I am a security architect and cryptography expert
at NAGRA, at the headquarters
in Cheseaux,
Switzerland. I obtained a PhD
from EPFL in 2009, while working as
a researcher at FHNW under the
supervision of Willi Meier. Prior to that I received a research master
in computer science
from Paris 7
University.
My research interests are in cryptography and information security. My
main area of expertise is the design and analysis of high-security
efficient cryptography solutions for resource-constrained
environments.
I am principal designer of the hash
function BLAKE, one of the five finalists in
NIST's SHA-3competition
(2008-2012).
I also designed Quark, a state-of-the-art cryptographic
function with minimized hardware footprint and power consumption
(presented at CHES 2010).