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Department of InformaticsSecurity and Privacy

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Security and Privacy

Sascha Löbner

   
E-Mail sascha.loebner"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Office location BU 56B 07 707
Consultation upon request

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Short Biography

Sascha Löbner is a researcher in security and privacy. Since 2026, he is a researcher in the working group Security in Distributed Systems at the University of Hamburg, Department of Computer Science. Since 2020, he has been pursuing a PhD at Goethe University Frankfurt at the Chair of Mobile Business and Multilateral Security, submitted in July 2025. He holds an M.Sc. in Business Informatics and a B.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from Goethe University Frankfurt. His research focuses on human-centered security and privacy in AI systems, including privacy-preserving machine learning, de-identification,  with applications to intrusion detection for IoT devices in smart homes and critical infrastructure.

Research Interests

  • Useable Security
  • Human-Centered Security
  • Security in Critical Infrasttructures
  • Dynamic Risk Analysis
  • Intrusion detection in IoT and Critical Infrastructures
  • Privacy Enhancing Technologies
  • Security in AI 

Sascha Löbner is always open to supervising theses that align with his research interests.

Publications

Lecture Slides AISec

This course covers common attacks against machine learning and concepts for AI-based system security. Topics include attack models and defense mechanisms along the AI lifecycle, methods for risk analysis, and the development and secure operation of robust AI systems. Additionally, the use of AI for intrusion detection is examined, complemented by legal and regulatory foundations of secure AI.

Date Time Room Lecture Recording
Di, 7. Apr. 2026  14:15-15:45  MIN-F SemRm 3.4 L01 - Introduction to AI Security  Video01
Fr, 10. Apr. 2026 10:15-11:45 MIN-F Hörsaal 7 L02 - Foundations of Information Security  Video02
Di, 21. Apr. 2026 14:15-15:45 MIN-F SemRm 3.4    
Fr, 24. Apr. 2026 10:15-11:45 MIN-F Hörsaal 7    
Di, 5. Mai 2026 14:15-15:45 MIN-F SemRm 3.4    
Di, 19. Mai 2026 14:15-15:45 MIN-F SemRm 3.4    
Di, 26. Mai 2026 14:15-15:45 MIN-F SemRm 3.4    
Di, 2. Jun. 2026 14:15-15:45 MIN-F SemRm 3.4    
Fr, 5. Jun. 2026 10:15-11:45 MIN-F Hörsaal 7    
Di, 16. Jun. 2026 14:15-15:45 MIN-F SemRm 3.4    
Di, 23. Jun. 2026 14:15-15:45 MIN-F SemRm 3.4    
Di, 30. Jun. 2026 14:15-15:45 MIN-F SemRm 3.4    
Di, 7. Jul. 2026 14:15-15:45 MIN-F SemRm 3.4    
Di, 14. Jul. 2026 14:15-15:45 MIN-F SemRm 3.4 Q & A  

Exam

1 Exam Mo, 3. Aug. 2026, 09:30 - 11:30