Catholic University of Leuven
I obtained my master’s degree and PhD at the University of Leuven, which has been founded in 1425. According to Times Higher Education, it is a world top-50 university. According to Reuters, it is the 7th most innovative university worldwide and the most innovative one in Europe, making it the most innovative university outside the U.S.
Optimism
Master in Informatics
In 2004 I obtained a Master in Informatics (with distinction) with a thesis entitled: “Group and Ring Signatures”, which are two related cryptographic primitives to create digital signatures in the name of a group. This provides a degree of anonymity to the signer.
Endurance
PhD. of Engineering
In 2011, I obtained my PhD of Engineering with a dissertation entitled: “Improving privacy in applications by managing the disclosure of personal properties”. The aim was to develop and facilitate the development of applications whereby the certified personal user data that are being disclosed to the service provider are minimized, while the latter still has sufficient information and guarantees to offer its services. One of the key cryptographic tools in my research were attribute-based credentials, as well as the underlying zero-knowledge proofs.
The list of my academic publications can be found here. Among my academic publications are eleven conference papers published by Springer Nature, of which I was six times first author.
I have been teaching various courses for various student groups and I have been coaching theses of several master students, of which two (Koen Buyens and Andreas Put) obtained later a PhD as well.
Gratitude
Best Paper Award
In 2009, I was awarded, as PhD student, the Best Paper Award at SECRYPT, the international conference on security and cryptography for my paper: Service and Timeframe Dependent Unlinkable One-Time Pseudonyms.
Enthusiams
Continuous Training
In order to continue my personal and professional development, I regularly attend courses, either in the field of cryptography, or in the field of law.
Advanced Methods
in Cryptography
Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven
2024, On-campus
No exam participation.
Juridische Opleiding Gerechtsdeskundige
Legal Course Court Expert
Faculty of Law, KU Leuven.
2023, On-campus
Passed with 85%
“Logic will get you from A to B.
Imagination will take you everywhere.”
— Albert Einstein —