Education

since 2022 TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology)
Doctoral program (UE 786 881)
in Engineering Sciences: Computer Sciences 🏅 Ă–AW DOC Fellowship 2024:
"Perception vs. Reality: The Illusion of Security – Why We (Erroneously) Trust Technologies in the Age of AI Revolution" 		1040 Vienna
2020–2022 TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology)
Master program (UE 066 935)
Media & Human Centered Computing
graduated with honors 		1040 Vienna
2016–2020 TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology)
Bachelor program (UE 033 534)
Software & Information Engineering
graduated with honors
(additionally: Bachelor with Honors) 		1040 Vienna
2008–2016 BRG19 Vienna (Bundesrealgymnasium Wien 19)
graduated with honors 		1190 Vienna

Publications & Talks

2025 Perception vs. Reality: The Illusion of Security – Why We (Erroneously) Trust Technologies in the Age of AI Revolution
[Link: cts.wien, Link: youtube.com]
CTS//circle.responsibleComputing: Brown Bag Seminar Series
  Why Do(n't) You Trust Us? – Highlighting the Importance of Trust and Transparency for Designing B2B Platforms in Electronics Manufacturing
[Link: link.springer.com]
Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications – CHIRA 2024 (2024 Porto, Portugal)
2024 Abstract Presentation | Designing Diversity Computing Spaces: How to Foster Meaningful Interactions for Early Adolescents – Two Hands-on Examples
[Link: repositum.tuwien.at]
Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications – CHIRA 2024 (2024 Porto, Portugal)
  Demo | Designing Diversity Computing Spaces: How to Foster Meaningful Interactions for Early Adolescents – Two Hands-on Examples
[Link: repositum.tuwien.at]
Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications – CHIRA 2024 (2024 Porto, Portugal)
2023 Student Review: "Sustainability" – a Term with Various Meanings and Implications
[Link: cts.wien]
(2023 Vienna, Austria)
  How to Bring Diversity into Industry: Industrial Experiences in Public Transport Repair and Maintenance (first author)
[Link: link.springer.com]
Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023 (2023 York, UK)
  Spatial Augmented Reality in the Factory: Can In-Situ Projections Be Used to Communicate Dangers and Health Risks? (co-author)
[Link: link.springer.com]
Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023 (2023 York, UK)
  Dare to Care – Designing Differently, Imagining Collaboratively
[Link: informatics.tuwien.at]
(2023 Vienna, Austria)
  It's Only a Bot! How Adversarial Chatbots can be a Vehicle to Teach Responsible AI (co-author)
[Link: link.springer.com]
book chapter: Responsible Artificial Intelligence (2023)
2022 Increasing User Satisfaction by detecting Emotions in German-language Human-Robot Conversations with Q.bo One
[Link: repositum.tuwien.at]
master's thesis at TU Wien (2022 Vienna, Austria)
2021 Using the Design of Adversarial Chatbots as a Means to Expose Computer Science Students to the Importance of Ethics and Responsible Design of AI Technologies (co-author)
[Link: link.springer.com]
Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021 (2021 Bari, Italy)
2020 Konzeption und Implementierung eines „Student Relationship Management”-Systems [PDF – coming soon]
bachelor's thesis at TU Wien (2020 Vienna, Austria)
  This is not the new normal: Studying during a pandemic (co-author)
[Link: interactions.acm.org]
ACM Interactions (2020)
2018 Differential Privacy bei korrelierten Daten: Herausforderungen und das Konzept Pufferfish [PDF]
seminar paper for the lecture "SE Scientific Work" at TU Wien (2018 Vienna, Austria)
2016 Programme und Fallbeispiele zur automatisierten Extraktion von Daten aus Webseiten [PDF]
 prescientific paper for the final exam, published by the Dr. Hans Riegel Stiftung (2017 Bonn, Germany)

Teaching

2025 Guest lecture on iOS Security as part of the course "Mobile Applications"
(TU Graz, ESSE workgroup)
  Lecture on Mobile Security as part of the course "Fundamentals of IT Security"
(FH Wiener Neustadt, ESSE workgroup)
2024–2025 Conceptualization and teaching (first iteration) of the course "VU Quantified Self"
(Paris Lodron University of Salzburg)
  Co-supervision of a master's thesis at TU Wien
[Link: repositum.tuwien.at]
Kroll, Marc (2025). CommentSense – An On-Device AI Browser Extension for Real-Time YouTube Comment Understanding
since 2021 Lecture on macOS Security (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), lecture on Typing Security (2023, 2024), lecture on Mobile Security (iOS: 2023, 2024), lecture on Web Application Security (2023, 2024), lecture on Usable Security and Trust (2023, 2024)
within the courses "Introduction to Security (3 ECTS)" (2021, 2022) and "Introduction to Security (6 ECTS)"(2023, 2024)
(TU Wien, ESSE workgroup)
2022 Lectures on iOS and macOS Security
within the courses "Mobile Security" and "Security for Systems Engineering" (TU Wien, ESSE workgroup)

