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