Welcome to the SIDS research group!

The Secure Intelligent Distributed Systems (SIDS) research group was established in October 2025 and is currently in the process of ramping up. These pages offer an initial insight into the activities of the group.

News

• [May 2026] Zoltan Mann was re-elected as chair of IFIP WG 11.4 (IFIP Working Group 11.4 on "Network and Distributed Systems Security") for the next three years
• [May 2026] The next annual workshop of the special interest group "Formal Methods and Software Engineering for Safe and Secure Systems" (FoMSESS) of the German Society for Computer Science will take place on 14-15 September 2026 in Bochum. Further information: https://fg-fomsess.gi.de/veranstaltung/jahrestreffen-2026
• [April 2026] Gelieza Kötterheinrich started on 1 April 2026 as PhD student in the group. Welcome!

• [April 2026] Michael Brüggemann and Benjamin Schlüter started on 1 April 2026 as student research assistants in the group. Welcome!

Older news items can be found in the news archive.