Future of Identity in the Information Society

Prof. Dr. Kai Rannenberg holds the T-Mobile Chair for Mobile Business & Multilateral Security at Goethe University Frankfurt (www.m-chair.net) since 2002. Since 2004Kai is Coordinator of the EU Network of Excellence "Future of Identity in the Information Society" (FIDIS). Since March 2007 Kai is Cenvenor of the JTC 1/SC 27 / WG 5 "Identity management and privacy technologies". Kai's current research interests include Mobile applications and Multilateral Security in e.g. M-Business, M-Commerce, M-Banking, and Location Based Services; Privacy and identity management, communication infrastructures and devices, such as personal security assistants and services; IT security evaluation and certification. Denis Royer completed his diploma in business informatics at Braunschweig Technical University (Germany) in 2003. At the Chair for Mobile Business and Multilateral Security he was working on mobile identity management, decision support systems for the introduction of enterprise identity management systems (EIdM) process models. Currently he is an external PhD student at the Chair for Mobile Business and Multilateral Security, working for Sirrix AG in Bochum (Germany). Andre Deuker received his diploma in business administration from Goethe University Frankfurt in 2007. Since autumn 2007 he has been working as a PhD student and research assistant at the T-Mobile Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security. Andre is editor and contributor of various FIDIS deliverables.

• Putting the Machines in Control.- Identity of Identity.- Virtually Living in Virtual Realities.- Virtual Persons and Identities.- Use and Abuse of Biometric Data and Social Networks.- High-Tech ID and Emerging Technologies.- Powering the Profile: Plugging Into the Mobile Grid.- Mobility and Identity.- Human Enhancement, Robots, and the Fight for Human Rights.- Approaching Interoperability for Identity Management Systems.- More Control for the Machines.- Profiling and AmI.- The Role of Forensics in Identity.- Identity-Related Crime and Forensics.- Dating.- Privacy and Identity.- Open Challenges — Towards the (Not So Distant) Future of Identity.

From the reviews: "The book, edited by Rannenberg, Royer and Deuker, is reasonably well structured - it begins with an introduction to theme of identity, looks at the nature and conceptualisation of identity in a evolving world, sets forth identity use case scenarios, and ... concluding with a discussion on the future of identity. ... it has international appeal (both for academia and industry), particularly those most interested in identity and identity management ... . a handy, resourceful and insightful guide to future research in the area." (Rowena Rodrigues, Journal of Information, Law and Technology, Issue 2, September, 2009)