Dr. Sebastian Lins
- Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer
- Room: 2B-05.2
CS 05.20 - Phone: +49 721 608-42819
- Fax: +49 721 608-46581
- sebastian lins ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
- Kaiserstr. 89
76133 Karlsruhe
Me, in a nutshell
I work on research challenges concerned with the design, development, and evaluation of reliable, secure, and purposeful software and information systems. My research features a strong domain focus, in particular, on internet industries and related technologies, such as cloud, edge and distributed computing. Principal goal of my research is theorizing on and designing the applications and methods required for creation and innovation of sociotechnical systems with auspicious value propositions.
CV
EDUCATION
- 11/2014 – 03/2022 University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. PhD in Information Systems. Graduation: Dr. rer. pol. (Grade: Summa cum laude; 0.0)
- 10/2012 – 10/2014 University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Major subject: Information systems. Minor subjects: Computer science and media management. Master thesis: “Automated Cloud Service Certification” (Grade: 1.0). Graduation: Master of Science (Grade: 1.3)
- 10/2009 – 09/2012 University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Major subject: Information systems. Minor subjects: Computer science and business administration. Bachelor thesis: “Determinants of Cloud Service Adoption” (Grade: 1.0). Graduation: Bachelor of Science (Grade: 1.5).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Since 04/2022: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany. Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer: Team leader and operational project manager of various research projects. Research focus: certifications, cloud, fog and edge services, distributed ledger technology, e-commerce, innovative technologies. Management and supervision of eight PhD students. Performance of various teaching activities.
- Since 07/2020: Lecturer at the KIT HECTOR School of Engineering and Management, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- 04/2018 – 03/2022: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany. Research Assistant: Principal researcher in charge of project management and execution for diverse research projects in the domain of Internet Technologies and IS certifications. Team leader of four PhD students and five student assistants. Research on the effectiveness of certifications and trustworthy Internet Technologies
- 03/2017 – 03/2018 University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany. Research Assistant: Principal researcher in charge of project management and execution for three research projects in the domain of IT certifications and cloud computing. Team leader of three PhD students and two student assistants. Research on the effectiveness of IT certifications and dynamic certifications for cloud services
- 11/2014 – 02/2017 University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Research Assistant: Operational and administrative management of the research project “Next Generation Certification”. Research on the effectiveness of IT certifications and dynamic certifications for cloud services
- 04/2014 – 10/2014 TÜV Rheinland i-sec GmbH, Cologne, Germany. Student employee: Cooperation during master thesis. Further development of the cloud service certification catalogue 'Certified Cloud Service' and participation in certification audits
VOLUNTARY ENGAGEMENT
- Since 11/2019 Member of the project GAIA-X, working group "Certifications & accrediation"
- Since 05/2019 Co-chairman of the Sector Commitee Data Protection, German Accreditation Body
- 04/2013 – 03/2014 Stadtteilverein Dransdorf e.V., Dransdorf, Germany. Volunteer. Administrative and operational support. Conducting computer trainings for elderly people
- 10/2010 – 10/2014 University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Volunteer at the business administration student association:Supporting freshmen at the university. Conducting trainings for freshmen
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- 2020 Honored by the KIT Department of Economics and Management for outstanding teaching efforts during the COVID-19 crisis
- 2019 Best Paper Nomination at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
- 2017 Acceptance and participation in the prestigious Doctoral Consortium at the International Conference on Information Systems 2017 in South Korea
- 2017 Awarded a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service to participate at the Doctoral Consortium
- 2016 Best Paper Nomination at the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS)
- 2014 Best Paper Nomination at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
- 2013 Dean´s Award of the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Science at the University of Cologne. Belonging to the best 5% of his cohort in his postgraduate studies
- 2011 Dean´s Award of the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Science at the University of Cologne. Belonging to the best 5% of his cohort in his undergraduate studies
RESEARCH AREA
- Main areas of work: Trusted Internet Technologies; (continuous) certification of Internet Technologies; Artificial Intelligence; Cloud Computing; Distributed Ledger Technology;
- Publication of a book on the certification of cloud services and participation in a book on dynamic cloud service certification as well as in various other professional publications (e.g. in the field of gamification)
- A large number of publications (with over 964 citations), including A and B publications according to VHB ranking Jourqual 3 or according to the orientation list (2008) of the Scientific Commission for Information Systems (WKWI)
- Further publications are currently under review or about to be submitted
Publications
Lins, S.; Kromat, T.; Löbbers, J.; Benlian, A.; Sunyaev, A.
2022. Decision sciences, 53 (3), 452–485. doi:10.1111/deci.12488
Danylak, P.; Lins, S.; Greulich, M.; Sunyaev, A.
