Andreas Pfitzmann

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Andreas Pfitzmann (born March 18, 1958 in Berlin ; † September 23, 2010 in Dresden ) was a German computer scientist and professor for data protection and data security at the Technical University of Dresden .

Life

After studying computer science and obtaining a doctorate at the then Institute for Computer Design and Error Tolerance at the University of Karlsruhe in 1989 on "Communication networks with data protection that can be checked by subscribers", he worked as a lecturer at the University of Hildesheim . From there he was appointed to the TU Dresden in 1993.

His research interests included data protection and multilateral security mainly in communications networks, mobile communications, and distributed applications. Current research projects of the chair at which he was researching are anonymous web surfing , data protection- compliant identity management and steganography . Between 2001 and 2006, the anonymization software JonDo was developed at his chair in cooperation with the Independent State Center for Data Protection Schleswig-Holstein .

In 2001, Andreas Pfitzmann, together with Hansjürgen Garstka and Alexander Roßnagel , prepared an opinion on the modernization of German data protection law . The suggestions of the three experts were received positively in specialist circles. However, the Federal Ministry of the Interior , which commissioned the report, did not implement the proposals.

In 1998 he was awarded the Technical Communication Research Prize .

Pfitzmann was a member of the Association for Computing Machinery , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Gesellschaft für Informatik , where he was chairman of the Reliable IT Systems specialist group for ten years. In 2009 he became dean of the faculty for computer science at the TU Dresden.

Andreas Pfitzmann died on September 23, 2010 after a short, serious illness.

Act

In the crypto debate of the 1990s, he spoke out against legal restrictions on cryptographic procedures . Concerning the biometric passport , Pfitzmann warned that criminals could spy out the fingerprint data stored in it and leave false traces at crime scenes.

Andreas Pfitzmann made himself a. a. a name as a data protection officer, as he was significantly involved in the development of the anonymization service JonDo (formerly JAP ). In an interview recorded shortly before his death, he reported, visibly proud, of the thank-you letters from countries that could not obtain or disseminate any information without anonymization services.

In order to honor his work, the building of the Faculty of Computer Science at the Technical University of Dresden was given the honorable name of Andreas-Pfitzmann-Bau on November 18, 2014.

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ULD mourns Andreas Pfitzmann. Independent State Center for Data Protection Schleswig-Holstein , September 27, 2010, accessed on May 28, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Jochen Bittner: Stay away from my fingers! - Juli Zeh's indictment against the EU and Otto Schily . Weblog posted on January 31, 2008
  3. ↑ Official JAP website ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last accessed May 4, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / anon.inf.tu-dresden.de
  4. ↑ Interview with Andreas Pfitzmann ( Memento from April 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Independent State Center for Data Protection Schleswig-Holstein, 2010
  5. ↑ Andreas-Pfitzmann-Bau in the campus navigator of the TU Dresden
personal data
SURNAME Pfitzmann, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German computer scientist
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 2010
Place of death Dresden