Steffen Becker

47 papers A* 8A 1C 1Journal 28Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 — conf
"Because Microchips are the Future: " Investigating End Users' Information Needs Regarding Microchips.
HICSS
Julian Speith, Steffen Becker, Timo Speith, Markus Weber, Asia Biega, Christof Paar
2026 A* conf
Campus AI vs. Commercial AI: Comparing How Students and Employees Perceive their University's LLM Chatbot vs. ChatGPT.
CHI
Leon Hannig, Annika Bush, Meltem Aksoy, Tim Trappen, Steffen Becker, Greta Ontrup
2026 J jnl
Hardware Trojans from Invisible Inversions: On the Trojanizability of Standard Cell Libraries.
CoRR
Kolja Dorschel, René Walendy, Lukas Plätz, Thorben Moos, Christof Paar, Steffen Becker
2026 J jnl
SoK: From Silicon to Netlist and Beyond - Two Decades of Hardware Reverse Engineering Research.
CoRR
Zehra Karadag, Simon Klix, René Walendy, Felix Hahn, Kolja Dorschel, Julian Speith, Christof Paar, Steffen Becker
2025 J jnl
"Make the Voodoo Box Go Bleep Bloop:" Exploring End Users' Understanding and Information Needs Regarding Microchips.
CoRR
Julian Speith, Steffen Becker, Timo Speith, Markus Weber, Yixin Zou, Asia Biega, Christof Paar
2025 J jnl
Advancing training stability in unsupervised SEM image segmentation for IC layout extraction.
J. Cryptogr. Eng.
Nils Rothaug, Deruo Cheng, Simon Klix, Nicole Auth, Sinan Böcker, Endres Puschner, Steffen Becker, Christof Paar
2025 — conf
An Evidence-Based Curriculum Initiative for Hardware Reverse Engineering Education.
SIGCSE (1)
René Walendy, Markus Weber, Steffen Becker, Christof Paar, Nikol Rummel
2025 J jnl
Campus AI vs Commercial AI: A Late-Breaking Study on How LLM As-A-Service Customizations Shape Trust and Usage Patterns.
CoRR
Leon Hannig, Annika Bush, Meltem Aksoy, Steffen Becker, Greta Ontrup
2025 J jnl
Campus AI vs. Commercial AI: How Customizations Shape Trust and Usage of LLM as-a-Service Chatbots.
CoRR
Leon Hannig, Annika Bush, Meltem Aksoy, Tim Trappen, Steffen Becker, Greta Ontrup
2025 A* conf
Digital Security Perceptions and Practices Around the World: A WEIRD versus Non-WEIRD Comparison.
USENIX Security Symposium
Franziska Herbert, Collins W. Munyendo, Jonas Hielscher, Steffen Becker, Yixin Zou
2025 J jnl
From Assistance to Autonomy - A Researcher Study on the Potential of AI Support for Qualitative Data Analysis.
CoRR
Elisabeth Kirsten, Annalina Buckmann, Leona Lassak, Nele Borgert, Abraham Mhaidli, Steffen Becker
2025 J jnl
HAL - An Open-Source Framework for Gate-Level Netlist Analysis.
CoRR
Julian Speith, Jörn Langheinrich, Marc Fyrbiak, Max Hoffmann, Sebastian Wallat, Simon Klix, Nils Albartus, René Walendy, Steffen Becker, Christof Paar
2025 A* conf
ReverSim: An Open-Source Environment for the Controlled Study of Human Aspects in Hardware Reverse Engineering.
CHI
Steffen Becker, René Walendy, Markus Weber, Carina Wiesen, Nikol Rummel, Christof Paar
2024 J jnl
An Evidence-Based Curriculum Initiative for Hardware Reverse Engineering Education.
CoRR
René Walendy, Markus Weber, Steffen Becker, Christof Paar, Nikol Rummel
2024 J jnl
Decoding Complexity: Exploring Human-AI Concordance in Qualitative Coding.
CoRR
Elisabeth Kirsten, Annalina Buckmann, Abraham Mhaidli, Steffen Becker
2024 A* conf
Digital Security - A Question of Perspective A Large-Scale Telephone Survey with Four At-Risk User Groups.
