Dr. Simon Künzli

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Tätigkeit

• Schwerpunktleitung Internet of Things
• Dozent für sichere IoT Systeme

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Internet of Things

Lehrtätigkeit

• Digital Communication Networks/Kommunikationstechnik
• Computer Engineering 1&2 (CT 1&2)
• Embedded Software Engineering (ESE)
• MSE Embedded Real-Time Software (EmbReal)

Lehrtätigkeit in der Weiterbildung

WBK Security in Embedded Systems

Berufserfahrung

• Head Fire Safety Communication Systems
  Siemens Smart Infrastructure
  2012 - 2022
• Head Pre-Development Fire Safety
  Siemens Building Technologies
  2011 - 2012
• Projektleiter R&D
  Siemens Building Technologies
  2010 - 2011
• System-Architekt R&D
  Siemens Building Technologies
  2006 - 2010

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Ausbildung

• Dr. sc. ETH Zürich / Informationstechnologie und Elektrotechnik (ITET)
  ETH Zürich
  2001 - 2006
• Dipl. El.-Ing. ETH / Informationstechnologie und Elektrotechnik (ITET)
  ETH Zürich
  1995 - 2001

Weiterbildung

Certificate of Advances Studies Hochschuldidaktik
PHZH
2023

Netzwerk

Mitglied in Netzwerken

IEEE

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0009-0009-7448-7695

Projekte

• Enabling Thread for High-reliability Low-power Alarming Applications / Projektleiter:in / laufend
• EdgeAI-Trust EU Project / Co-Projektleiter:in / laufend
• Internet of Things # Amfora. A Swiss Digital Solution for Global Foodservice / Stellv. Projektleiter:in / laufend
• Zero-Config Event Monitoring System / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen

Publikationen

Schriftliche Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed

• Witzig, J., Felder, F., Phimmasane, V., Künzli, S., & Rüst, A. (2026). Zephyr development environment for students [Conference paper]. In S. Kreußler, K. Paust, S. Späthe, & F. Rasche (Eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop at Zephyr in Science and Education 2025 (pp. 9–16). CEUR Workshop Proceedings. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-4184/paper2.pdf
• Neyer, J., & Künzli, S. (2025). Holistic framework for LPWAN protocol development. Proceedings of the 2025 Embedded World Conference. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33369
• Noseda, M., & Künzli, S. (2024). Attacking secure-element-hardened MCUboot using a low-cost fault injection toolkit [Conference paper]. In M. Manulis, D. Maimuţ, & G. Teşeleanu (Eds.), Innovative Security Solutions for Information Technology and Communications (pp. 126–143). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52947-4_10
• Schläpfer, T., Lorenz, D., & Künzli, S. (2023). Dynamic approach to IoT security : a new security solution for IoT [Conference paper]. Proceedings of Embedded World Conference 2023, 261–266. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27992
• Noseda, M., Frei, F., Rüst, A., & Künzli, S. (2022, June). Rust for secure IoT applications : why C is getting rusty. Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 21-23 June 2022. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25046

Weitere Publikationen

Noseda, M., & Künzli, S. (2022). A quantitative comparison between Renesas’s Trusted Secure IP cryptographic hardware and secure elements : benchmarking crypto acceleration for IoT (cont.). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25777

Mündliche Konferenzbeiträge und Abstracts

• Lorenz, D., Noseda, M., & Künzli, S. (2024, May). Bypassing security measures with voltage fault injection on Cortex-M devices. Embedded Computing Conference (ECC), Winterthur, Switzerland, 28 May 2024.
• Lorenz, D., Künzli, S., & Schläpfer, T. (2023, June). Novel approach to IoT security. Embedded Computing Conference (ECC), Winterthur, Switzerland, 6 June 2023.

