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
Master student
Eirik Bergesen
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
Research Scientist
Hsuan-Yin Lin
Information theory and coding, Information-theoretic security, Privacy-preserving technologies
PhD student
Irati Manterola Ayala
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
Julia Wotzasek Pereira
Supervised in collaboration with Federal University of São Paulo
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
Postdoctoral fellow
Sarah Obead
Master student
Sebastian Kvamme
PhD student
Sigurd Jordal
PhD student
Stian Husum
Master student
Tor Kristian Ellingsen
Postdoctoral fellow
Wrya Karim Kadir
Rank metric codes, polynomials, decoding algorithms
Postdoctoral fellow
Yauhen Yakimenka
Private computation, Information retrieval
Master student
Youjun Luo
Supervised in collaboration with Chalmers
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
Mohsen Toorani
Mithilesh Kumar
Christian Otterstad
Prastudy Fauzi
Siddhartha Kumar
PhD students, and where they started after their PhD
Bjørn Møller Greve: FFI
Siddhartha Kumar: Postdoctoral Fellow at Simula UiB
Tetiana Yarygina (supervised in collaboration with UiB): Webstep
Christian Otterstad
Srimathi Varadharajan: Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Hong Kong
Morten Øygarden: Postdoctoral Fellow at Simula UiB
John-Petter Indrøy: Equinor
Martha Norberg Hovd: Postdoctoral Fellow at Simula UiB
Albin Severinson: G Research
Former students, and where they started working
Sondre Eide Omland: Visma
Stian Husum: PhD student at Simula UiB
Joakim Algrøy: Cisco
Henry Faltin Våge: Intility
Sigurd Jordal: PhD student at Simula UiB
Bernhard Hjelen
Han Wang (supervised in collaboration with Chalmers)
Jonas Mossin Wagle: Bekk
Christopher Hærem: Computas
Henrik Libeck Hexeberg: Sopra Steria
Kanav Gupta (intern)
Martin Tverråen: TietoEVRY
Erik Vetle Larsen: Netsecurity AS
Markus Ragnhildstveit: Sopra Steria
Håkon Thorvaldsen: Visma Consulting
Rune Reimertz (intern)
Ditlef Diseth (intern): Finn
Ashutosh Ahelleya (intern)
Anton Frigård (supervised in collaboration with Chalmers)
Simen Lone: Knowit
Marte Hvarnes Evensen: NSM
Svetlana Halnes: CGI
Gennaro Avitabile (intern)
Issam Maarouf (supervised in collaboration with Chalmers): PhD student at Simula UiB
Nicolas Costes (intern): PhD student at Simula UiB
Einar Hegge (intern): PhD student at Simula UiB
Ketil Mikalsen Kvifte
Tarald Riise: Knowit
Kaja Alexandra Dey: Bekk
Cecilie Daae Nilsen: Bulder Bank
Håkon Gjeraker Østerhus: DNB
Reent Schlegel (supervised in collaboration with Chalmers): PhD student at Simula UiB
Isabel Thevahi Francis: DNB
Espen Johnsen: Knowit Solutions
John-Petter Indrøy: PhD student at Simula UiB
Maximiliano Vela: JP Morgan Chase & Co
Albin Severinson (supervised in collaboration with Chalmers): PhD student at Simula UiB
Kavita Bhamra: Norwegian Tax Administration
Alexandre Vivmond: Evry
Valentyna Kazymyrova: Aker Solutions
Daniel Selvik: Sparebanken Vest
Kristian Ingebretsen: Evry
Raymond Aarseth: Basefarm
Jan Erik Eide: Infodoc