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prof.dr.ir. M.R. van Steen (Maarten)

Scientific Director Digital Society Institute

About Me

Maarten van Steen works in the field of networked computer systems, with an emphasis on wireless systems as well as more traditional distributed systems. He is an alumnus of the University of Twente where he graduated in 1983 in Applied Mathematics. After completing his PhD at the Computer Science department in Leiden, Van Steen worked at TNO Delft, where he carried out research on parallel computing and gained his first experience in research management. He continued his academic career at Erasmus University Rotterdam and later at VU University Amsterdam, where he was appointed full professor in 2002.

Since January 2015 he is Scientific Director of the digitalization research institute of the University of Twente: The Digital Society Institute. He chairs the ICT Research Platform Netherlands, representing all Dutch academic departments and institutes. He is also chair of NWO Informatics advisory committee.

Expertise

Engineering & Materials Science
# Ad Hoc Networks
# Communication
# Information Dissemination
# Network Protocols
# Scalability
# Wireless Sensor Networks
Mathematics
# Decentralized
# Gossip

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Publications

Recent
Jakubeit, P. , Peter, A. , & van steen, M. (2024). RoomKey: Extracting a Volatile Key with Information from the Local WiFi Environment Reconstructable Within a Designated Area. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy ICISSP 2024 (Vol. 1, pp. 558-569). SCITEPRESS. https://doi.org/10.5220/0012437500003648
Jakubeit, P. , Peter, A. , & van Steen, M. (2023). LocKey: Location-Based Key Extraction from the WiFi Environment in the User′s Vicinity. In W. Meng, Z. Yan, & V. Piuri (Eds.), Information Security Practice and Experience: 18th International Conference, ISPEC 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 24–25, 2023, Proceedings (pp. 399-418). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 14341). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7032-2_24
Jakubeit, P. , Peter, A. , & van Steen, M. (2023). The Measurable Environment as Nonintrusive Authentication Factor on the Example of WiFi Beacon Frames. In A. Saracino, & P. Mori (Eds.), Emerging Technologies for Authorization and Authentication: 5th International Workshop, ETAA 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 30, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 48-69). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13782). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25467-3_4
Shafaeipoursarmoor, Z. , van Steen, M. , & Ostermann, F. O. (2023). How to Count Travelers Without Tracking Them Between Locations. In R. Beecham, J. A. Long, D. Smith, Q. Zhao, & S. Wise (Eds.), 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2023 Article 66 (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs; Vol. 277). Dagstuhl. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.66
Marzani, F., Ghassemi, F., Sabahi-Kaviani, Z. , van Ede, T. , & van Steen, M. (2023). Mobile App Fingerprinting through Automata Learning and Machine Learning. In 2023 IFIP Networking Conference, IFIP Networking 2023 (Proceedings IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking); Vol. 2023). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.23919/IFIPNetworking57963.2023.10186420
van Ede, T. S. (2023). Comprehending Security Events: Context-Based Identification and Explanation. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558891
Stanciu, V.-D. , van Steen, M. R., Dobre, C. , & Peter, A. (2022). Anonymized Counting of Nonstationary Wi-Fi Devices When Monitoring Crowds. In MSWiM '22: Proceedings of the 25th International ACM Conference on Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (pp. 213-222). (MSWiM 2022 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3551659.3559042
Stanciu, V.-D. (2022). Privacy-friendly WiFi-based crowd monitoring for pedestrian dynamics analytics. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554916
van Steen, M., Stanciu, V. D. , Shafaeipour, Z. , Chilipirea, C., Dobre, C. , Peter, A. , & Wang, M. (2022). Challenges in automated measurement of pedestrian dynamics. In D. Eyers, & S. Voulgaris (Eds.), Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems - 22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2022, Held as Part of the 17th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2022, Proceedings (Vol. 13272, pp. 187-199). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13272). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16092-9_12
Other Contributions

BOOKS

So far, I have written the following books:

All books can be downloaded for free from www.distributed-systems.net.

Miscellaneous

  • In November 2013, we attempted to write a book in five days, on adaptive collective systems. In the end, it’s more of a (long) position paper, beautifully published. Check it out.
  • I made a small video on how I see the future of Computer Sciences. There’s work to do.

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University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Zilverling (building no. 11), room 3032
Hallenweg 19
7522NH  Enschede
The Netherlands

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