Prof. Hans Reiser and Christian Berger - How to manage the Energy Impact of Blockchain

Picture of Prof. Dr. Hans P. ReiserProf. Dr. Hans P. Reiser
Since 2021, the assistant professorship of Security in Information Systems (University of Passau) is under the direction of Prof. Dr. Hans P. Reiser. Starting 1st of January 2022, he will be a professor at the Department of Computer Science at Reykjavík University, Iceland. His main research focus is on reliability and security in distributed systems, including algorithms and architectures for intrusion tolerant systems, adaptability and self-optimization of reliable group communication systems, concepts for secure and reliable cloud computing, as well as methods for malware analysis and incident investigation in cloud environments based on virtual machine introspection.

Picture of Christian BergerChristian Berger (University of Passau) received the BSc and MSc degrees in computer science from the University of Passau, Germany, in 2014 and 2017, respectively. In 2018, he started working as a research associate and PhD candidate at the assistant professorship of security in information systems. His research interests include Byzantine fault tolerance, resilient distributed systems as well as blockchain and distributed ledger technology.