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Marco Squarcina @minimalblue.bsky.social · Jul 15

Congrats to my co-lecturers @mautem.bsky.social, @matteomaffei.bsky.social, @wert310.bsky.social, Pedro Bernardo, @beerphilipp.bsky.social, Simon Jeanteur and our amazing tutors: this wouldn't be possible without you.

And thanks to all students for the great feedback and participation 🙏

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Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds FWF @fwf-at.bsky.social · Apr 17

Der Informatiker Matteo Maffei entwickelt mit seinem Team an der @tuwien.at innovative #cybersecurity Lösungen wie etwa zum Schutz der Privatsphäre und vor Hackerangriffen.
@matteomaffei.bsky.social #scilog 🖥️

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Safety first für Cybersecurity

Für den Informatiker Matteo Maffei steht Sicherheit an erster Stelle. Mit seinem Team entwickelt er an der Technischen Universität Wien innovative Lösungen, die sowohl User:innen und ihre Privatsphäre...

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 14

Kudos to the @erc.europa.eu and Cordia team for featuring this nice summary of my Browsec Consolidator grant. What a journey! And still great research in web security on the horizon 😀 cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...

Enhancing web security for everyday users

New methods for identifying potential vulnerabilities in web browsers could make the digital world more resilient in the face of mounting...

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 8

Was ich zynisch und typisch “Boomer” finde, ist, die Zukunft nächster Generationen aus persönlichen Interessen zu verpfänden 🤷🏻 Davon abgesehen können unterschiedliche Meinungen die Debatte nur bereichern und unseren Unis helfen, besser zu werden.

Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 7

Hence the 80% of temporary contracts for teaching scientific personnel is fine, since PhD and postdocs teach (it is part of their qualification) and 1:4 is a fine ratio with profs, the 40% with semester contracts is a different story…

Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 7

„in der Phase der Qualifizierung junger WissenschaftlerInnen sind befristete Arbeitsverhältnisse sinnvoll und notwendig. Ohne eine durch Befristungen begünstigte Rotation wäre der Zugang zu wissenschaftlichen Tätigkeiten für nachrückende Generationen erheblich erschwert.“ www.bmbf.de/DE/Forschung...

Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - BMBF

Das Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (WissZeitVG) enthält spezielle Regelungen für Befristungen im Wissenschaftsbereich. Damit trägt es den Besonderheiten der wissenschaftlichen Arbeitswelt Rechnung.

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 7

and the contribution of everyone as well as different ideas are necessary to make it even better, but I think that overall Austria is moving in the right direction.

Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 7

The Uni model is very similar in Germany and Switzerland. I think Austrian unis (or at least TU Wien) are striving to find the sweet spot between young career perspectives, education of young researchers, and excellence...the process is certainly not perfect and can be improved,

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 7

the number of researcher positions is fixed and for each position made permanent, we remove one or two Ph.D. positions from the budget, i.e., there will not be enough positions for excellent students who want to do a Ph.D. or a postdoc, and education is a duty of universities.

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 7

We hired several austrian tenure-track profs who spent periods abroad, they brought back a different mentality, new research fields, and strong networking. If we want that Austria is a top country for research and education, this is the right model. Also, one cannot make all contracts permanent:

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 7

"Prekäre Arbeitsverhältnisse treiben hoch ausgebildete Universitätsangestellte in die Privatwirtschaft und ins Ausland": it is actually ok! The economy needs highly qualified researchers and it is good that researchers go abroad and get international experience, afterwards they can come back.

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 7

Top third-party funding conditions, internationally leading research groups in many fields, appealing career model with promotion path from tenure track assistant prof to full prof (at least at TU Wien). We hire the best and Mittelbau can apply for such professorships, this is how top unis work.

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Apr 5

Für die Forschung sind die Zeiten vielerorts schwieriger geworden. In Wien wurden die Bedingungen stetig besser. Ich bin überzeugt, dass dieser Trend anhält, die Unterstützung dafür stark bleibt und werde meinen Teil dazu beitragen. Ich lebe und forsche gerne in Wien! #IchForscheGernInWien

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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · Mar 22

Wir sollten uns angewöhnen, die EU-Kommissionspräsidentin als "Leader of the Free World" zu bezeichnen, wie man das früher in Amerika mit dem US-Präsidenten gemacht hat.

