Modeling Data Protection and Privacy: Application and Experience with GDPR

in Software and Systems Modeling (in press)

In Europe and indeed worldwide, the Gen- eral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides pro- tection to individuals regarding their personal data in the face of new technological developments. GDPR is ... [more ▼]

In Europe and indeed worldwide, the Gen- eral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides pro- tection to individuals regarding their personal data in the face of new technological developments. GDPR is widely viewed as the benchmark for data protection and privacy regulations that harmonizes data privacy laws across Europe. Although the GDPR is highly ben- e cial to individuals, it presents signi cant challenges for organizations monitoring or storing personal infor- mation. Since there is currently no automated solution with broad industrial applicability, organizations have no choice but to carry out expensive manual audits to ensure GDPR compliance. In this paper, we present a complete GDPR UML model as a rst step towards de- signing automated methods for checking GDPR compli- ance. Given that the practical application of the GDPR is infuenced by national laws of the EU Member States,we suggest a two-tiered description of the GDPR, generic and specialized. In this paper, we provide (1) the GDPR conceptual model we developed with complete trace- ability from its classes to the GDPR, (2) a glossary to help understand the model, (3) the plain-English de- scription of 35 compliance rules derived from GDPR along with their encoding in OCL, and (4) the set of 20 variations points derived from GDPR to specialize the generic model. We further present the challenges we faced in our modeling endeavor, the lessons we learned from it, and future directions for research. [less ▲]

Gelebte Mehrsprachigkeit am Sprachenzentrum Luxemburg: Mit studentischen Assistent:innen für Studierende. Peer-Tutorien von Studierenden für Studierende

in Fremdsprachen in Lehre und Forschung (FLF) Band 56 (in press), 56

The language centres at the universities in the Greater Region have adopted a French-German tandem module as part of a joint course that provides linguistic and cultural preparation for students ahead of ... [more ▼]

The language centres at the universities in the Greater Region have adopted a French-German tandem module as part of a joint course that provides linguistic and cultural preparation for students ahead of their upcoming mobility semester. But there are often not enough French-speaking students to complete the tandems. So as an alternative, our student assistants can now guide student pairs or trios through their tandem activities. Based on comments from students and the experience of tutors in group tandems, a practical handbook has been produced to help train tutors, while a contract between tandem partners further engages them as soon as the tandem is set up. [less ▲]

Advancing the Meet-in-the-Filter Technique: Applications to CHAM and KATAN

in Smith, Benjamin; Wu, Huapeng (Eds.) Selected Areas in Cryptography (in press)

Recently, Biryukov et al. presented a new technique for key recovery in differential cryptanalysis, called meet-in-the-filter (MiF). In this work, we develop theoretical and practical aspects of the ... [more ▼]

Recently, Biryukov et al. presented a new technique for key recovery in differential cryptanalysis, called meet-in-the-filter (MiF). In this work, we develop theoretical and practical aspects of the technique, which helps understanding and simplifies application. In particular, we show bounds on MiF complexity and conditions when the MiF-enhanced attack may reach them. We present a method based on trail counting which allows to estimate filtering strength of involved rounds and perform consequent complexity analysis with pen and paper, compared to the computer-aided approach of the original work. Furthermore, we show how MiF can be combined with plaintext structures for linear key schedules, allowing to increase the number of attacked rounds or to reduce the data complexity. We illustrate our methods on block cipher families CHAM and KATAN and show best-to-date single-key differential attacks for these ciphers. [less ▲]

Vertiges adolescents : La violence dans Amok de Tullio Forgiarini et ses adaptations

in Cultural Express (in press)

Sur les pas des poètes ? Une comparaison de deux sentiers littéraires luxembourgeois

in Penser la promenade littéraire (in press)

At the center of this communication are two literary hiking trails: the Sentier des poètes in the Fond-de-Gras in the mining south of Luxembourg, inaugurated in 2011 on the occasion of the international ... [more ▼]

