Julian Funk

I studied computer science at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Currently, I am a PhD candidate in the System Security group.

My research interests are focused on trusted execution environments, confidential computing, software isolation, and systems programming.

If you are enrolled as a computer science student at FAU, I can directly supervise your bachelor's /  master's thesis or master's project. Note that most available open theses are not publicly advertised. You can always write a kind email (german or english) containing some information about you to julian.funk@fau.de and we'll chat for available options.
Additionally, if you are interested in my topics, you may also want to consider thesis options from my colleagues, Jonas Röckl and Matti Schulze.

Academic Activities

• Usenix Security '26: Artifact Evaluation Committee Member

• WOOT@Usenix '25: Artifact Evaluation Committee Member

Publications

• Funk J., Kothmeier Y., Röckl J., Lindenmeier C., Müller T.:  
  Plug’n’Trust: Fine-Grained USB Device Isolation for ARM TrustZone  
  12th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP 2026)
  DOI: 10.5220/0014249900004061

• Röckl J., Funk J., Müller T.:
  WireTrust: A TrustZone-Based Non-Bypassable VPN Tunnel
  30th Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems (NordSec 2025)
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-14782-0_16

• Röckl J., Funk J., Schulze M., Müller T.:
  SH3ARS: Privilege Reduction for ARMv8.0-A Secure Monitors (Best Practical Paper Award)
  28th International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID 2025)
  DOI: 10.1109/RAID67961.2025.00035

• Röckl J., Schulze M., Funk J., Bernsdorf N., Müller T.:
  Safeguarding Data from Deprecated System Software: A Resilient Boot Architecture for Edge Devices Leveraging TEEs
  9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP 2023)
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-89518-0_4

• Bove D., Funk J.
  Basic Secure Services for Standard RISC-V Architectures
  Computers & Security 133 (2023), Article No.: 103415
  DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2023.103415