Dominik Wermke

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the North Carolina State University. Prior to NC State, I worked as a researcher at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security and was part of the TeamUSEC research group for human-centered security. I received my Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent) in computer science from Leibniz University Hannover in 2023 and both a M.Sc. and B.Sc. from Saarland University in 2016 and 2015 respectively.

My research enables developers and administrators to deploy secure, privacy-respecting, and trust-worthy software that benefits the security of hundreds of dependent code bases, thousands of real-world deployments, and millions of end users. I leverage this multiplicative effect by supporting open source maintainers, developers, and system administrators in the shared endeavor towards a more secure and trustworthy software ecosystem.

My research areas of interest include usable security, supporting software experts, the software supply chain, and the open source ecosystem. Designing secure and user-friendly systems, developing tools to assist software professionals, enhancing transparency and trust in the software supply chain, and improving collaboration and security in open source communities.

My work has appeared in the top-tier security venues such as IEEE S&P, USENIX Security, and ACM CCS, as well as field-specific venues such as SOUPS and ACSAC.

Dominik Wermke is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the North Carolina State University. Prior to NC State, he worked as a researcher at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security and was part of the TeamUSEC research group for human-centered security. He received his Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent) in computer science from Leibniz University Hannover in 2023 and both a M.Sc. and B.Sc. from Saarland University in 2016 and 2015 respectively.

His research enables developers and administrators to deploy secure, privacy-respecting, and trust-worthy software that benefits the security of hundreds of dependent code bases, thousands of real-world deployments, and millions of end users. His research leverages this multiplicative effect by supporting open source maintainers, developers, and system administrators in the shared endeavor towards a more secure and trustworthy software ecosystem.

Research areas of interest include usable security, supporting software experts, the software supply chain, and the open source ecosystem. Designing secure and user-friendly systems, developing tools to assist software professionals, enhancing transparency and trust in the software supply chain, and improving collaboration and security in open source communities.

His work has appeared in the top-tier security venues such as IEEE S&P, USENIX Security, and ACM CCS, as well as field-specific venues such as SOUPS and ACSAC.

Dominik Wermke, Jan H. Klemmer, Noah Wöhler, Juliane Schmüser, Harshini Sri Ramulu, Yasemin Acar, and Sascha Fahl. "Always Contribute Back": A Qualitative Study on Security Challenges of the Open Source Supply Chain. In Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P 23), San Francisco, CA, USA, May 22-24, 2023.

Marcel Fourné, Dominik Wermke, Will Enck, Sascha Fahl, and Yasemin Acar. It's like flossing your teeth: On the Importance and Challenges of Reproducible Builds for Software Supply Chain Security. In Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P 23), San Francisco, CA, USA, May 22-24, 2023.

Dominik Wermke, Noah Wöhler, Jan H. Klemmer, Marcel Fourné, Yasemin Acar, and Sascha Fahl. Committed to Trust: A Qualitative Study on Security & Trust in Open Source Software Projects. In Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P 22), San Francisco, CA, USA, May 23-26, 2022.