Selected Publications

2025

  • Using LLMs to Identify Personal Data Processing in Source Code 2025 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), pp. 137–144 IEEE Authors: Immanuel Kunz, Ching-Yu Kao, Daniel Kowatsch, Jens Hiller, Julian Schütte, Dmitry Prokhorenkov, Konstantin Böttinger Keywords: Large Language Models, Privacy, Static Code Analysis, Personal Data Detection, Software Security

2024

  • owl2proto: Enabling Semantic Processing in Modern Cloud Micro-Services To appear in: 16th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development Authors: Christian Banse, Angelika Schneider, Immanuel Kunz Keywords: Semantic Web, Cloud Microservices, Ontologies, Knowledge Engineering

  • CertGraph: Towards a Comprehensive Knowledge Graph for Cloud Security Certifications 27th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Authors: Stefan Schöberl, Christian Banse, Verena Geist, Immanuel Kunz, Martin Pinzger Keywords: Knowledge Graphs, Cloud Security, Certifications, Model-Driven Engineering

  • Using Static Code Analysis for GDPR Compliance Checks Computer Security. ESORICS 2024 International Workshops, pp. 153–169 Springer Nature Switzerland (Cham) Authors: M. Binder, Andreas Kunz, Immanuel Kunz Keywords: Privacy, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, Static Code Analysis, GDPR

  • Using Static Code Analysis for GDPR Compliance Checks Computer Security. ESORICS 2024 International Workshops, pp. 153–169 Springer Authors: M. Binder, Andreas Kunz, Immanuel Kunz Keywords: Privacy, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, Static Code Analysis

  • UPCARE: User Privacy-preserving Cancer Research Platform Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Security and Cryptography, pp. 52–63 Scitepress Authors: Georg Bramm, Melek Önen, Martin Schanzenbach, Ilya Komarov, Frank Morgner, Christian Tiebel, Juan Cadavid Keywords: Privacy, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, Software Architecture

  • Evolution of secure development lifecycles and maturity models in the context of hosted solutions Journal of Software: Evolution and Process Wiley Online Library Authors: Felix Lange, Immanuel Kunz Keywords: Privacy, Software Architecture

  • GRAIN: Truly Privacy-friendly and Self-sovereign Trust Establishment with GNS and TRAIN Open Identity Summit 2024, pp. 85–92 GI Authors: Martin Schanzenbach, Sebastian Nadler, Isaac Henderson Johnson Jeyakumar Keywords: Privacy, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, Domain Name System, GNU Name System


2023

  • Privacy as an Architectural Quality: A Definition and an Architectural View IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, pp. 125–132 IEEE Authors: Immanuel Kunz, Shuqian Xu Keywords: Privacy, Software Architecture

  • Privacy Property Graph: Towards Automated Privacy Threat Modeling via Static Graph-based Analysis Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, pp. 171–187 PoPETS Authors: Immanuel Kunz, Konrad Weiss, Angelika Schneider, Christian Banse Keywords: Privacy Enhancing Technologies, Static Code Analysis

  • GRAIN: Secure Trust Establishment over GNU Name System Paper on alternative DNS for SSI systems GI Authors: Martin Schanzenbach, Sebastian Nadler, Isaac Henderson Johnson Jeyakumar Keywords: Name Systems, Domain Name System, GNU Name System, Key blinding

  • GNU Name System (GNS) Technical Specification RFC 9498 Authors: Martin Schanzenbach, Christian Grothoff, Bernd Fix Keywords: Name Systems, DNS, GNU Name System, Key blinding


2022

  • Zero-Knowledge Age Restriction for GNU Taler ESORICS 2022 Taler.net Authors: Özgür Kesim, Christian Grothoff, Florian Dold, Martin Schanzenbach Keywords: Zero-Knowledge, GNU Taler

  • Application-Oriented Selection of Privacy Enhancing Technologies Annual Privacy Forum 2022, pp. 75–87 Arxiv Authors: Immanuel Kunz, Andreas Binder Keywords: Privacy Enhancing Technologies

  • Who comes after us? The correct mindset for designing a Central Bank Digital Currency SUERF Policy Note 279 SUERF Authors: Antoine d’Aligny, Emmanuel Benoist, Florian Dold, Christian Grothoff, Özgür Kesim, Martin Schanzenbach Keywords: SSI, Payments

  • Central Bank Accounts are Dangerous and Unnecessary Paper Authors: Antoine d’Aligny, Emmanuel Benoist, Florian Dold, Christian Grothoff, Özgür Kesim, Martin Schanzenbach Keywords: SSI, Payments