Short Biography

I completed my undergraduate studies in Applied Computer Science at DHBW Mannheim (2017–2020) and earned my master's degree at the Heidelberg University (2022–2024). From 2020 to 2022, I worked in the industry as a Software Engineer, focusing on automation, containerization, and cybersecurity concepts.
During my master's thesis, I focused on cybersecurity, particularly on Intrusion Detection Systems, with the thesis: "Evaluation, Benchmarking, and Ensembling of Intrusion Detection Systems Using a Comparative Platform."
In addition to my research and teaching activities, I have been working as an IT Security Specialist at bwInfoSec since February 2025.

Research Interests

• Cybersecurity
• Virtualization and Containerization
• Machine Learning

Projects

• BICEP - A framework to Setup, Benchmark and Ensemble Intrusion Detection Systems in one web-based platform

Teaching

Lectures and Seminars

• Assistant at the IT-Security Lecture 1
• Assistant at the IT-Security Lecture 2
• Assistant at the IT-Security Lecture 3
• Assistant at the IT-Security Seminar
• Assistant at the IT-Security Beginner Practicals
• Assistant at the IT-Security Advanced Practicals

Publications

• M.Ludwig, S. Machmeier, and V. Heuveline, "Cross-Study Comparability for IDS: A Call for Clarity", in 2025 9th Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet), Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2025.
  https://doi.org/10.1109/CSNet64211.2024.10851475
• S. Machmeier, M. Ludwig, M. Fuchs, V. Heuveline, "heiDGAF: A Novel Open-Source CIDS Solution for DGA Detection", 15th SPRING graduate workshop, 2025.