Chief Digital Officer / Chief Information Officer

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Gerling, LL.M.

The Chief Digital Officer (CDO) coordinates the process of developing and updating the University of Hamburg’s digitalization strategy in close cooperation with the Executive University Board and other stakeholders.

In similar close collaboration with the Executive University Board and other IT stakeholders, the CDO coordinates the process of developing and implementing the IT strategy and is responsible for IT operations at the Regional Computing Center at the University of Hamburg.

About the CDO/CIO

Curriculum vitae

Year	Activity
Since 2024	Chief information officer (CIO), University of Hamburg
Since 2021	Chief digital officer (CDO), University of Hamburg
2021 – 2023	Master of Laws (LLM) in Information Technology and Law, Saarland University
Since 2011	Advisor on IT security, IT security training, and lectures
	Author of journal articles on IT security
2019 – 2020	Head of research strategy, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
2018 – 2019	Head of research strategy and technology exchange, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security (formerly the Center for IT Security, Privacy and Accountability, CISPA)
2012 – 2017	Administrative head, Center for IT Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA)
2012 – 2014	Research associate, Saarland University
2014	Doctorate, Saarland University; Doctoral scholarship, International Max Planck Research School for Computer Science
2004 – 2009	Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science, Saarland University

Publications

2023

Das Konzept des House of Computing and Data Science als Blaupause zur Digitalisierung der Forschung
C. Biemann, T. Böhmann, S. Gerling, J. Louis, M. Semmann
Conference contribution - Article for conference in: INFORMATIK 2023 - Designing Futures – Zukunfte gestalten, Proceedings: 123-128, 6 p., Vol. 337 (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); Volume P-337)

2022

IT-Sicherheit für Dummies
R. W. Gerling, S. R. Gerling
Book: 1. Auflage ed., Weinheim: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & CO. KGaA (...für Dummies)

Cover, Deutsche National Bibliothek

2020

Stand der Technik bei Videokonferenzen - und die Interpretation der Aufsichtsbehörden. - "Naming and shaming" beim Datenschutz
R. W. Gerling, S. Gerling, S. Hessel, R. Petrlic
Journal articles: Datenschutz und Datensicherheit, Vol. 44, 11, 740-747

DOI: 10.1007/S11623-020-1359-0, https://dblp.org/rec/journals/dud/GerlingGHP20

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Contact

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Gerling, LL.M.

Chief Digital Officer / Chief Information Officer

Mittelweg 177

20148 Hamburg

Tel: +49 40 42838-5516

Email: cdo"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Digital Office Team

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