partner program, managed by Fraunhofer Singapore Cerntre FSR@NTU
- Website: https://www.fraunhofer.sg/en/research/quantum-security-and-cyber-resilience/quasar-thrust-2.html
- Accepted: 01-09-2025
- PAFAIT - Post-quantum cryptography for automotive components
- Funded by BMBF
- Website: https://www.forschung-it-sicherheit-kommunikationssysteme.de/projekte/parfait
- Runtime: 01.09.2024 - 31.08.2027
- QUDIS - Quantum secure digital rail tracks
- Funded by BMBF
- Website: https://www.forschung-it-sicherheit-kommunikationssysteme.de/projekte/qudis
Runtime: 01.07.2024 - 30.06.2027
- DI-SIGN-HEP - A secure, industrial-grade, standardised HSM based on open-source EDA tools and processors
- Funded by BMBF
- Website: https://hep-alliance.org
- Runtime: 01.06.2024 - 31.05.2027
Completed projects:
- IoT-Matrix-TENG
- Contracted reseach by HZD
- Runtime: 01.10.2023 - 31.03.2023
- SASPIT - Safe and Secure Sensor Platform for IoT
- BMBF-gefördert
- Website: https://saspit.cs.hs-rm.de
- Runtime: 01.05.2023 - 30.05.2025
- FIENDISH - ForensIsche Extraktion voN iot-Daten Im Smart-Home
- Funded by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior, Security, and Homeland Protection
- Runtime: 01.08.2023 - 30.11.2025
- SCAN - Side-Channel Attack with Nitrogen-Vacancy Centres
- Funded by Cyber-Argentur
- Website: https://www.cyberagentur.de/programme/sca-qs/
- Runtime: 01.04.2025 - 31.03.2026
Publications are accessible via: Google Scholar
Recent Publications:
2026
- A. Hellenbrand, S. Jacob, C. Müller, M. Rehberg, M. Stöttinger. Quantensichere Digitale Schiene. 9. Scientific Railway Signalling Symposium (2026) - Accepted
- E. Nzetchuen, M. Stöttinger, A. Wiesmaier and E. Yeşilbek. A Study of PQC Migration Frameworks. Workshop on Migration and Agility in Cryptographic Systems (2026) - Accepted
- S. Syed-Winkler, C. Krauß, S. Pape, and M. Stöttinger. Datenschutz durch Technik. Datenschutz Datensich 50, 82–87 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11623-026-2210-z
- F. Campos, D. Hahn, D. Könnecke, and M. Stöttinger. Oil, Vinegar, and Sparks: Key Recovery from {UOV} via Single Electromagnetic Fault Injection. Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2026/154 (2026). https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/154
2025
- J. Wälde and M. Stöttinger, "Improving Supply Chain Security with Secure External Memories," 2025 23rd IEEE Interregional NEWCAS Conference (NEWCAS), Paris, France, 2025, pp. 100-103, doi: 10.1109/NewCAS64648.2025.11107134
- B. Fischer, M. Stöttinger, B. Barthelmes, S. Eric Panitz, and R. Dörner. 2025. Credential-Based Pseudonym Generation for Programming Process Data Collection. In Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1 (ITiCSE 2025). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 228–234. https://doi.org/10.1145/3724363.3729046
- S. Jost, M. Stöttinger and R. Kanth, "Low-Cost Platform for Fault Injection Attacks on Industrial Programmable Logic Controllers," 2025 14th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO), Budva, Montenegro, 2025, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/MECO66322.2025.11049117
Committees and memberships
Academic activities
Program committee
2026
- AIHWS 2026 - Program committee
- DATE 2026 - Program committee
- escar Europe 2026 - Program committee
- FTDC 2026 - Program committee
- ISLPED 2026 - Program committee (Hardware and System Security Track)
- Journal on the Solid-State Circuits Society - Reviewer
- MAgiCS 26 - Program Chair
- TCHES 2026 - Programm committee
- SOS 2026 - Programm committee
- Director of studies for the study program computer engineering
2025
- ACM CSCS 2025 - Programm committee
- AIHWS 2025 -Programm committee
- COINS 2025 - Programm committee
- DATE 2025 - Programm committee
- escar Europe 2025 - Programm committee
- FDTC 2025 - Programm committee
- IEEE WF-IoT 2025 - Programm committee
- ISLPED 2025 - Programm committee
- NEWCAS 2025 - Programm committee
- SOS 2025 -Programm committee
- TCHES 2025 - Programm committee
- Director of studies for the study program computer engineering
- Commission head of the PhD defense “Securing Automotive Communication Protocols using Formal Verification” of Timm Lauser at the Hochschule Darmstadt
2024
- AsiaCrypt2024 - Programm committee
- ACM CSCS 2024 - Programm committee
- COSADE 2024 - Programm committee
- escar Europe 2024 - Programm committee
- FTDC 2024 - Programm committee
- SOS 2024 - Programm committee
- Director of studies for the study program computer engineering
2023
- ACM CSCS 2023 - Programm Committee
- CARDIS 2023 - Programm Committee
- COINS 2023 - Programm Committee
- COSADE 2023 - Programm Committee
- Dagstuhl-Seminar 23152 Secure and Efficient Post-Quantum Cryptography in Hardware and Software
- escar Europe 2023 - Programm Committee
- SPACE 2023 - Programm Committee
- Director of studies for the study program computer engineering
- Reacredation of the study program computer engineering
- Writing Committee der Promotion "Security and Privacy in the Smart Grid" von Pol Van Aubel an der Radboud University
2022
- CAST 2022 - Programm committee
- CARDIS 2022 -Programm committee
- COSADE 2022 - Programm committee
- escar Europe 2022 - Programm committee
- Lorentz Center Workshop Post-Quantum Cryptography for Embedded Systems 2022 - Program Chair
- SPACE 2022 - Programm committee
2021
- CAST 2021 - Programm committee
- CHES 2021 - Programm committee
- COSADE 2021 - Programm committee
- escar Europe 2021 - Programm committee
- SPACE 2021 - Programm committee
2020
- CAST 2020 - Programm committee
- COSADE 2020 - Programm committee
- escar Europe 2020 - Programm committee
- Lorentz Center Workshop Post-Quantum Cryptography for Embedded Systems 2020 - Program Chair
2019
- CAST 2019 - Programm committee
- COSADE 2019 - Programm Chair
- Dagstuhl-Seminar 19301 Secure Composition for Hardware Systems
- escar Europe 2019 - Programm committee
- Informatik 2019 - Programm committee
2018
- CAST 2018 - Programm committee
- COSADE 2018 - Programm committee
- escar Europe 2018 - Programm committee
- ReCoSoc 2018 - Programm committee