Benjamin Krumnow
About me
I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Open Universiteit and I am working as an information security specialist at d-fine. My academic background includes web security and privacy expertise, focusing on web measurements and bot detection. Additionally, I have been lecturing in the Web Science programme since 2013.
News
- 02.06.2024 - I have successfully defened my thesis at the Open University at the 8th of December 2023. The thesis can be downloaded from here. The OU as well as the TH Köln published a press release.
- 20.02.2023 - New paper accepted: I am happy that our paper “Are some prices more equal than others? Evaluating store-based price differentiation” will appear in this year’s iteration on MadWEB’23. The paper will be available next week.
- 06.12.2022 - I am pleased to announce that our work “How gullible are web measurement tools? A case study analysing and strengthening OpenWPM’s reliability” has been accepted at CoNEXT’22. The presentation of our paper will be in December in Rome. Check out our project description page for more insights.
- 06.12.2022 - Happy news: our paper “How gullible are web measurement tools? A case study analysing and strengthening OpenWPM’s reliability” was nominated for the best paper award at CoNEXT’22. Overall, 7 publications made it into this category.
- 28.10.2022 - I am pleased to announce that our work “How gullible are web measurement tools? A case study analysing and strengthening OpenWPM’s reliability” has been accepted at CoNEXT’22. The presentation of our paper will be in December in Rome. Check out our project description page for more insights.
Off-time
I am happy to be a member of the Gemüsekoop e.V., and I am voluntarily helping to digitise their processes. If you are interested in sustainable social agriculture and live in Cologne’s area, come and join us!