At the center of this communication are two literary hiking trails: the Sentier des poètes in the Fond-de-Gras in the mining south of Luxembourg, inaugurated in 2011 on the occasion of the international year of the forest, and the Ettelbrécker Literaturwee [The Literary Trail of the city of Ettelbruck] in the north, on the edge of the Ardennes, which is currently under construction and whose inauguration is scheduled for spring 2022. The two paths are conceived as original creative projects and therefore do neither retrace a historical path nor the work or life of a particular writer. Their comparison offers interesting points of analysis as to the targeted objectives (target audiences, promotion of literature, creative writing project), to the participating authors (literary socialization, geographical link to the places), to the installations (panels displaying the texts and presenting the authors, geolocation, additional digital content), and to the texts themselves (literary genres, representations of nature, relationship to place and territory). My participation, in an action-research approach, in the organizing committee of the Ettelbécker Literaturwee allows me to describe the interdisciplinary scope of this project, bringing together approaches and interests of its various partners: regional library and tourist office, Centre national de littérature, university, or the association Natur&Ëmwelt which works for the protection of the environment. More broadly, my research and observations – within the framework of cultural ecology which studies the material and symbolic scope of literary texts in their “ecocultural ” context – relate on the one hand to the writing and reception of texts in situ, which paradoxically de-naturalizes our reading habits. On the other hand, I question the importance of territorial anchoring of texts in the context of Luxembourg: What does 21st century writing of place mean in a small literary field which has struggled to dissociate itself from regional and/or rural literature? [less ▲]

L’écolittérature jeunesse face à demain

in Littérature de jeunesse et écologie (in press)

La littérature luxembourgeoise à l’école : une didactique interculturelle de la littérature en contexte multilingue

in Transnationale und interkulturelle Literaturwissenschaft und Litertaturdidaktik : Konzeptionelle und digitale Transformationen (in press)

In Luxembourg, multilingual requirements are a corollary of the country’s historical trilingualism and characterize its school system: Luxembourgish is the national language, French and German the ... [more ▼]

In Luxembourg, multilingual requirements are a corollary of the country’s historical trilingualism and characterize its school system: Luxembourgish is the national language, French and German the official languages. Like other European countries, English tends to occupy an increasingly important place, as a language taught in secondary school, while Luxembourgish plays only a minor role as a school subject. Rooted in the traditional association of language and literature, Luxembourg’s school environment is still largely organized according to a juxtaposed multilingualism, with clear linguistic separations and specific disciplinary cultures. These characteristics considerably hinder, among others, the entry of works from the Luxembourg literary field into the curricular path of secondary education. In fact, Luxembourgish literature, an essentially multilingual (Luxembourgish, French, German and more recently English, Italian, Portuguese) and small literature, is hardly taught in schools: the national literature struggles to impose itself compared to the cultural references of the large neighboring countries. At the same time, the weak literary production intended for adolescent readers, which translates socio-literarily into the absence of specific editorial collections, finds only a slight echo with its recipients. Starting from this double literary and didactic context, we wish to present our project to publish a novel by a French-language Luxembourg author in a digital format, thus remediatizing the texts, and broadening them with educational content and activities. The development of these new media considers the multilingual and intercultural particularities of Luxembourg’s literary and school environments and targets a readership fond of new reading practices. By adopting a research-action approach, we’d like to cover multiple research areas (multilingual children's literature in a small literary field, digital reading practices, teaching of literary reading in a multilingual school context) and we could integrate the project in our teaching in the Master in Secondary Education to train future teachers. [less ▲]

Le jardin et la littérature comme zones à défendre. Écriture hétérotopique du jardin dans deux exemples luxembourgeois

in Luxembourg Urban Garden (in press)

Conclusion : La parole donnée à la littérature jeunesse

in Peut-on tout leur dire ? Formes de l’indicible en littérature jeunesse (in press)

Ethnographic Empathy and Research Ethics as Methodological Whiteness

in Vaughn, Antonia; Braune, Joan; Tinsley, Meghan (Eds.) et al The ethics of researching the Far Right (in press)