MATTHIAS FASSL

I am an interdisciplinary human-computer interaction (HCI) researcher and designer focusing on security, privacy, and safety. The increasing use of technology for everyday interaction exacerbated the harm to people's safety — often by enabling the systematic infringement on their privacy and security. I design technology-mediated interpersonal interaction that considers the social aspects of technology, keeps users out of harm's way, and improves people's ability to care for each other online.

To achieve this, I build on my studying experience in computer engineering and cultural and social anthropology, my time working for a privacy NGO, and my traineeship at the European Commission's policy unit on cybercrime.

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in Katharina Krombholz's group at CISPA. There, I am learning more about the ins and outs of leading a research group and advising students while also focusing on online safety topics such as technology-mediated stalking and intimate-image-based abuse in end-to-end-encrypted messengers. I am applying for tenure-track positions in the US, Europe, and Asia. Contact me if you are interested in working together!