Every year, the musical group of the Steiner CVJM delights audiences with a musical production they have staged themselves. Rebekka Albrecht is not only active in the group as a dancer but also serves on the five-person leadership team. This year’s musical was titled "Echo der Zeit" (Echo of Time) and tells the story of a journey through time in which the three protagonists attempt to change the course of history. They try to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy, bring down the Berlin Wall earlier, or avert “Black Thursday,” the day in 1929 that triggered the Great Depression. The group put on a total of five performances this year—more than ever before. And the effort paid off: with a total of 1,300 attendees, the event set a new attendance record this year.

This year, the Easter Bunny paid SECUSO a visit and left behind eggs for us to paint—the creative results of our painting activity now adorn our hallway. In addition to traditional designs, we’ve also incorporated our research into our Easter decorations. After Easter, we’ll be kicking off the summer semester. This semester, SECUSO will be offering the Applied Computer Science – Cybersecurity lecture for the Bachelor’s program as well as the Security, Usability, Society lab course (Bachelor’s and Master’s) and will be represented in the Economy and Technology team project. Additionally, some of us will present their work at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in Barcelona the week after Easter. But first, we wish everyone a Happy Easter!

Karlsruhe’s Mayor for Science, Gabriele Luczak-Schwarz, is calling on people in and around Karlsruhe to sign up for the citizen panel Wir forschen digital: Wir forschen digital is a great way to get involved in research without any barriers. Give it a try—whether you’d like to participate once a year or on a regular basis. Every contribution matters.” With Wir forschen digital, you can participate in studies on digital technologies and experience current research firsthand. After registering on the online portal, you’ll receive regular invitations to exciting studies: You can participate on your own schedule. Every participation is financially compensated. Share your perspective with us and become part of the future! 

The paper "Implementing and Evaluating the Usability of Reliable Voter Complaints in E2E Verifiable Remote Electronic Voting" by Tobias Hilt, Christian Mack, Philipp Matheis, Benjamin Berens, Tobias Länge, Rolf Haenni, Reto E. Koenig, Philipp Locher, and Melanie Volkamer was accepted for publication at the IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P 2026). The paper examines a novel approach that allows voter to reliably file complaints in internet voting and introduces several usability improvements for an existing internet voting system. Results show that 73% of voters were able to successfully utelize this novel approach and the overall usability of the internet voting system could be slightly improved. EuroS&P 2026 takes place July 06 to 10, 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal.