eHealth Competence Center Regensburg

Computer Scientist

Personal Data Birth date: September 14, 1959 Birthplace: Wilkau-Haßlau, Saxony Citizenship: Germany

Location

Study and education

• Wilkau-Haßlau High School, 1978
• Technical Cybernetics, Automation and Electrical Engineering, Dresden University of Technology (TU), 1986

Graduations

• Engineer (Diploma Degree), Technical Cybernetics, Automation and Electrical Engineering, Dresden University of Technology (TU), 1986

Professional Life

• Research & Development Department, Messgerätewerk GmbH Magdeburg (Magdeburg Measuring Instruments Ltd), R&D Engineer
• Software Development, IKS GmbH Magdeburg, Lecturer and Developer
• IT and Controlling Department, TGL Sachsen-Anhalt, IT Manager
• Medical Informatics Department, Institute for Biometry and Medical Informatics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Senior Researcher
• Health Telematics Project Group, Fraunhofer Society, Institute for Integrated Circuits Erlangen, Senior Researcher

Editorial Experience

• Referee for Medical Informatics Europe 2005
• Referee for different GMDS Annual Conferences
• Referee for different international journals (e.g. IJMI, TITB)

Participation in Standards Groups

• Member of DIN FG Medical Informatics
• Vice-Chair of DIN WG 4 “Security”; member of DIN WG 5 “Cards”

Scientific Associations

• European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), Council Member; WG “Cards”, Co-Chair (from 2006)
• German Medical Informatics Association (GMDS), WG “Data Protection in Health Information Systems”, Chair (from 2005)

Working Areas

• Security, safety, quality in Health Informatics
• Legal aspects in Health Informatics
• Data-Security and Data-Protection
• Security services and mechanisms
• Cryptographic algorithms
• Security infrastructure nationally and internationally
• Security policy, policy templates
• Health Professional Cards (HPCs)
• Trusted Third Party Infrastructures (TTP), Services, Certificates
• Health networks, Internet
• User behaviour