Dr.-Ing. Michael Friedewald is a senior researcher and consultant at Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI). He received  diploma degrees in Electrical Engineering (1992) and Economics (1995) and a doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1999) from RWTH Aachen University of Technology, Germany.

Since 1999 he has been working at Fraunhofer ISI as project manager for Information and Communication Technologies, Innovation Research and Technology Assessment. Since 2009 he is head of the ICT research group.

 

He has co-ordinated two studies on ambient intelligence, including the widely noticed FP6 project “Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence” (SWAMI), a study on privacy and trust in the ubiquitous Information Society (PRITUIS). Currently Michael Friedewald is co-ordinating three EU funded FP7 projects dealing with issues of privacy, security and surveillance: PRESCIENT (2010-12), SAPIENT (2011-13) and PRISMS (2012-15). He is also a partner in several other research projects including IRISS (2012-15) and MARS (2012-15, German National Security Research Programme).

 

His publications include:

 

Wright, David, Raphaël  Gellert, Serge Gutwirth, and Michael Friedewald, "Minimizing Technology Risks with PIAs, Precaution, and Participation", IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2011, pp. 47-54.

Schütz, Philip, and Michael Friedewald, "Privacy: What are we actually talking about? - A multidisciplinary approach", in Fischer-Hübner, Simone, Penny Duquenoy et al. (eds.), Privacy and Identity Management for Life: 6th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6/11.7, 11.4, 11.6/PrimeLife International Summer School, Helsingborg, Sweden, August 2010, Revised Selected Papers, Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin, 2011, pp. 1-14.

Friedewald, Michael, and Marc Langheinrich, "Datenschutzaspekte smarter Überwachung", digma - Zeitschrift für Datenrecht und Informationssicherheit, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2011, pp. 118-120..

Daskala, Barbara, Ioannis Askoxylakis, Ian Brown, Michael Friedewald et al., "To log or not to log? Risks and benefits of emerging life-logging applications", European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), Heraklion, 2011. https://www.enisa.europa.eu/act/rm/emerging-and-future-risk/deliverables/life-logging-risk-assessment/

Wright, David, Michael Friedewald, Serge Gutwirth et al., "Sorting out smart surveillance", Computer Law and Security Review, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2010, pp. 343-354.

Friedewald, Michael, David Wright, Serge Gutwirth, and Emilio Mordini, "Privacy, Data Protection and Emerging Sciences and Technologies: Towards a common Framework", Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2010, pp. 63-69.

Wright, David, Serge Gutwirth, Michael Friedewald et al. (eds.), Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence, Springer, Dordrecht, 2008.

Wright, David, Michael Friedewald, Wim Schreurs et al., "The illusion of security", Communications of the ACM, Vol. 51, No. 3, 2008, pp. 56-63.

Friedewald, Michael, Elena Vildjiounaite, Yves Punie, and David Wright, "Privacy, Identity, and Security in Ambient Intelligence: A Scenario Analysis", Telematics and Informatics, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2007, pp. 15-29.