Dipl.-Inform., M.Sc. Daniel Schreckling

Contact Details

PGP/GnuPGP-Public-Key
(Fingerprint: 1E5F 4914 CE7B 2833 ECB8 8939 0D09 D480 3CFE 636D)

Phone: +49-851-509-3216
Fax: +49-851-509-3212

Office Address 

Universität Passau
Innstrasse 43
94032 Passau, Germany
Room: 135a (ITZ)

Research Interest

• Software Security in
  • Pervasive-
  • Autonomous-
  • Adaptive Systems
• Applied Software Security on Mobile Devices
• Further Interests
  • Security in Artificial Chemistries
  • Category Theory for Security
  • Coalgebra

Publications

• D. Schreckling, J. Posegga, J. Köstler and M. Schaff. Kynoid: Real-Time Enforcement of Fine-Grained, User-Defined, and Data-Centric Security Policies for Android. In Proceedings of the 6th Workshop in Information Security Theory and Practice, WISTP'12, Springer Verlag, 2012.  To appear. bibtex ...
• D. Schreckling, J. Posegga and D. Hausknecht. Constroid: Data-Centric Access Control for Android. In Proceedings of the 27th Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC): Computer Security Track, 2012.  To appear. bibtex ...
• D. Schreckling and J. Posegga. Adaptive Security Architectures for Global Sensing Applications. In Electronic Communications of the EASST, 37, 2011. paper...  bibtex ...
• J. Posegga and D. Schreckling. Next Generation Mobile Application Security: Android and Beyond. In IT-Sicherheit zwischen Regulierung und Innovation: Tagungsband zur zweiten EICT-Konferenz IT-Sicherheit, Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 2011. bibtex ...
• D. Schreckling and T. Marktscheffel. An Artificial Immune System Approach for Artificial Chemistries Based on Set Rewriting. In Proceedings of 9th Annual Conference in Artificial Immune Systems (ICARIS), Edinburgh, UK, July 26-29, pages 250-263, Springer, 2010.  Best paper award. doi...  bibtex ...
• E. Altman, P. Dini, D. Miorandi and D. Schreckling, Ed. Paradigms for Biologically-Inspired Autonomic Networks and Services -- The BIONETS Project eBook. BIONETS Consortium, 2010. pdf...  bibtex ...
• P. Dini and D. Schreckling. On Abstract Algebra and Logic: Towards their Application to Cell Biology and Security. In Paradigms for Biologically-Inspired Autonomic Networks and Services, pages 67-104, BIONETS Consortium, 2010. bibtex ...
• P. Dini, D. Schreckling and G. Horv'ath. Algebraic and Categorical Framework for Interaction Computing and Symbiotic Security. In Paradigms for Biologically-Inspired Autonomic Networks and Services, pages 105-176, BIONETS Consortium, 2010. bibtex ...
• P. Dini and D. Schreckling. A Research Framework for Interaction Computing. In Digital Ecosystems, Third International Conference, OPAALS 2010, Springer, 2010. bibtex ...
• I. Carreras, L. Bassbouss, D. Linner, H. Pfeffer, V. Simon, E. Varga, D. Schreckling, J. Huusko and H. Rivas. BIONETS: Self Evolving Services in Opportunistic Networking Environments. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information and Computing Systems (BIONETICS 2009), ICST, 2009. bibtex ...
• D. Schreckling and P. Dini. Distributed online evolution: An algebraic problem?. In IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2009), pages 1430-1439, IEEE, 2009. bibtex ...
• T. Meyer, D. Schreckling, C. Tschudin and L. Yamamoto. Robustness to Code and Data Deletion in Autocatalytic Quines. In Transactions on Computational Systems Biology X, pages 20-40, Springer, 2008. doi...  bibtex ...
• P. Dini and D. Schreckling. Notes on Abstract Algebra and Logic: Towards their Application to Cell Biology and Security. In Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, IEEE-DEST 2008, pages 83-90, 2008. doi...  bibtex ...
• M. Johns and D. Schreckling. Automatisierter Code-Audit - Sicherheitsanalyse von Source Code in Theorie und Praxis. In Datenschutz und Datensicherheit - DuD, 31 (12): 888-893, 2007. doi...  bibtex ...
• D. Bliefernicht and D. Schreckling. Highly Adaptive Cryptographic Suites for Autonomic WSNs. In Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems, BIONETICS'07, pages 287-294, 2007. doi...  bibtex ...
• L. Yamamoto, D. Schreckling and T. Meyer. Self-replicating and self-modifying programs in fraglets. In Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems, BIONETICS'07, pages 159-167, 2007. doi...  bibtex ...
• P. Dini and D. Schreckling. More Notes on Abstract Algebra and Logic: Towards their Application to Cell Biology and Security. In OPAALS Workshop, 2007. bibtex ...
• D. Schreckling and M. Johns. CISAT: Integration von sicherheitszentrierter statischer Analyse in den Enwicklungsprozess. In 14. DFN-CERT Workshop Sicherheit in vernetzten Systemen, 2007. pdf...  bibtex ...
• J. Domingo-Ferrer, J. Posegga and D. Schreckling, Ed. Smart Card Research and Advanced Applications, 7th IFIP WG 8.8/11.2 International Conference, CARDIS 2006. bibtex ...