Awards & Grants

2024 Ă–AW DOC Fellowship
"Perception vs. Reality: The Illusion of Security – Why We (Erroneously) Trust Technologies in the Age of AI Revolution" [Link: oeaw.ac.at]
  Nomination for "Best Industrial Paper" and "Best Student Paper" at CHIRA 2024
for "Why Do(n't) You Trust Us? – Highlighting the Importance of Trust and Transparency for Designing B2B Platforms in Electronics Manufacturing"
  Admission as TU Wien TOP Fellow
Knowledge network for TU Wien and society
[Link: tutopfellows.at]
2022 Nomination for the TU Wien Best Poster Award
for Diploma Thesis poster
  "Seeds for the Future" Scholarship
issued by Huawei [Link: tuwien.at]
2021 Ars Docendi State Prize Shortlist Nomination
in the category "Distance learning methods and their sustainable use" [Link: gutelehre.at]
  Bachelor with Honors (TU Wien)
successful completion of the TU Wien Bachelor with Honors program, corresponding interview: "I Want to Be Challenged!" – Stories from our Bachelor with Honors Students [Link: informatics.tuwien.at]
2019, 2021
& 2022		 Merit-based Scholarship
issued by TU Wien
2016 Dr. Hans Riegel Awards 2016, second place in Vienna
for "Programme und Fallbeispiele zur automatisierten Extraktion von Daten aus Webseiten" Confirmation (German) [PDF]

Occupations at University

2025–2027 Project assistant at the Human-Computer Interaction Group (Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, TU Wien, E193-05)
Ă–AW DOC Fellowship 2024 Confirmation [HCI Group Website]
since 2018 Permanent member of the ESSE workgroup core team (since 2022, before: Tutor) at the Institute of Information Systems Engineering (E194) of TU Wien
holding lectures on security on Apple's platforms, assisting in the organization of the lectures, exercises, etc. Confirmation [ESSE Website]
since 2021 Member of the CTS//circle.responsibleComputing (since 2024) and Fellow (since 2023; 2022–2023: Project assistant; 2021–2022: Student staff in research and administration) at the Center for Technology and Society (CTS, TU Wien, E065-01)
assisting in the fields of research, documentation, and strategy planning Confirmation [CTS Website]
2024–2025 Project staff at the Department for Artificial Intelligence and Human Interfaces, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
assisting in teaching, research, writing papers, and project administration Confirmation [HCI Center Website]
2022–2023 Project assistant at the Human-Computer Interaction Group (Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, TU Wien, E193-05)
assisting in research, writing papers, and project administration Confirmation [HCI Group Website]
2018, 2019,
2020 & 2021		 Tutor at the Institute of Logic and Computation (E192) of TU Wien
assisting in the organization of the lecture "VU Formal Modelling" (2018, 2019, and 2020 summer semester)
2017, 2018,
2019, 2020
& 2021		 Tutor at the Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology (E193) of TU Wien
among other things assisting in the organization of the lecture "VU Ways of Thinking in Informatics" (2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, and 2020/21 winter semester)
2018 & 2019 Mentor for beginners within the mentoring programme at TU Wien
advice and support for a successful start of studies, including the organization of regular group meetings (2018/19 winter semester)

Academic Service

2025 Associate Chair
for "Mensch und Computer" (MuC) 2025
  Reviewing
4 full papers for the 20th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 1 full paper for C&T 2025 – Communities & Technologies 2025, 5 full papers as 1AC and 6 full papers as 2AC for MuC 2025 (see above: Associate Chair)
  ConfTool Chair
for "Mensch und Computer" (MuC) 2025
2024 Reviewing
3 full papers and one short paper for the 2025 ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems,
1 full paper for the 16th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems,
1 full paper and 1 short paper for "Mensch und Computer" (MuC) 2024 (both reviews were regarded as "highly helpful" by the corresponding chairs, the review of the short paper received a "Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews"),
1 talk proposal for the 18th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing,
1 full paper for the 16th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR24)

Internships & further Occupations

since
March 2022		 INSO Industrial Software GmbH
assisting in teaching and research, involvement in scientific projects (primarily ESSE workgroup) More information [INSO website]
February
& March
2021		 Internship at Research Industrial Systems Engineering GmbH
development of wireframes and a React prototype with Material-UI for a web-based administration interface Confirmation (German) [PDF – coming soon]
August 2019 Internship at Research Industrial Systems Engineering GmbH
development of automated software tests in C++14, integration in continuous integration platform (GitLab) Confirmation (German) [PDF]
2017 & 2018 Teacher at Lernquadrat
individual training in informatics, mathematics, and German at branch 1060 Vienna, branch 1100 Vienna (Wienerberg) and branch 1120 Vienna
2015 & 2016 Office employee at Wiener Rauchfangkehrer
one-month internship each year at Thomas Renner G. m. b. H. as an office employee, assisting with the computer maintenance
2014–2016 Creation of a new school website
assisting with the conception, design, and creation of the new school website of BRG19 Vienna Confirmation (German) [PDF]
2012–2019 Editor of a football website
writing and editing of articles, participation in web design and coordination of social media activities at barcawelt.de
2012 BĂĽchereien Wien, Urban Loritz-Platz
one-week internship at College 5 Confirmation (German) [PDF]

Volunteering

2025 Representing TU Wien at the BeSt job fair
informing prospective students about studying at TU Wien and demonstrating a 3D printer
2015 Caritative engagement
assisting with the organization of Merry Charity, a charity event at BRG19 Vienna Confirmation (German) [PDF]
2014–2016 Peer mediator at BRG19 Vienna
helping students to solve their conflicts (see Qualifications) Confirmation (German) of the occupation in the school's annual report of 2014/15 [PDF]
2014/15 Students representative at BRG19 Vienna
student's first representative in the school committee Confirmation (German) [PDF]
2013 Voluntary work at BRG19 Vienna
helping distributing the schoolbooks and organizing the school festival Confirmation (German) [PDF]

Additional Qualifications

Languages: German, English, Latin
German: mother tongue
English: professional proficiency
Latin: intermediate Latin certificate
Trained peer mediator
at BRG19 Vienna Confirmation (German) of the passed course [PDF]