Friday seminar: An Investigation of Post-Quantum Hybrids
Simula UiB’s math olympiad!

PhD student
Albin Severinson
Coding, Distributed computing, Machine learning

PhD student
Alessandro Melloni
Privacy, Tor, Protocols


Visiting Professor
Ángela I. Barbero
Department of Applied Mathematics, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

PhD student
Arne Tobias Malkenes Ødegaard
zk-SNARKs, Protocols, Theory of Cryptography

Administrative Officer
Åsfrid Persson
HR, Social events & Health, Safety and Environment

Postdoctoral fellow
Carlo Brunetta
Theory of Cryptography, Provable Security, Cryptanalysis

Director
Carlos Cid
Symmetric-key cryptography, Cryptanalysis, Post-quantum cryptography, Cyber-economics

PhD student
Chung-Wei Weng
Millimeter wave 5G networks, Deep learning, Image processing, Privacy-preserving technologies

PhD student
Einar Bogsnes Hegge
Zero-knowledge, Lattices

Section Leader & Chief Research Scientist
Eirik Rosnes
Information theory and coding, Distributed computing and storage, Edge computing, Private information retrieval

PhD student
Hans Heum
Multi-user security degradation, Provable security, Quantum cryptography

Section leader & chief research scientist
Håvard Raddum
Cryptanalysis, MQ problem, SVP problem, FHE

Chief Research Scientist
Helger Lipmaa
Cryptographic protocols, E-voting, Pairing-based cryptography, Privacy-preserving blockchain, zk-SNARKs

Master student
Henry Faltin Våge

Research Scientist
Hsuan-Yin Lin
Information theory and coding, Information-theoretic security, Privacy-preserving technologies

Master student
Stian Husum

PhD student
Issam Maarouf
DNA-based storage, Error-control codes, Coding Theory

Postdoctoral fellow
Janno Siim
Cryptographic protocols, Pairing-based cryptography, zk-SNARKs

Master student
Joakim Algrøy

Postdoctoral Fellow
Kateryna Pavlyk
Algebraic structures in cryptography, Cryptographic assumptions, Zero-knowledge, Cryptographic usage of elliptic curves, Isogenies

Master student
Katrine Moksheim

Chief Research Scientist
Kjell Jørgen Hole
Antifragile systems and biologically driven AI

Postdoctoral fellow
Maiara Bollauf
Lattice codes, Source coding, Codes on graphs


Master student
Maria van der Reek Lidsheim

Postdoctoral Fellow
Martha Norberg Hovd
Homomorphic encryption, Security notions, Lattices

Chief Research Scientist
Martijn Stam
Symmetric modes, Protocols, Provable security, Implementation

Postdoctoral fellow
Morten Øygarden
Computational commutative algebra, Post-quantum cryptography, Multivariate cryptography

PhD student
Nicolas Costes
Power Analysis attacks, Implementation, Real world cryptography

Research Director
Øyvind Ytrehus
Information Theory for Secure Communications, Coding theory, Cryptanalysis

Master student
Palma Persson

PhD student
Reent Schlegel
Information Theoretic Privacy, Coded Edge Computing, Straggler Mitigation, Coded Multicasting

PhD student
Roberto Parisella
Pairing-based cryptography, Zero-Knowledge protocols

PhD student
Sigurd Jordal

Master student
Sondre Eide Omland

Postdoctoral fellow
Yauhen Yakimenka
Private computation, Information retrieval
Board Members
Olav Lysne, Chair of the Board
Sondre Rønjom
Tone Gamlemshaug
Fredrik Manne
Marianne Aasen
Petter Bjørstad
Håvard Raddum
Maiara Bollauf
Former employees
Postdoctoral fellows
Toorani, Mohsen
Kumar, Mithilesh
Otterstad, Christian
Fauzi, Prastudy
Kumar, Siddhartha
PhD students
Greve, Bjørn Møller, FFI
Kumar, Siddhartha, Postdoctoral Fellow at Simula UiB
Yarygina, Tetiana (supervised in collaboration with UiB), Webstep
Otterstad, Christian
Varadharajan, Srimathi, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Hong Kong
Øygarden, Morten, Postdoctoral Fellow at Simula UiB
Indrøy, John Petter, Equinor
Former students
Jordal, Sigurd, PhD student at Simula UiB
Hjelen, Bernhard
Wang, Han (supervised in collaboration with Chalmers)
Jordal, Sigurd (intern), NTNU master student
Mossin Wagle, Jonas, Bekk
Hærem, Christopher, Computas
Hexeberg, Henrik Libeck, Sopra Steria
Gupta, Kanav (intern)
Tverråen, Martin, TietoEVRY
Larsen, Erik Vetle, Netsecurity AS
Ragnhildstveit, Markus, Sopra Steria
Thorvaldsen, Håkon, Visma Consulting
Reimertz, Rune (intern)
Diseth, Ditlef (intern), Finn
Ahelleya, Ashutosh (intern)
Frigård, Anton (supervised in collaboration with Chalmers)
Lone, Simen, Knowit
Evensen, Marte Hvarnes, NSM
Halnes, Svetlana, CGI
Avitabile, Gennaro (intern)
Maarouf, Issam (supervised in collaboration with Chalmers), PhD student at Simula UiB
Costes, Nicolas (intern), PhD student at Simula UiB
Hegge, Einar (intern), PhD student at Simula UiB
Kvifte, Ketil Mikalsen
Riise, Tarald, Knowit
Dey, Kaja Alexandra, Bekk
Nilsen, Cecilie Daae, Bulder Bank
Østerhus, Håkon Gjeraker, DNB
Schlegel, Reent (supervised in collaboration with Chalmers), PhD student at Simula UiB
Francis, Isabel Thevahi, DNB
Johnsen, Espen, Knowit Solutions
Indrøy, John-Petter, PhD student at Simula UiB
Vela, Maximiliano, JP Morgan Chase & Co
Severinson, Albin (supervised in collaboration with Chalmers), PhD student at Simula UiB
Bhamra, Kavita, Norwegian Tax Administration
Vivmond, Alexandre, Evry
Kazymyrova, Valentyna, Aker Solutions
Selvik, Daniel, Sparebanken Vest
Ingebretsen, Kristian, Evry
Aarseth, Raymond, Basefarm
Eide, Jan Erik, Infodoc