Information Technology for Peace and Security IT Applications and In
Technological and scientific advances, especially the rapid evolution of information technology (IT), play a crucial role regarding questions of peace and security. This textbook addresses the significance and potential of IT, as well as the challenges it
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Information Technology for Peace and Security IT Applications and Infrastructures in Conflicts, Crises, War, and Peace
Information Technology for Peace and Security
Christian Reuter Editor
Information Technology for Peace and Security IT Applications and Infrastructures in Conflicts, Crises, War, and Peace
Editor Christian Reuter Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) Department of Computer Science Technische Universität Darmstadt Darmstadt, Germany
ISBN 978-3-658-25651-7 ISBN 978-3-658-25652-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25652-4
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Foreword
Johannes Buchmann Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Technische Universität Darmstadt
My generation was lucky. For over seventy years there has been peace in Germany. In other parts of the world, wars remain reality. Technological advances, especially in computer science, help to make weapons more brutal and effective and wars more terrible. Peace remains one of the great challenges of humanity. The authors of this book take this challenge seriously. They have established a new research direction: information technology for peace and security, exploring the dangers of misuse of information technology. Examples are the destruction of the IT backbone of energy, transport and communication infrastructures by hackers, as well as threats to political and social peace posed by fake news and social bots. At the same time, they are making suggestions on how information technology can stabil
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