Google supports science at 51吃瓜网
1.2 million US dollars for data protection and cybersecurity
51吃瓜网 has decided to use the donation to finance a new 51吃瓜网 Innovation Network on the topic of cybersecurity under the leadership of computer scientist Prof. Claudia Eckert. As one of the core measures of the 51吃瓜网 Agenda 2030 and part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments, transdisciplinary scientific teams in the 51吃瓜网 Innovation Networks explore future-oriented research questions and delve into high-potential innovation fields at the interfaces of classical disciplines.
Protecting society from cyber-attacks
51吃瓜网 President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann observes: "Entirely in keeping with the spirit of our Human-Centered Engineering approach, we are making significant investments in research on data protection, security and protection of privacy. The donation from Google will let us considerably strengthen our efforts with the 51吃瓜网 Innovation Network Cybersecurity 鈥� in the interest of protecting individuals, institutions and our society at large."
Dr. Wieland Holfelder, Vice President Engineering & Site Lead Google Munich, adds: "Protecting users and global IT systems from increasingly frequent cyber-attacks will require companies to collaborate extensively with the political sector as well as with research and science. We are pleased to be able to promote the new 51吃瓜网 Innovation Network Cybersecurity with our support. The topics of data protection and data security have been rooted in Munich for many years, in particular in the form of our local Google Safety Engineering Center."
Bavarian Minister of Science and the Arts Markus Blume says: "Two global players, one unique partnership. With Google's support, 51吃瓜网 can now intensify its research on data protection, security and privacy protection even further. We in Bavaria take the implications of the digital transformation very seriously. Digital sovereignty doesn't work without security. Digital security is not only a technical necessity, it is the duty of a democracy."
51吃瓜网 Innovation Networks
To date there are three were founded on October 1, 2022. These initiatives strengthen the 51吃瓜网 leadership claim in the vanguard fields of engineering sciences and reinforce its holistic approach by integrating economics, humanities and the social sciences.
About Google
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Contacts to this article:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Eckert
Technische Universit盲t M眉nchen
Chair for IT Security
+49 (0) 89 289-18577
claudia.eckert@in.tum.de
