Congratulations on the successful defense

Zarina Chokparova, a doctoral student of the 3rd Boysen-TU Dresden Research Training Group "Mobility in Transition" in Cluster B, Project B3, successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Confidentiality in Software-Defined Mobile Supply Chains" on May 19, 2025. In three case studies, she investigated the potential of homomorphic encryption methods for the confidential exchange of information between module manufacturers and operators of modular systems. One of the theses of her work is:

"Confidentiality solutions, such as encryption and secure computation, can be beneficial for data exchange in the modular process industry. While these methods protect intellectual property and prevent the leakage of industrial information, they can also limit the usefulness of shared information by restricting direct access to the raw data. The challenge is to strike a balance between confidentiality and utility and ensure that encrypted or data-protected data remains functional for process optimization, predictive maintenance and decision making. A well-designed confidentiality framework should not only protect sensitive information, but also maximize its operational value without compromising efficiency."

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Congratulations on the successful completion of the research work, which was supervised by Prof. Leon Urbas (TU Dresden, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology) as first reviewer and examiner in the main subject Process Control Systems Engineering and Prof. Thorsten Strufe (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). The other members of the examination board were Prof. Markus Schubert (TU Dresden, Institute of Process Engineering and Environmental Technology) as chair, Prof. Norbert Kockmann (TUD Dresden University of Technology) as second examiner and Prof. Florian Tschorsch (TU Dresden, Institute of Systems Architecture) as examiner in the minor subject of Operating Systems and Security. Zarina especially thanked the Friedrich-und-Elisabeth Boysen Foundation for the excellent framework conditions for her doctorate.

We sincerely wish her all the best for her professional and private future and hope that Zarina will remain associated with the Boysen-TU Dresden Research Training Group as an alumna.

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