Dr. Johannes Viehmann

Education and Career  

Being a member of Critical Systems Engineering group, the scientist an artist Johannes Viehmann deals with risk management and especially with the creation of highly secure network repositories for non-repudiation data. He also does research about digital currencies and about the ecological or social consequences of technical innovations.

Supported by the graduate collage Human Centric Communication (H-3C) and Fraunhofer FOKUS, Johannes Viehmann made his PhD with thesis about the S-Network and its potential economic impact. Before that he studied computer science at Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria.

Expertise and Areas of Interest  

• Long term preservation with guaranteed access
• Digital currencies
• Technical innovations and their consequences
• Risk assessment und Risk reduction
• Security of distributed information and communication systems
• New concepts to create trust

Selected Projects  

Current:

• The S-Network – a platform for non-repudiation data
• The Jad Economy – an alternative economy system using the digital one-way currency “Jad”

Previous:

• PREVENT – preventive risk management for the banking domain
• RASEN – compositional risk assessment combined with security testing
• DIAMONDS – Development and Industrial Application of Multi-Domain Security Testing Technologies

Related Links:

• About the S-Netzwerk
• About the Jad-Economy