ICISS 2025 - The 21st Annual International Information System Security Conference
Keynote Speakers
Bio:
Prof. Christopher Kruegel
is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at the
University
of
California, Santa Barbara, and a member of the International Secure Systems Lab (iSecLab). He
received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. His
research focuses on computer and communications security, with emphasis on malware
analysis, web security, and the security of social networks. He is especially interested in building
practical systems and making security tools publicly available, with a core focus on solving real-
world threats. Prof. Kruegel has published over 100 papers in leading venues such as IEEE S&P,
ACM SIGSAC, and USENIX Security. His work has earned numerous honors, including the NSF
CAREER Award, the MIT Technology Review TR35 Award, and multiple best paper awards. He
also co-founded Lastline, Inc., a company focused on advanced malware detection, acquired by
VMware in 2020.
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Bio:
Prof. Elisa Bertino
is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at
Purdue University and a
leading researcher in information and systems security. Her research focuses on the security of
cellular networks, IoT systems, digital identity management, and AI techniques for
cybersecurity. She leads Purdue's Cyber Space Security Lab (Cyber2Slab) and has made
influential contributions to access control, data privacy, and secure distributed systems. Before
joining Purdue in 2004, she was a Professor and Department Head at the University of Milan,
Italy. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, in
1980. Prof. Bertino is a Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and AAAS, and has received numerous awards,
including the IEEE Computer Society 2002 Technical Achievement Award, the IEEE Computer
Society 2005 Kanai Award, the ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award, and the
2019–2020 ACM Athena Lecturer Award. She has served on the editorial boards of several
leading journals, including ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, IEEE Security
& Privacy Magazine, and IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.
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Invited Speakers
Bio:
Dr. Nils Ole Tippenhauer
is a faculty member at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in
Saarbrücken, Germany, where he leads the SCy-Phy research group. His research focuses on the security of
cyber-physical systems (CPS), physical-layer wireless security, industrial control systems (ICS), and the Industrial
Internet of Things (IIoT). He is particularly interested in securing critical infrastructure such as power grids and
water systems. Before joining CISPA, he was an Assistant Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and
Design (SUTD), where he helped build practical testbeds for ICS and IIoT security. Dr. Tippenhauer received his Ph.D.
(Dr. Sc.) in Computer Science from ETH Zurich and holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Hamburg University of
Technology, Germany. He has received multiple best paper awards, including at DIMVA 2023, CPSIOTSEC 2022, ACSAC 2022,
and CPSS 2017, and has served on program committees for leading conferences such as USENIX Security, CCS, and AsiaCCS.
He also actively contributes to education through teaching core and advanced cybersecurity courses and supporting CTF
and hacking communities.
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