Prof. Andreas Rüst

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Professor of Internet of Things / IEM-InES
• Head of Institute of Embedded Systems

Focus

Microcontroller, Embedded Systems, Embedded Security, Firmware, Internet of Things, Kommunikationsprotokolle, Wireless Systems, Chip Design

Teaching

Professor of Internet of Things / IEM-InES

Professional development teaching

• CAS Industry 4.0 – from idea to implementation
• WBK Security in Embedded Systems

Experience

• Head of Research Area Internet of Things
  ZHAW, School of Engineering, Institute of Embedded Systems
  01 / 2011 - 07 / 2021
• Engineering Manager xDSL Access Systems
  Schmid Telecom AG
  02 / 2004 - 12 / 2010
• Group Engineering Manager Chip Design
  Schmid Telecom AG
  02 / 1999 - 01 / 2004
• IC Design Engineer
  Philips Semiconductors AG
  12 / 1991 - 01 / 1999
• Working student, firmware development for slot machines
  TMI Holding Services
  03 / 1987 - 06 / 1991

Education and Continuing education

Education

MSc. ETH / Electrical Engineering
ETH Zurich
10 / 1986 - 03 / 1991

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6984-3415

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Internet of Things # Amfora. A Swiss Digital Solution for Global Foodservice / Project leader / laufend
• User Assistance Systems for Smart Commercial Buildings / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Smart Water Pipes / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Identity Management for Heterogenous Wireless Networks / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• LoRaMesh: Synchronous network to monitor processes / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Wireless network for the monitoring of vineyards and orchards / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Wireless Digital Signage using E-Paper / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Energy self-sufficient measurement system for leak detection in buried water pipes / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Meshed, wireless sensor network for large scale systems based on XBee technologie / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• User-friendly health logger with wireless links and increased energy autonomy / Project leader / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Böbel, Manuel; Frei, Fabian; Blumensaat, Frank; Ebi, Christian; Meli, Marcel Louis; Rüst, Andreas,

  2023.

  Batteryless sensor devices for underground infrastructure : a long-term experiment on urban water pipes.

  Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications.

  13(2), pp. 31.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea13020031

• Noseda, Mario; Zimmerli, Lea; Schläpfer, Tobias; Rüst, Andreas,

  2021.

  Performance analysis of secure elements for IoT.

  IoT.

  3(1), pp. 1-28.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/iot3010001

• Hindermann, Philippe; Nüesch, Stefan; Früh, Daniel; Rüst, Andreas; Gygax, Lorenz,

  2020.

  High precision real-time location estimates in a real-life barn environment using a commercial ultra wideband chip.

  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.

  170.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2020.105250

• Ebi, Christian; Schaltegger, Fabian; Rüst, Peter Andreas; Blumensaat, Frank,

  2019.

  Synchronous LoRa mesh network to monitor processes in underground infrastructure.

  IEEE Access.

  7, pp. 57663-57677.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2913985

• Noseda, Mario; Frei, Fabian; Rüst, Andreas; Künzli, Simon,

  2022.

  Rust for secure IoT applications : why C is getting rusty [paper].

  In:

  Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 21-23 June 2022.

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25046

• Blumensaat, Frank; Schaltegger, Fabian; Ebi, Christian; Rüst, Andreas,

  2020.

  Das Internet der Dinge im städtischen Abwassersystem : Potenziale der LoRa-Technologie für reichweitenkritische Anwendungen im Untergrund [paper].

  In:

  Internet of Things : vom Sensor bis zur Cloud, Online, 20. - 21. Oktober 2020.

  Haar:

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21151

• Noseda, Mario; Schreiner, Marcel; Böbel, Manuel; Rüst, Andreas,

  2020.

  Combining Bluetooth Mesh and KNX : the best of both worlds [paper].

  In:

  Embedded World Conference 2020, Nürnberg, 25.-27. Februar 2020.

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19717

• Zimmerli, Lea; Schläpfer, Tobias; Rüst, Andreas,

  2019.

  Securing the IoT : introducing an evaluation platform for secure elements [paper].

  In:

  Konferenz Internet of Things - vom Sensor bis zur Cloud, Stuttgart, Deutschland, 20. November 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22447

• Schläpfer, Tobias; Rüst, Andreas,

  2019.

  Security on IoT devices with secure elements [paper].

  In:

  Embedded World Conference 2019 - Proceedings.

  Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 26-28 Februar 2019.

  München:

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3350

• Schläpfer, Tobias; Rüst, Andreas,

  2019.

  Using secure microcontrollers in IoT applications [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress, Munich, 22 - 23 October 2019.

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18666

• Rüst, Andreas; Schellenbaum, Aurelio Ruben Dario; Schläpfer, Tobias; Stauffer, Christian; Camenzind, Oskar,

  2018.

  Authenticating wireless nodes in building automation : challenges and approaches [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 14-15 November 2018.

  München:

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2750

• Rüst, Andreas,

  2018.

  Industrie 4.0 für die Siedlungsentwässerung [paper].

