Science Ombudsman

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Grimm is the Ombudsman for Science at Fraunhofer SIT.

Was the doctoral dissertation actually written by the author, and are all sources correctly cited in the scientific study? If doubts arise in such or similar cases, the Ombudsman for Science is the first point of contact.

According to the recommendation of the German Research Foundation (DFG), every scientific institution should therefore appoint an ombudsman. Fraunhofer SIT has appointed Prof. Rüdiger Grimm for this purpose. Prof. Grimm ensures that the principles of good scientific practice and due diligence are upheld. SIT employees can turn to him if they need advice and support on these matters. Examples of scientific misconduct include falsifying or fabricating data for research, plagiarism, or acting with a conflict of interest as a reviewer. The Ombudsman treats all matters brought to his attention confidentially.

Prof. Rüdiger Grimm heads the Chair of IT Risk Management at the Institute for Business and Administrative Informatics at the University of Koblenz. At Fraunhofer SIT, he serves as a scientific advisor in the field of media security and forensics. He worked at the institute from 1985 to 2000 and oversaw the transition from the Society for Mathematical Data Processing (GMD) to the Fraunhofer Institute. After five years in Ilmenau at the newly founded Fraunhofer IDMT, Rüdiger Grimm moved to the University of Koblenz in 2006 and returned to his former workplace as a consultant in 2007.