Gaston Pugliese

• IT Security Infrastructures Lab led by Felix Freiling
• Human Factors in Security and Privacy Group led by Zinaida Benenson
• Bavarian Research Association “ForDaySec“ led by Stefan Katzenbeisser

My current and past activities as teaching assistant include several courses in the areas of IT security and digital forensics.

I usually offer and advise theses, projects, and seminar papers closely connected to my research and teaching activities, but I am occasionally interested in related topics as well. Currently, I am particularly interested in offering and advising topics related to

• digital privacy, web tracking, and privacy-enhancing technologies,
• security, privacy, and forensic aspects of IoT and smart environments,
• human factors in everyday technology use.

If you are interested in my open topics in these areas, or if you would like to pitch your own ideas and are looking for an advisor, feel free to drop me an email.

Community Service

Conferences

• DFRWS USA 2025 · 25th Digital Forensics Research Conference USA · Program Committee Member
• DFRWS EU 2025 · 12th Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe · Program Committee Member
• CHI 2025 · ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · External Reviewer
• CHI 2024 · ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · External Reviewer
• PETS 2022 · 22nd Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium · External Reviewer
• ARES 2021 · 16th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security · External Reviewer
• PETS 2021 · 21st Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium · External Reviewer
• DFRWS EU 2020 · 7th Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe · Program Committee Member
• DFRWS EU 2019 · 6th Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe · Program Committee Member

Reviews for Journals

• ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
• IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS)

Articles

• I Blame Apple in Part for My False Expectations: An Autoethnographic Study of Apple’s Lockdown Mode in iOS
  Benedikt Mader, Christian Eichenmüller, Gaston Pugliese, Dennis Eckhardt, Zinaida Benenson
  arXiv (Nov 20, 2024) — Paper
• Used, Avoided, Restricted? Perceptions, Behavior, and Changes in Video Conferencing of German-speaking Users During and After the Pandemic
  Lydia Weinberger, Christian Eichenmüller, Freya Gassmann, Gaston Pugliese, Zinaida Benenson
  EuroUSEC 2024 — Paper (Proceedings) · Paper (Pre-Proceedings)
• Do You “Relay” Want to Give Me Away? – Forensic Cues of Smart Relays and Their IoT Companion Apps
  Maximilian Eichhorn, Gaston Pugliese
  DFRWS APAC 2024 — Paper
• Started Off Local, Now We’re in the Cloud: Forensic Examination of the Amazon Echo Show 15 Smart Display
  Jona Crasselt, Gaston Pugliese
  DFRWS USA 2024 — Paper · Artifacts
• Nyon Unchained: Forensic Analysis of Bosch’s eBike Board Computers
  Marcel Stachak, Julian Geus, Gaston Pugliese, Felix Freiling
  DFRWS EU 2024 — Paper
• Well Played, Suspect! – Forensic Examination of the Handheld Gaming Console “Steam Deck”
  Maximilian Eichhorn, Janine Schneider, Gaston Pugliese
  DFRWS EU 2024 / Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation (Vol. 48, Supplement) — Paper · Artifacts
• Long-Term Observation on Browser Fingerprinting: Users’ Trackability and Perspective
  Gaston Pugliese, Christian Riess, Freya Gassmann, Zinaida Benenson
  PETS 2020 — Paper
• Ich sehe was, das du nicht siehst: Die Realität von Mobilebanking zwischen allgemeinen und rechtlichen Anforderungen
  Vincent Haupert, Gaston Pugliese
  GI Sicherheit 2018 — Paper
• Web Tracking: Overview and Applicability in Digital Investigations
  Gaston Pugliese
  it – Information Technology 2015 (Vol. 57, Issue 6) — Paper

Book Chapters

• Methodik der Anwendungsforensik
  Gaston Pugliese
  In: Browser- und Anwendungsforensik. Felix Freiling und Christian Riess. 7. Auflage, Feb. 2021, pp. 67–81. Studienbriefe im Masterstudiengang Digitale Forensik, Hochschule Albstadt-Sigmaringen.
• Praktische Anwendungsanalyse von Android-Apps
  Gaston Pugliese
  In: Browser- und Anwendungsforensik. Felix Freiling und Christian Riess. 7. Auflage, Feb. 2021, pp. 83–100. Studienbriefe im Masterstudiengang Digitale Forensik, Hochschule Albstadt-Sigmaringen.
• Verfassen eines technischen Berichts
  Gaston Pugliese
  In: Browser- und Anwendungsforensik. Felix Freiling und Christian Riess. 7. Auflage, Feb. 2021, pp. 101–113. Studienbriefe im Masterstudiengang Digitale Forensik, Hochschule Albstadt-Sigmaringen.

• Live-Hacking — Wie digitale Angriffe ablaufen
  Davide Bove, Immanuel Lautner, Gaston Pugliese, Lydia Weinberger
  Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften (LNdW23) · Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen (RRZE) · Erlangen · Oct 21, 2023
• Sicherheit und Privatsphäre in der Alltagsdigitalisierung
  Gaston Pugliese
  Schüler-Infotag der Elektrotechnik-Elektronik-Informationstechnik (EEI) und Informatik · FAU · Erlangen · Mar 14, 2023
• Long-Term Observation on Browser Fingerprinting: Users’ Trackability and Perspective
  Gaston Pugliese
  PETS 2020 · virtual · July 16, 2020
• Technical and User-Centred Insights Into Browser Fingerprinting
  Gaston Pugliese
  USP Day 2020 — Workshop on Usable Security and Privacy · Freie Universität Berlin · Jan 10, 2020
• P-Seminar: Web Tracking
  Gaston Pugliese
  Gymnasium Fridericianum @ i1 · Erlangen · Oct 9, 2019
• Nutzerverfolgung im Netz – Dein digitaler Fingerabdruck
  Gaston Pugliese
  Schnupperuni Informatik · FAU · Erlangen · Nov 7, 2017 · Oct 31, 2018
• Browser Fingerprinting: Mich kennt doch keiner
  Gaston Pugliese
  Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, VDI Rheingau-Bezirksverein, Arbeitskreis Internet-Sicherheit · Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität · Mainz · Mar 1, 2017
• Unsere Spuren im Web
  Gaston Pugliese
  Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften (LNdW15) · Beyond Privacy · Interdisziplinäres Zentrum Literatur und Kultur der Gegenwart · Erlangen · Oct 24, 2015

Email

Postal Address

Lehrstuhl für Informatik 1
Martensstr. 3
91058 Erlangen

Visitor Address

Martensstr. 3
91058 Erlangen
Floor 12, Room 12.133