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Kenny Paterson @kennyog.bsky.social · Mar 21

Grateful to @iacrcrypto.bsky.social for acting quickly to address serious concerns from the community.

Martin R. Albrecht @malb.bsky.social · Mar 21

Update on crypto.iacr.org/2025/

Given recent instances of US visa holders and residents being detained or deported by US immigration authorities, we understand that some members of our community may not feel safe traveling to the US for Crypto this year. We want to assure everyone that we will provide the option to present and attend remotely.

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CySec @cysecwien.bsky.social · Mar 11

Excited to highlight Markus Scherer's talk at #Wasm Research Days. A collaborative masterpiece with J.F.Blaabjerg (Aarhus University) and A. Sjösten, @msolitro.bsky.social, @matteomaffei.bsky.social sky.social from @tuwien.at. Discover how Wappler pioneers in this domain youtu.be/KwI55q4GBxo?...

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Stefan Neumann @neumannstefan.com · Mar 7

TU Wien is hiring for an assistant professor (tenure-track) in NLP.

This is a joint position with the Complexity Science Hub.

This is a particularly great opportunity if you also like network science and/or complex systems and/or computational social science.

jobs.tuwien.ac.at/Job/248962

Assistant Professorship (all genders) - Tenure Track

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Mar 6

Great to have Jonathan Katz from Google as part of our @cysecwien.bsky.social @tuwien.at distinguished lecture series. Thanks for the visit and the fruitful research collaborations we kicked off this week!

CySec @cysecwien.bsky.social · Mar 4

Outstanding lecture by Jonathan Katz! Check out the recorded session here: youtu.be/Y9H6GGMccaQ

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Jonathan Katz stands in a classroom beside a large screen, which displays the title slide of a presentation titled "Round-Optimal, Fully Secure Distributed Key Generation." The slide also states that the work was done at Dfns Labs. He is attentively looking towards the audience.

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Mar 6

I am personally cutting most subscriptions with US companies (Amazon Prime etc) and trying to use and buy only EU products and services.

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Mar 5

Today we kicked off our master course on Formal Methods for Security and Privacy @cysecwien.bsky.social . Welcome to all students, looking forward to the new projects and lectures that have been freshly prepared with love by our group!

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SPyCoDe @spycode.bsky.social · Mar 3

Proud moment at #NDSS 2025! SPyCoDe researchers showcased 4 groundbreaking papers. Kudos to @matteomaffei.bsky.social, Z. Avarikioti, S. Gast, @gruss.cc, @notimaginary.bsky.social, @hannesweissteiner.xyz, S. Mangard, and co-authors. For more details and links, visit spycode.at/events/#2025...

Stefan Gast, Daniel Gruss, and Jonas Juffinger presenting their research at NDSS 2025

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Feb 28

Giulia Scaffino from @cysecwien.bsky.social on stage at Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) presenting Alba, our framework for interoperability across Layer-2 solutions. If you are interested, take a look at our paper! www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/a...

Alba: The Dawn of Scalable Bridges for Blockchains - NDSS Symposium

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CySec @cysecwien.bsky.social · Feb 27

🚀 Exciting news! Jonathan Katz from #Google is giving a lecture at #TUW!

📢 "Round-Optimal Fully Secure Distributed Key Generation"
📅 March 4 | Attend in person or online

Don’t miss this chance to learn from a cryptography expert! 🔐

📌 Details: cysec.wien/news/2025-03...

Cybersecurity Center TU Wien

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CySec @cysecwien.bsky.social · Feb 21

Engaging discussions at the AI & Security Competence Forum! Experts M. Maffei ‪@matteomaffei.bsky.social‬, T. Stubbings #CTS, A. Janda #KSÖ, R. Schneider #DeutscheTelekom, and J. Schlaghuber #Siemens reached a strong consensus on the necessity of intensifying efforts. #CyberSicherheit #CyberSecurity

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Matteo Maffei @matteomaffei.bsky.social · Feb 11

So nice to bring dogs to work 🥰 @cysecwien.bsky.social

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