Publikationen vor Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

• Simon Künzli: Efficient Design Space Exploration for Embedded Systems, Shaker Verlag, ISBN 3-8322-5246-0, 2006
• Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele, Eckart Zitzler: Modular Design Space Exploration Framework for Embedded Systems, IEE Proceedings Computers & Digital Techniques, Vol. 152, No. 2, pages 183-192, March 2005
• Alexander Maxiaguine, Samarjit Chakraborty, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: Evaluating Schedulers for Multimedia Processing on Buffer-Constrained SoC Platforms, IEEE Design & Test, Vol. 21, No. 5, pages 368-377, September/October 2004
• Samarjit Chakraborty, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele, Andreas Herkersdorf, Patricia Sagmeister: Performance Evaluation of Network Processor Architectures: Combining Simulation with Analytical Estimation, Computer Networks, Vol. 41, No. 5, pages 641-665, April 2003
• D. Gutmacher, S. Künzli, U. Hoefer, J. Wöllenstein: Fire Gas Transport Phenomena Beneath Ceilings, In Proceedings of the 14th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS14), Nuremberg, Germany, May 2012
• Andreas Meier, Mehul Motani, Siquan Hu, Simon Künzli: DiMo: Distributed Node Monitoring in Wireless Sensor Networks, accepted for publication at MSWiM 2008, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 2008
• Simon Künzli, Arne Hamann, Rolf Ernst, Lothar Thiele: Combined Approach to System Level Performance Analysis of Embedded Systems, In Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Hardware-Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS 2007), Salzburg, Austria, September 2007
• Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: Generating Event Traces Based on Arrival Curves, In Proceedings of 13th GI/ITG Conference on Measurement, Modeling, and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems (MMB), Nuremberg, Germany, March 2006
• Simon Künzli, Francesco Poletti, Luca Benini, Lothar Thiele: Combining Simulation and Formal Methods for System-Level Performance Analysis, IEEE Design Automation & Test in Europe (DATE), Munich, Germany, March 2006
• Eckart Zitzler, Simon Künzli: Indicator-Based Selection in Multiobjective Search, 8th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN VIII), Birmingham, UK, September 2004
• Alexander Maxiaguine, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: Workload Characterization Model for Tasks with Variable Execution Demand, IEEE Design Automation & Test in Europe (DATE), Paris, France, February 2004
• Alexander Maxiaguine, Simon Künzli, Samarjit Chakraborty, Lothar Thiele: Rate Analysis for Streaming Applications with On-chip Buffer Constraints, Asia South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Yokohama, Japan, January 2004
• Samarjit Chakraborty, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: A General Framework for Analysing System Properties in Platform-Based Embedded System Designs, IEEE Design Automation & Test in Europe (DATE), Munich, Germany, March 2003
• Samarjit Chakraborty, Thomas Erlebach, Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele: Schedulability of Event-Driven Code Blocks in Real-Time Embedded Systems, 39th Design Automation Conference (DAC 2002), New Orleans LA, USA, June 2002
• Lothar Thiele, Samarjit Chakraborty, Matthias Gries, Simon Künzli: A Framework for Evaluating Design Tradeoffs in Packet Processing Architectures, 39th Design Automation Conference (DAC 2002), New Orleans LA, USA, June 2002
• Lothar Thiele, Samarjit Chakraborty, Matthias Gries, Simon Künzli: Design Space Exploration of Network Processor Architectures, First Workshop on Network Processors at the 8th International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA8), Cambridge MA, USA, February 2002
• Simon Künzli, Lothar Thiele, Eckart Zitzler: Multi-criteria decision making in embedded system design, Bookchapter in "System On Chip: Next Generation Electronics", Editor: Bashir Al-Hashimi, IEE Press, pages 3-28
• Simon Künzli, Stefan Bleuler, Lothar Thiele, Eckart Zitzler: A Computer Engineering Benchmark Application for Multiobjective Optimizers, Bookchapter in "Applications of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms", Editors: Carlos A. Coello Coello and Gary B. Lamont, World Scientific Publishing, pages 269-294
• Lothar Thiele, Samarjit Chakraborty, Matthias Gries, Simon Künzli: Design Space Exploration of Network Processor Architectures , Bookchapter in "Network Processor Design, Issues and Practices, Volume 1", Editors: P. Crowley, M. Franklin, H. Hadimioglu, P. Onufryk, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, pages 55-89

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