Prof. em. Dr. Rüdiger Grimm
IT Risk Management
University Koblenz-Landau
Department of Informatics

Tabular CV
(Jan 2024)

1970-77
Student of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics at the Universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg

1977-85
Secondary school teacher in Tanzania, programmer in Dresdner Bank Frankfurt/Main,
and application consultant in the University computer center in Essen

1985-2000
Scientist and, since 1995, head of the research area "Marketplace Internet"
in the Research Institute of Secure Telecooperation in GMD, Darmstadt
(Fraunhofer Institute SIT since 2000).
Focus on communication technology and IT security

1993
Doctorate in Informatics in University of Frankfurt/Main

1993-2000
Lectures at the University of Frankfurt on IT security

2000-2005
Professor for Multimedia Application Systems at the Technische Universität Ilmenau,
Germany. 2005 Director of Institute.

2002-2005
Head of Research Group "Security for Virtual Goods" of Fraunhofer Institute for
Digital Media Technology, Ilmenau (IDMT)

2005-2015
Professor for IT-Risk-Management at the University Koblenz-Landau

2008 - 2013
Deputy Dean (08-10) and Dean (11-13) of the Faculty of Informatics of the
University Koblenz-Landau

Since Nov 2008
Consulting in Fraunhofer Institute of Secure IT Technology, Darmstadt (SIT)

Sep 2010
Elected Fellow of the German Society of Informatics (GI)

2017-2019
Deputy Speaker of Deparment "Security - Protection and Reliability"
of the German Society of Informatics

2018-2024
Privacy officer and assistant teacher in primary school for IT
at Christian-Morgenstern-Schule, Darmstadt

Since Sep 2021
Member of the Jury of "Jugend forscht" (young people research)

His professional interest is in the reliable usage of the
Internet and related questions on security and legal binding.
His research focus is on secure electronic communication,
electronic payment, electronic voting, privacy, and on the protection
of digital rights.
He also studies the possibilities and limits of digital communication.