SP
Franziska Herbert, Steffen Becker, Annalina Buckmann, Marvin Kowalewski, Jonas Hielscher, Yasemin Acar, Markus Dürmuth, Yixin Zou, M. Angela Sasse
2024 A conf
Explainability as a Requirement for Hardware: Introducing Explainable Hardware (XHW).
RE
Timo Speith, Julian Speith, Steffen Becker, Yixin Zou, Asia Biega, Christof Paar
2024 A* conf
I see an IC: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Study Human Problem-Solving Processes in Hardware Reverse Engineering.
CHI
René Walendy, Markus Weber, Jingjie Li, Steffen Becker, Carina Wiesen, Malte Elson, Younghyun Kim, Kassem Fawaz, Nikol Rummel, Christof Paar
2024 J jnl
I see an IC: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Study Human Problem-Solving Processes in Hardware Reverse Engineering.
CoRR
René Walendy, Markus Weber, Jingjie Li, Steffen Becker, Carina Wiesen, Malte Elson, Younghyun Kim, Kassem Fawaz, Nikol Rummel, Christof Paar
2024 — conf
Patching FPGAs: The Security Implications of Bitstream Modifications.
ASHES@CCS
Endres Puschner, Maik Ender, Steffen Becker, Christof Paar
2024 J jnl
Patching FPGAs: The Security Implications of Bitstream Modifications.
CoRR
Endres Puschner, Maik Ender, Steffen Becker, Christof Paar
2023 J jnl
52 Weeks Later: Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Apps for Different Purposes Over Time.
CoRR
Marvin Kowalewski, Christine Utz, Martin Degeling, Theodor Schnitzler, Franziska Herbert, Leonie Schaewitz, Florian M. Farke, Steffen Becker, Markus Dürmuth
2023 J jnl
52 Weeks Later: Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Apps for Different Purposes Over Time.
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.
Marvin Kowalewski, Christine Utz, Martin Degeling, Theodor Schnitzler, Franziska Herbert, Leonie Schaewitz, Florian M. Farke, Steffen Becker, Markus Dürmuth
2023 A* conf
A World Full of Privacy and Security (Mis)conceptions? Findings of a Representative Survey in 12 Countries.
CHI
Franziska Herbert, Steffen Becker, Leonie Schaewitz, Jonas Hielscher, Marvin Kowalewski, M. Angela Sasse, Yasemin Acar, Markus Dürmuth
2023 J jnl
Expanding Explainability: From Explainable Artificial Intelligence to Explainable Hardware.
CoRR
Timo Speith, Julian Speith, Steffen Becker, Yixin Zou, Asia Biega, Christof Paar
2023 J jnl
REVERSIM: A Game-Based Approach to Accessing Large Populations for Studying Human Aspects in Hardware Reverse Engineering.
CoRR
Steffen Becker, Carina Wiesen, René Walendy, Nikol Rummel, Christof Paar
2023 A* conf
Red Team vs. Blue Team: A Real-World Hardware Trojan Detection Case Study Across Four Modern CMOS Technology Generations.
SP
Endres Puschner, Thorben Moos, Steffen Becker, Christian Kison, Amir Moradi, Christof Paar
2023 J jnl
The Anatomy of Hardware Reverse Engineering: An Exploration of Human Factors During Problem Solving.
ACM Trans. Comput. Hum. Interact.
Carina Wiesen, Steffen Becker, René Walendy, Christof Paar, Nikol Rummel
2023 — conf
Towards Unsupervised SEM Image Segmentation for IC Layout Extraction.
ASHES@CCS
Nils Rothaug, Simon Klix, Nicole Auth, Sinan Böcker, Endres Puschner, Steffen Becker, Christof Paar
2022 J jnl
A World Full of Privacy and Security (Mis)conceptions? Findings of a Representative Survey in 12 Countries.
CoRR
Franziska Herbert, Steffen Becker, Leonie Schaewitz, Jonas Hielscher, Marvin Kowalewski, M. Angela Sasse, Yasemin Acar, Markus Dürmuth
2022 — —
Human factors in hardware reverse engineering.
Steffen Becker
2022 J jnl
Red Team vs. Blue Team: A Real-World Hardware Trojan Detection Case Study Across Four Modern CMOS Technology Generations.
IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.
