About Me
Hello! I am a researcher, software developer, network architect, and security engineer based in Hamburg, Germany. In May 2025, I changed my name from Timo Häckel to Timo Salomon due to marriage.
Currently, I am pursuing a doctoral degree in cooperation with the Technical University of Dresden, and Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany. My particular interest is the tightly intertwined safety and security of time-sensitive in-vehicle networks, which I am exploring in the context of different research projects. I am a member of the CoRE and INET working groups at HAW Hamburg, where I develop and maintain open-source frameworks for the OMNeT++ simulator.
Approaching my doctorate, I am looking for opportunities to apply my experience to network and security projects in industry. Feel free to explore my work and get in touch.
Education
(IN PROGRESS) Ph.D. in Computer Science
TU Dresden, Germany
2018 - 2026
- Thesis: Security Measures for In-Vehicular Real-Time Networks
- Supervisor (TU Dresden): Prof. Dr. Matthias Wählisch
- Supervisor (HAW Hamburg): Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Schmidt
- Research focus: Exploring the tightly intertwined safety and security of time-sensitive in-vehicle networks. See publications below.
M.Sc. in Computer Science
HAW Hamburg, Germany
2016 - 2018
- Thesis: Automotive Communication Architectures Supporting Quality-of-Service Agreements
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Franz Korf
- Grade: Excellent
- ECTS-Grade: “A” - top 10%
B.Sc. in Technical Computer Science
HAW Hamburg, Germany
2013 - 2016
- Thesis: Feasibility study for porting a multi-chip e-bike user interface to a current Bluetooth Low Energy single-chip system
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Pareigis
- Grade: Very Good
- ECTS-Grade: “A” - top 10%
Scholarship
Student Scholar
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2015 - 2018
Nominated by HAW Hamburg in the 4th Bachelor semester, I was funded until the end of my Master’s studies and enjoyed the exchange with other students in the Studienstiftung.
Professional Experience
Research Associate
TU Dresden
2024 - 2026
Research, Ph.D. student, and scientific supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s students.
2024 - 2026: Research in the project Cyber Physical Security Using Radiometry for the Edge (C-ray4edge) funded by the German BMBF.
Research Associate
HAW Hamburg
2018 - 2024
Research, Ph.D. student, and scientific supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s students.
2018 - 2022: Research in the project Security for Vehicular Information (SecVI) funded by the German BMBF.
2022 - 2024: Research in the project Innovative Airborne Urban Mobility (i-LUM) funded by the Hamburg BWFGB within the Hamburg X Initiative.
Embedded Developer
COBI GmbH
2015 - 2016
Development of a board computer for e-bikes (see cobi.bike).
Working student as embedded developer: C/C++ development, system architecture, control and communication modules.
Bachelor thesis: Porting the system from a multi-chip to a single-chip solution. Focus on system architecture.
Interest and Skills
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Network security design
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In-vehicle network architecture
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Secure, real-time communication in service-oriented architecture
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IEEE Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)
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Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
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Programming languages: C/C++, Python, JAVA, C#, Bash/Shell/PowerShell
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Management and organization of groups and teams
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English, German)
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Looking for open challenges and networking problems
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Characteristics: well organized, determined, committed, team player
Selected Scientific Publications
Negotiating strict latency limits for dynamic real-time services in vehicular time-sensitive networks
T. Salomon, L. Maile, P. Meyer, F. Korf, and T. C. Schmidt
Vehicular Communications, vol. 57, p. 100 985, Feb. 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.vehcom.2025.100985
Securing Future In-Vehicle Networks: Monitoring and Control for Ethernet Backbones
T. Häckel, P. Meyer, F. Korf, and T. C. Schmidt
Engineering Safe and Trustworthy Cyber Physical Systems: Essays Dedicated to Werner Damm on the Occasion of His 71st Birthday
Eds.: M. Fränzle, J. Niehaus, and B. Westphal, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026, pp. 163-182. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97537-0_10
Building Automotive Security on Internet Standards: An Integration of DNSSEC, DANE, and DANCE to Authenticate and Authorize In-Car Services
T. Salomon, M. Mueller, P. Meyer, T. C. Schmidt
Preprint on arXiv:2504.05793
Secure Time-Sensitive Software-Defined Networking in Vehicles
T. Häckel, P. Meyer, F. Korf, T. C. Schmidt
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 35-51, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2022.3202368
Dynamic Service-Orientation for Software-Defined In-Vehicle Networks
T. Häckel, P. Meyer, M. Mueller, J. Schmitt-Solbrig, F. Korf, T. C. Schmidt
Proceedings of the IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Spring), pp. 1-5, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/VTC2023Spring57618.2023.10199712
Strategies for Integrating Control Flows in Software-Defined In-Vehicle Networks and Their Impact on Network Security
T. Häckel, A. Schmidt, P. Meyer, F. Korf, and T. C. Schmidt
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC), pp. 1-8, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/VNC51378.2020.9318372
Software-Defined Networks Supporting Time-Sensitive In-Vehicular Communication
T. Häckel, P. Meyer, F. Korf, and T. C. Schmidt
Proceedings of the IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2019-Spring, pp. 1-5, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/VTCSpring.2019.8746473
SDN4CoRE: A Simulation Model for Software-Defined Networking for Communication over Real-Time Ethernet
T. Häckel, P. Meyer, F. Korf, and T. C. Schmidt
Proceedings of the 6th International OMNeT++ Community Summit 2019, pp. 24-31, 2019. DOI: 10.29007/w71t
For a complete list of publications, please visit the INET RG Homepage, my Google Scholar, or ORCID.
Open-Source Projects
In-Vehicle Network Simulation
OMNeT++ Models by CoRE RG
2016 - 2026
I developed and maintained simulation models for in-vehicle networks within my master’s and Ph.D. project.
Here some quick links:
More About Me
Since 2011, I have been enthusiastically involved in my table tennis club, TuS Berne Hamburg e.V., as a coach and head of the youth department for ages 8 to 18. I am also a player and captain of an adults team.
I love traveling with my wife to foreign countries and cultures to discover new things. I really enjoy hiking and photography is a particular passion of mine.
In my free time, I like to do sports, play board games with friends, watch movies, and listen to music.