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SBA Research is a research center for Information Security
funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.

Upcoming Events:

SBA @ SALZ 2026
11.03.2026
Machine Learning – Security, Privacy & Legal Aspects
12.03.2026
SBA @ BOB2026
13.03.2026

Recent News:

FIT Info days – speeddating with students

On February the 2nd Diana Strauß, Verena Schuster and Nina Niederhametner talked to students, in the age between 15 and 19 years, about their research topics, machine learning and security. The aim of the fit dialogue event is to bring young people… Read More

Ludwig Kampel at IWCT 2023

Ludwig Kampel is PC member of the 12th International Workshop on Combinatorial Testing which will be held in conjunction with ICST 2023 on April 16th, 2023 in Dublin, Ireland. The workshop welcomes academic research submissions, as well as industrial experience reports. The workshop will… Read More

Sebastian Schrittwieser: Guest talk at Reykjavik University

On December 5, 2022 Sebastian Schrittwieser held a guest talk at the Reykjavik University. Title of the talk Quantifying obfuscation stealth und resilience for malware research and analysis Abstract Code obfuscation, i.e. the artificial complication of program code, is used by almost every malware with the aim of preventing detection… Read More

Matthias Eckhart at RICSS 2023

Matthias Eckhart is PC member at The 1st International Workshop on Re-design Industrial Control Systems with Security (RICSS) which will be held on July 7, 2023 in Delft. The workshop is co-located with IEEE EuroS&P 2023. Link to the RICSS 2023 workshop

Combining Fractional Derivatives and Supervised Machine Learning: A Review 

A systematic review of historical and potential applications of fractional derivatives in combination with supervised machine learning. Thus, this article serves to motivate researchers dealing with data-based problems, to be specific machine learning practitioners, to adopt new tools, and enhance their existing approaches. Titel Combining Fractional Derivatives and Supervised Machine… Read More

SBA Research in 2022 – Our Winter Newsletter

Another year is over – and we are proud and happy when looking back! After two years as full professor, Edgar Weippl finally gave his inaugural lecture at the University of Vienna in March. June brought us another great IMPACT for our partners, friends and employees, with interesting talks and a cocktail… Read More

Adaptive Attacks and Targeted Fingerprinting of Relational Data

From December 17-20, 2022 the IEEE Big Data conference took place in Osaka, Japan. Tanja Šarčević, researcher at SBA Research, held a talk about adaptive attacks and targeted fingerprinting of relational data. Titel Adaptive Attacks and Targeted Fingerprinting of Relational Data Authors… Read More

Michael Koppmann at TEDxTUWien 2022

Our colleague Michael Koppmann was invited to hold a talk at the TEDxTUWien 2022 on December 11. At TEDxTUWien 2022 “Turning Points”, a diverse set of speakers tell their stories and how sustainability plays an important role in their life. Title of the talk The Era of Green Software … Read More
Michael Koppmann at TEDxTUWien 2022

Dr. Maria Schaumayer Stiftungsaward an Isabell Lederer

Für ihre Diplomarbeit „Selection Guidelines for Backdoor-based Model Watermarking“ wurde Isabell Lederer ausgezeichnet. Sie setzt sich darin mit der steigenden Komplexität von Machine Learning-Modellen und der wachsenden Dringlichkeit zum Schutz dieses geistigen Eigentums auseinander.