Talks

• D. Schreckling. Smartphone Security: Today and Tomorrow. Talk at the CREATE-NET, Seminar, Trento, Italy, 2012. paper... 
• D. Schreckling. Sicherheitsaspekte bei der Nutzung mobiler Applikationen in Breitbandnetzen. Talk at the Bayerischer IT-Sicherheitscluster, MoBi-Initiative, Regensburg, Germany, 2011.
• D. Schreckling. Security in Autonomic Systems: Mission Impossible?. Talk at the SAC-Fire Workshop 2008, Turin, Italy, 2008.
• D. Schreckling. Security in BIONETS. Talk at the European Workshop on Security and Privacy in Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (ESAS), Hamburg, Germany, 2006.
• D. Schreckling. Securing BIONETS: 'How can Security Infrastructures Match Autonomically Evolving Networks and Services?'. Talk at the DISTTRUST Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 2006.
• D. Schreckling and H. C. Pöhls. Data Driven and Data Centric Security. Talk at the 3rd CREATE-NET Workshop, Cavalese, Italy, 2006.
• D. Schreckling and J. Seedorf. Secure and Decentralized Session Establishment. Talk at the 3rd CREATE-NET Workshop, Cavalese, Italy, 2006.

Professional Activities

• Member of program committees: BIONETICS SAC 2007, Autonomics 2008, BIONETICS 2008, IEEE DEST 2009, BIONETICS 2009
• Involved in organising DISTTRUST 2006, Autonomics 2008
• Reviewer for program committees/editorial boards: SPC 2004, MCTA 2005, IEEE Security and Privacy, TSPUC 2005, sOc-EUSAI 2005, SEC 2006, TSPUC 2006, UIST 2006, IEEE TII, IEEE/ACM TON, WISTP 2007, SecureComm 2007, IEEE Communications Letters, CARDIS 2008, International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems, WOSIS 2009, IEEE DEST 2009, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (J-SAC), Security and Communication Networks, COMputer NETworks

Supervised Thesis 

• Offered
  • We offer various thesis in the field of software security in autonomic systems (contact us if you are interested)!
• Ongoing
  • Master thesis: Application distribution for Android applications using contracts (by S. Rasthofer)
  • Master thesis: Proof carrying Android applications (by R. Wimmer)
  • Master thesis: Cross device usage control for confidential data in Android (by S. Kremer)
• Finished
  • Master thesis: Android Byte Code Rewriting for Security Policy Enforcement (by S. Huber)
  • Bachelor thesis: Efficient Administration of Fine-Grained Data Security Policies in Android (by D. Helmbrecht)
  • Bachelor thesis: An Artificial Immune System as a Security Model for Fraglets (by T. Marktscheffel)
  • Bachelor thesis: Data-centric context-aware access control in Android (by D. Hausknecht)
  • Bachelor thesis: Is it possible to evolve and evaluate Cryptographic Primitieves with Cartesian Genetic Programming (by M. Jackstadt)
  • Bachelor thesis: Anonymisierung von Einträgen bei Kalenderapplikationen -- Exemplarische Implementierung für Google Calendar (by A. Bangerl)
  • Diploma thesis: Highly Adaptive Cryptographic Suites for Autonomic Ad-Hoc Networks (by D. Bliefernicht) [pdf]
  • Diploma thesis: Security Policy Tags for Automated Information Flow Analysis (by S. Knab) [pdf]
  • Diploma thesis: Automatic Correlation, Rating and Analyzing of Heterogenous Network and Incident Data (by T. Holst)
  • Bachelor thesis: Grid (In-) Security and its impact on CERTs (by A. Liu)  [pdf]
  • Diploma thesis: Using Compiler Intermediate Representations for security-related Static Analysis (by T. Mende)  [pdf]
  • Bachelor thesis: Automatische Verfolgung und Archivierung von Sicherheitsupdates eines freien Unix-Derivates (by S. Schirmer)
  • Diploma thesis: Entwurf und Realisierung der Zugriffskontrolle in Workflows auf Geschäftsprozessebene (by Y. Reznichenko) [pdf]

Teaching at the University of Passau 

• Winter term 2010
  • Exercises: IT Security
  • Project: Security Infrastructures
  • Open study group: Practical Insecurities

• Summer term 2010
  • Project: Software Security
  • Seminar: IT Security unleashed
  • Open study group: Practical Insecurities

• Winter term 2009
  • Open study group: Practical Insecurities

• Summer term 2009
  • Seminar: IT Security unleashed

Teaching at the University of Hamburg 

• Winter/Summer term 2008
  • Project: Software Security (18.334)
  • Open study group: Practical Insecurities

• Summer term 2007
  • Project: Software Security (18.334)
  • Seminar IT-Sicherheit (18.401)
  • Open study group: Practical Insecurities

• Winter term 2006/2007
  • Project: Software Security (18.334)
  • Open study group: Practical Insecurities

• Summer term 2006
  • Project: Software Security (18.342)
  • Seminar IT-Sicherheit (18.405)
  • Open study group: Practical Insecurities

• Winter term 2005/06
  • Project: Software Security (18.342)
  • Proseminar: Grundlagen der IT-Sicherheit (18.052)
  • Open study group: Practical Insecurities

• Summer term 2005
  • Exercises in Technische Informatik 4 (T4 - 18.008)
  • Open study group: C Insecurities

• Winter term 2004/05
  • Proseminar: Grundlagen der IT-Sicherheit (18.061)
  • Seminar: Internet-Sicherheit (18.417)
  • Oberseminar: Fortgeschrittene IT-Sicherheit (18.483)
  • Aktuelle Probleme der IT-Sicherheit (18.366)
  • Exercises in Praktische Informatik 1 (P1 - 18.005)

Curriculum Vitae