Simone Fischer-Hübner has been a Full Professor with Karlstad University, Sweden, since 2000, where she is currently the Head of the Privacy and Security Research Group. She is also a Scientific Coordinator with the EU H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN Privacy & Us.
She received the Diploma degree in computer science (law), in 1988, and the Ph.D. and Habilitation degrees in computer science from the University of Hamburg, Germany, in 1992 and 1999, respectively. She has contributed as a Partner with the CyberSec4Europe, PAPAYA, CREDENTIAL, PRISMACLOUD, A4Cloud, SmartSociety, PrimeLife, PRIME, FIDIS, and Bugyo EU projects.
Her research interests include cyber security, privacy-enhancing technologies, and usable privacy and security. She is a Swedish IFIP TC 11 Representative and a member of the Advisory Board Swedish Civil Contingency Agency’s Cyber Security Council. She serves as the Vice Chair for the IEEE Sweden Computer/Software Engineering Chapter.