Endres Puschner, Thorben Moos, Steffen Becker, Christian Kison, Amir Moradi, Christof Paar
2022 J jnl
Talking to the Overlooked: A Nationwide Telephone Survey with Four Groups Under-represented in Privacy and Security Studies.
CoRR
Franziska Herbert, Steffen Becker, Annalina Buckmann, Marvin Kowalewski, Jonas Hielscher, Leonie Schaewitz, Jennifer Friedauer, Yasemin Acar, Markus Dürmuth, M. Angela Sasse
2021 J jnl
An Exploratory Study of Hardware Reverse Engineering Technical and Cognitive Processes.
CoRR
Steffen Becker, Carina Wiesen, Nils Albartus, Nikol Rummel, Christof Paar
2021 A* conf
Apps Against the Spread: Privacy Implications and User Acceptance of COVID-19-Related Smartphone Apps on Three Continents.
CHI
Christine Utz, Steffen Becker, Theodor Schnitzler, Florian M. Farke, Franziska Herbert, Leonie Schaewitz, Martin Degeling, Markus Dürmuth
2021 J jnl
Promoting the Acquisition of Hardware Reverse Engineering Skills.
CoRR
Carina Wiesen, Steffen Becker, Nils Albartus, Christof Paar, Nikol Rummel
2020 — conf
An Exploratory Study of Hardware Reverse Engineering - Technical and Cognitive Processes.
SOUPS @ USENIX Security Symposium
Steffen Becker, Carina Wiesen, Nils Albartus, Nikol Rummel, Christof Paar
2020 J jnl
Apps Against the Spread: Privacy Implications and User Acceptance of COVID-19-Related Smartphone Apps on Three Continents.
CoRR
Christine Utz, Steffen Becker, Theodor Schnitzler, Florian M. Farke, Franziska Herbert, Leonie Schaewitz, Martin Degeling, Markus Dürmuth
2020 J jnl
Hardware-Trojaner.
Datenschutz und Datensicherheit
Julian Speith, Steffen Becker, Maik Ender, Endres Puschner, Christof Paar
2019 J jnl
Highway to HAL: Open-Sourcing the First Extendable Gate-Level Netlist Reverse Engineering Framework.
CoRR
Sebastian Wallat, Nils Albartus, Steffen Becker, Max Hoffmann, Maik Ender, Marc Fyrbiak, Adrian Drees, Sebastian Maaßen, Christof Paar
2019 — conf
Highway to HAL: open-sourcing the first extendable gate-level netlist reverse engineering framework.
CF
Sebastian Wallat, Nils Albartus, Steffen Becker, Max Hoffmann, Maik Ender, Marc Fyrbiak, Adrian Drees, Sebastian Maaßen, Christof Paar
2019 C conf
Promoting the Acquisition of Hardware Reverse Engineering Skills.
FIE
Carina Wiesen, Steffen Becker, Nils Albartus, Christof Paar, Nikol Rummel
2019 J jnl
Teaching Hardware Reverse Engineering: Educational Guidelines and Practical Insights.
CoRR
Carina Wiesen, Steffen Becker, Marc Fyrbiak, Nils Albartus, Malte Elson, Nikol Rummel, Christof Paar
2019 J jnl
Towards Cognitive Obfuscation: Impeding Hardware Reverse Engineering Based on Psychological Insights.
CoRR
Carina Wiesen, Nils Albartus, Max Hoffmann, Steffen Becker, Sebastian Wallat, Marc Fyrbiak, Nikol Rummel, Christof Paar
2019 — conf
Towards cognitive obfuscation: impeding hardware reverse engineering based on psychological insights.
ASP-DAC
Carina Wiesen, Nils Albartus, Max Hoffmann, Steffen Becker, Sebastian Wallat, Marc Fyrbiak, Nikol Rummel, Christof Paar
2019 J jnl
Wie arbeiten Reverse Engineers?
Datenschutz und Datensicherheit
Steffen Becker, Carina Wiesen, Christof Paar, Nikol Rummel
2018 — conf
Teaching Hardware Reverse Engineering: Educational Guidelines and Practical Insights.
TALE
Carina Wiesen, Steffen Becker, Marc Fyrbiak, Nils Albartus, Malte Elson, Nikol Rummel, Christof Paar