2022. 24th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics (IEEE CBI 2022), 15th-17th June 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/CBI54897.2022.00027
Ohagen, P.; Lins, S.; Thiebes, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2022. 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
Renner, M.; Lins, S.; Söllner, M.; Thiebes, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2022. 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
Kannengießer, N.; Lins, S.; Sander, C.; Winter, K.; Frey, H.; Sunyaev, A.
2021. IEEE transactions on software engineering. doi:10.1109/TSE.2021.3116808
Lins, S.; Pandl, K. D.; Teigeler, H.; Thiebes, S.; Bayer, C.; Sunyaev, A.
2021. Business & information systems engineering, 63, 441–456. doi:10.1007/s12599-021-00708-w
Thiebes, S.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2021. Electronic markets, 31 (2), 447–464. doi:10.1007/s12525-020-00441-4
Renner, M.; Lins, S.; Söllner, M.; Thiebes, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2021. Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call fpr Action : ICIS 2021 proceedings ; 42nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Renner, M.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2021. ICIEB’21: 2021 2nd International Conference on Internet and E-Business Barcelona Spain June 9 - 11, 2021, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3471988.3471989
Petry, L.; Lins, S.; Thiebes, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2021. HMD. doi:10.1365/s40702-021-00751-x
Pandl, K. D.; Teigeler, H.; Lins, S.; Thiebes, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2021. Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). doi:10.24251/HICSS.2021.215
Kannengießer, N.; Lins, S.; Dehling, T.; Sunyaev, A.
2020. ACM computing surveys, 53 (2), Art. Nr.: 42. doi:10.1145/3379463
Löbbers, J.; Lins, S.; Kromat, T.; Benlian, A.; Sunyaev, A.
2020. Electronic commerce research. doi:10.1007/s10660-020-09415-2
Adam, M.; Niehage, L.; Lins, S.; Benlian, A.; Sunyaev, A.
2020. Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS). Online Conference, June 15-17, 2020
Maier, N.; Pawlowska, I. M.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2020. Zeitschrift für Datenschutz ZD, (9), 445–449
Greulich, M.; Lins, S.; Pienta, D.; Thatcher, J.; Sunyaev, A.
2020. Proceedings of the Pre-ICIS Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP 2020), AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Kannengießer, N.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2020. Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2020, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Gräbe, F.; Kannengießer, N.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2020. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2020, Maui, Hawaii, January 7 - 10, 2020, ScholarSpace. doi:10.24251/HICSS.2020.770
Kannengießer, N.; Pfister, M.; Greulich, M.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2020. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2020, Maui, Hawaii, January 7 - 10, 2020, ScholarSpace. doi:10.24251/HICSS.2020.652
Greulich, M.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2020. Proceedings of the 41th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2020), Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Renner, M.; Münzenberger, N.; Hammerstein, J. von; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2020. 15th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI2020), Potsdam, 08.-11. März 2020, 1831–1843, GITO Verlag. doi:10.30844/wi_2020_r12-renner
Roßnagel, A.; Sunyaev, A.; Maier, N.; Lins, S.; Teigeler, H.
2020. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000105506
Lins, S.; Schneider, S.; Szefer, J.; Ibraheem, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2019. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 44 (Paper 25), 460–510. doi:10.17705/1CAIS.04425
Dehling, T.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2019. Information Technology for Peace and Security : IT Applications and Infrastructures in Conflicts, Crises, War, and Peace Hrsg.: C. Reuter, 319–339, Springer Vieweg. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-25652-4_15
Greulich, M.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2019. Proceedings of the 27th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Stockholm & Uppsala, Sweden, June 8-14, 2019
Teigeler, H.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2019. ECIS 2019 proceedings . 27th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Stockholm & Uppsala, Sweden, June 8-14, 2019. Research Papers, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Maier, N.; Lins, S.; Teigeler, H.; Roßnagel, A.; Sunyaev, A.
2019. Datenschutz und Datensicherheit, 43 (4), 225–229. doi:10.1007/s11623-019-1097-3
Ladewig, S.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2019. 2019 IEEE 21st Conference on Business Informatics (CBI), Moscow, Russia, Russia, 15-17 July 2019, 231–240, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/CBI.2019.00033
Kannengießer, N.; Lins, S.; Dehling, T.; Sunyaev, A.
2019. Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences : January 8-11, 2019, Maui, Hawaii. Ed.: Tung X. Bui, 7069–7078, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library, ScholarSpace. doi:10.24251/HICSS.2019.848
Roßnagel, A.; Sunyaev, A.; Lins, S.; Maier, N.; Teigeler, H.
2019. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000092729
Roßnagel, A.; Sunyaev, A.; Lins, S.; Maier, N.; Teigeler, H.