  In:

  VSA-Fachtagung: «Abwassermesstechnik im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung», Glattbrugg, 8. März 2018.

  Verband Schweizer Abwasser- und Gewässerschutzfachleute.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3582

• Häring, Benjamin; Häring, Dimitri; Reifler, Lukas; Schaltegger, Fabian; Rüst, Andreas,

  2017.

  Comparing selected sub-GHz transceivers : results from the field [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 15-16 November 2017.

  München:

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1901

• Rüst, Andreas; Müller, Andreas Daniel,

  2015.

  Low-power wireless : what is possible with Wi-Fi? [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 18-19 November 2015.

  München:

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3707

• Gysin, Mirco; Müller, Andreas Daniel; Rüst, Andreas,

  2014.

  Achievable data rates on simultaneously connected bluetooth low energy devices [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 12-13 November 2014.

  München:

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3705

• Rüst, Andreas; Gysin, Mirco; Müller, Andreas Daniel; Würms, Martin,

  2014.

  Simultaneously connecting devices through bluetooth smart [paper].

  In:

  Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 25-27 February 2014.

  Nürnberg:

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3706

• Zimmerli, Lea; Rüst, Andreas,

  2022.

  Performance evaluation of the IDQ6MC1 quantum random number generator.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25481

• Noseda, Mario; Rüst, Andreas,

  2021.

  Crypto acceleration for IoT : a quantitative comparison of internal and external solutions.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25123

• Noseda, Mario; Zimmerli, Lea; Rüst, Andreas,

  2020.

  Security by design for IoT devices [paper].

  In:

  Security By Design for Embedded Systems, Online, 29 September & 3 November 2020.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20718

• Rüst, Andreas,

  2015.

  Ortsbestimmung von Objekten im Innenbereich über Echtzeit-Lokalisierung.

  Polyscope.

  2015(15), pp. 18-20.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3738

• Rüst, Andreas,

  2014.

  Bluetooth Smart – kostengünstig und energieeffizient : eine Übersicht über verschiedene Embedded-Wireless-Technologien – Beitrag 4/6.

  Polyscope.

  2014(15/14), pp. 69-71.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3741

• Rüst, Andreas,

  2014.

  Vom simplen Kabelersatz zum intelligenten Netzwerk der Dinge : eine Übersicht über verschiedene Embedded-Wireless-Technologien.

  Polyscope.

  2014(1/2), pp. 24-27.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3740

• Rüst, Andreas,

  2014.

  Wenn sich das Netzwerk selber organisiert : eine Übersicht über verschiedene Embedded-Wireless-Technologien.

  Polyscope.

  2014(19), pp. 2-4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3739

• Meli, Marcel; Truninger, Dominique; Rüst, Andreas; Häring, Benjamin,

  2013.

  Bluetooth low energy everywhere : using the audio interface to bring Ble features to any smart phone [paper].

  In:

  Wireless Congress: Systems & Applications, Munich, Germany, 6-7 November 2013.

  München:

  WEKA.

• Meisterhans, Judith; Doran, Hans Dermot; Zimmerli, Lea; Rüst, Andreas,

  2021.

  A comparison of security implementations of embedded networked devices.

  In:

  14. Embedded Computing Conference, Winterthur (online), 1. Juni 2021.

• Meisterhans, Judith; Doran, Hans Dermot; Zimmerli, Lea; Rüst, Andreas,

  2021.

  Security implementations of embedded networked devices : a comparative analysis.

  In:

  Forum Safety & Security, Stuttgart (online), 21-23 June 2021.

• Schellenbaum, Aurelio Ruben Dario; Rüst, Andreas,

  2019.

  Authentifizierung von Funkknoten in der Gebäudetechnik : Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze.

  In:

  Embedded Computing Conference 2019, Winterthur, 3. September 2019.

• Schläpfer, Tobias; Rüst, Andreas,

  2019.

  Secure microcontrollers.

  In:

  Embedded Computing Conference (ECC 2019), Winterthur, 3. September 2019.

• Rüst, Andreas,

  2018.

  Authenticating wireless nodes in building automation : challenges and approaches.

  In:

  4th Annual IoT Security Foundation Conference 2018, London, United Kingdom, 4 December 2018.

  Available from: https://youtu.be/34OEDYTkdGI

• Blumensaat, Frank; Ebi, Christian; Rüst, Andreas; Schaltegger, Fabian,

  2018.

  Low-Power Netzwerke für unterirdische Sensoren.

  In:

  Embedded Computing Conference (ECC2018), Winterthur, 5. Juni 2018.

• Rüst, Andreas,

  2016.

  From sensor to business case.

  In:

  CeBIT 2016, Hannover, Deutschland, 14.-18. März 2016.

• Häring, Benjamin; Rüst, Andreas,

  2016.

  Internet-of-Things : Digitalisierung zum Anfassen.

  In:

  Embedded Computing Conference (ECC2016), Winterthur, 31. Mai 2016.

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