Communication and Distributed Systems
RWTH Aachen University
Ahornstr. 55
52074 Aachen, Germany
E-Mail: ina.fink[[at]]comsys.rwth-aachen.de
Phone: +49 241 80-21419
Office: Building E3, Room 9031
Website: https://www.inafink.de
Short CV
Background
I am a researcher and PhD student at the Chair of Communication and Distributed Systems since September 2019. Before, I graduated as M.Sc. in Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University in July of the same year. I am part of both the Security and Privacy Group and the Cyber-Physical Systems Group with my research interest covering all aspects of reliable and secure communication in the (Industrial / Infrastructure) Internet of Things. To this end, I am specifically interested in exploring and exploiting the potential of programmable switches.
Awards
In June 2020, I received the 1st prize of the Women's STEM Award sponsored by Deutsche Telekom AG for my master’s thesis on "Advanced In-Network Security for Smart Devices". In May 2019, I was awarded the 1st prize of the Female Student Travel Award 2019 by the Collaborative Research Center MAKI (Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet) in recognition of my academic performance.
Projects
I am currently affiliated with the VeN2uS project, where I research how to combine high communication reliability and resilience with low latency in the context of critical infrastructure. Before, I was associated with the CONSENT project, where I examined how to enhance smart home security with access control and software-defined networking. As a student assistant (2017-2019), I was further involved in the myneData and TRINICS projects.
Teaching
I am/have been involved in various teaching activities at RWTH Aachen University. These include supervising topics in our preseminar and seminar courses as well as working as a teaching assistant for our basic and advanced lectures (e.g., Data Communication and Security and Advanced Internet Technology) and our Practical Internet eXperience (PIX) Lab. Furthermore, I supervised several student projects in our Research Focus Classes (Cyber-Physical System Security, In-Network Processing, Securing Industrial Networks), and I was employed as a part-time lecturer for Sicherheit in Datennetzen (B course) at FH Aachen in WS 2020/2021.
I regularly offer individual topics for bachelor’s and master’s theses. If you are interested in writing your thesis with me, please drop me a short mail with your motivation and concrete interests under consideration of our general recommendations regarding available theses.
Publications
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Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE '23), June 12-16, 2023, Zaragoza, Spain Volume 13901, page 489-505.
Publisher: Springer,
June
2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-34559-3
Note: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Volume 13901 |
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Interconnected grid protection systems - reference grid for testing an adaptive protection scheme
27th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2023), Rome, Italy, June 12-15, 2023, page 3286-3290.
2023
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47th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)
Edmonton, Canada, September 26-29, 2022
Publisher: IEEE,
September
2022
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Proceedings of the 8th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop (CPSS '22), co-located with the 17th ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS '22), May 30-June 3, 2022, Nagasaki, Japan, page 73-84.
Publisher: ACM,
May
2022
ISBN: 978-1-4503-9176-4/22/05
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Interconnected network protection systems - the basis for the reliable and safe operation of distribution grids with a high penetration of renewable energies and electric vehicle
Proceedings of the CIRED workshop on E-mobility and power distribution systems 2022, June 2-3, 2022, Porto, Portugal
2022
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46th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)
Edmonton, Canada, October 4-7, 2021
Publisher: IEEE,
October
2021
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Proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Secure and Trustworthy Cyber-Physical Systems (SaT-CPS '21), co-located with the 11th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY '21), April 26-28, 2021, Virtual Event, USA, page 78–87.
Publisher: ACM,
April
2021
ISBN: 978-1-4503-8319-6/21/04
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Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Encrypted Computing & Applied Homomorphic Cryptography (WAHC '20), December 15, 2020, Virtual Event, page 31-44.
Publisher: HomomorphicEncryption.org,
December
2020
DOI: 10.25835/0072999
ISBN: 978-3-00-067798-4
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45th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)
Sydney, Australia, November 16-19, 2020
Publisher: IEEE,
November
2020
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Proceedings of the Internet Measurement Conference (IMC '20), October 27-29, 2020, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, page 101-110.
Publisher: ACM,
October
2020
ISBN: 978-1-4503-8138-3/20/10
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Proceedings of the 1st ITG Workshop on IT Security (ITSec '20), April 2-3, 2020, Tübingen, Germany
Publisher: University of Tübingen,
April
2020
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Visualizing flow in an intact CSF network using optical coherence tomography: implications for human congenital hydrocephalus
Scientific Reports,
9(1):6196.
April
2019
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