2019. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000092273
Lins, S.; Schneider, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. IEEE transactions on cloud computing, 6 (3), 890–903. doi:10.1109/TCC.2016.2522411
Teigeler, H.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Proceedings of the 51th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2018), 5676–5685, HICSS. doi:10.24251/HICSS.2018.711
Hofmann, J. M.; Laatzen, B.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services : Entwicklung und Evaluation dynamischer Zertifikate. Hrsg.: Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 279–299, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_23
Hofmann, J. M.; Lins, S.; Lang, M.; Banse, C.; Doll, B.; Kühn, R.; Laatzen, B.; Meer, H. de; Neubauer, C.; Roßnagel, A.; Stephanow, P.; Sunyaev, A.; Weiss, A.; Wiesche, M.; Krcmar, H.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services: Entwicklung und Evaluation dynamischer Zertifikate. Hrsg.: Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 379–390, Gabler Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_30
Lang, M.; Lins, S.; Wiesche, M.; Sunyaev, A.; Krcmar, H.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services: Entwicklung und Evaluation dynamischer Zertifikate. Hrsg.: Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 343–361, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_28
Lins, S.; Rossmann, J. M.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services. Hrsg.: Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 325–331, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_26
Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services, 153–158, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_13
Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services: Entwicklung und Evaluation dynamischer Zertifikate. Hrsg.: Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 203–222, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_16
Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services : Entwicklung und Evaluation dynamischer Zertifikate. Hrsg.. Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 7–13, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_2
Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services : Entwicklung und Evaluation dynamischer Zertifikate. Hrsg.: Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 121–135, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_11
Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services : Entwicklung und Evaluation dynamischer Zertifikate. Hrsg.: Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 91–99, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_8
Lins, S.; Teigeler, H.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services : Entwicklung und Evaluation dynamischer Zertifikate. Hrsg.: Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 363–378, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_29
Lins, S.; Thiebes, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services : Entwicklung und Evaluation dynamischer Zertifikate. Hrsg.: Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 159–176, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_14
Neubauer, C.; Weiss, A.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2018. Management sicherer Cloud-Services : Entwicklung und Evaluation dynamischer Zertifikate. Hrsg.: Helmut Krcmar, Claudia Eckert, Alexander Roßnagel, Ali Sunyaev, Manuel Wiesche, 81–90, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19579-3_7
Roßnagel, A.; Sunyaev, A.; Batman, A. N.; Lins, S.; Maier, N.; Teigeler, H.
2018. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000083222
Lins, S.
2017. Proceedings of 13. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2017), 12.-15.02.2017, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 12 S., Universität St.Gallen
Lins, S.
2017. Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2017), AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Lins, S.; Schneider, D.; Benlian, A.; Sunyaev, A.
2017. 38th International Conference on Information Systems: Transforming Society with Digital Innovation, ICIS 2017; CoexSeoul; South Korea; 10 December 2017 through 13 December 2017, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2017. Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Information Systems: Transforming Society with Digital Innovation, ICIS 2017; CoexSeoul; South Korea; 10 December 2017 through 13 December 2017, AIS Georgia
Lins, S.; Trenz, M.; Sunyaev, A.
2017. Proceedings of the Pre-ICIS JAIS Theory Development Workshop, AIS, Dezember, 2017, Seoul, South Korea, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Quinting, A.; Lins, S.; Szefer, J.; Sunyaev, A.
2017. Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, February 12-15, 2017, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Ed.: W. Brenner, 1465–1476, Universität St.Gallen
Schneider, D.; Lins, S.; Benlian, A.; Sunyaev, A.
2017. 38th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2017, 10-13 December 2017, Seoul, South Korea, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Teigeler, H.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2017. Proceedings of the Pre-ICIS Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP 2017), Seoul, South Korea, December 9, 2017, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Lins, S.; Grochol, P.; Schneider, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2016. IEEE security & privacy, 14 (2), 66–71. doi:10.1109/MSP.2016.26
Schmidt-Kraepelin, M.; Thiebes, S.; Lins, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2016
Augustin, K.; Thiebes, S.; Lins, S.; Linden, R.; Basten, D.
2016. 20th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2016; Chiayi; Taiwan; 27 June 2016 through 1 July 2016, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Lins, S.; Teigeler, H.; Sunyaev, A.
2016. 24th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2016; Bogazici UniversityIstanbul; Turkey; 12 June 2016 through 15 June 2016, AIS Georgia
Richter, J.; Lins, S.; Wilms, B.; Linden, R.; Basten, D.
2016. 20th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2016; Chiayi; Taiwan; 27 June 2016 through 1 July 2016, AIS eLibrary (AISeL)
Lins, S.; Thiebes, S.; Schneider, S.; Sunyaev, A.
2015. Proceddings of the 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2015; Grand HyattKauai; United States; 5 January 2015 through 8 January 2015, 5352–5361, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/HICSS.2015.629
Thiebes, S.; Lins, S.; Basten, D.
2014. 22nd European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2014; Tel Aviv; Israel; 9 June 2014 through 11 June 2014, AIS Georgia