Univ.-Prof. Dr. Maria Leitner

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Professorship for Computer Science (Process-oriented Information Systems) at the Faculty of Computer Science

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Curriculum vitae:

2003-2009 Studied Business Informatics at the University of Vienna and TU Vienna
2007-2008 Erasmus stay, Universidad de Alicante
2010-2014 University assistant in the Workflow Systems and Technology research group at the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna
2014-2015, Researcher at SBA Research
2010-2015 PhD in Computer Science at the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Dissertation: "Security Policy Integration and Life Cycle Management in Process-aware Information Systems"
since 2015 Scientist at the Center for Digital Safety & Security, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
2015-2021 Head of the AIT Cyber Range Training Center
2017 Research stay at the Center for Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics, Arizona State University, USA
since March 2021 Professor of Computer Science (Process-oriented Information Systems) at the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna

 

Research areas:

*Secure business processes
*Business process automation and digital transformation
*Cyber exercises and cyber situational awareness
*Identity management
*Cyber security

"My research helps people and organizations to use technologies more efficiently and safely in their everyday processes. To support this, I pursue an interdisciplinary research approach that actively combines the topics of security and human-machine interaction, among others." (Maria Leitner)