Lecture series on Cybercrime and Forensic Computing re-starts

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20. April 2026

The lecture series on „Cybercrime and Forensic Computing“ continues in the forthcoming summer semester at FAU with six introductory lectures on foundational topics of the field. Lectures will be held hybrid, physically in room 12.150 (Martensstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, 12th floor) and online via Zoom, the notable exception being the talk by Richard Stallmann on 16.6.2026. Talks commence Tuesdays between 16:00 c.t. and 18:00. Feel free to join if you are interested.

Lecture series schedule:

  • 21.04.2026: Gaby Kett-Straub (FAU): Irgendwas mit ‚Krim’… – Eine Einführung in die Kriminologie, deren Unterschiede zur Kriminalistik und Bezüge zum Strafrecht (in German)
  • 05.05.2026: Zina Benenson (FAU): Introduction to Human-centered Security
  • 19.05.2026: Heiko Rossnagel (Fraunhofer IAO, Stuttgart): Lessons learned from a cyberattack at Fraunhofer IAO
  • 16.06.2026 (physical only in lecture room H11, Cauerstr. 11, 91058 Erlangen): Richard Stallmann (Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project and Founder of the Free Software Foundation): Free Software vs Malware, and the need for reverse engineering
  • 23.06.2026: Paul Rösler (FAU): Everything you always wanted to know about cryptography but were afraid to ask
  • 14.07.2026: Christian Riess (FAU): Introduction to Multimedia Forensics