received his PhD in computer science from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). After postdoc positions at IST Austria and IBM Research - Zurich, he joined AIT' s cryptography group in 2015, where he is now a senior scientist. His main research interests are in the domain of privacy-enhancing technologies, anonymous authentication, malleable digital signatures, or similar. He is actively participating in cryptographic standardization initiatives, and chair of IFIP WG11. 6 on Identity Management.
is a senior scientist and team leader in AIT s Center for Digital Safety & Security with a strong background in digitization, IT security and applied cryptography. He holds a degree from Technical University of Vienna and various professional certifications (CISSP, zPM, CDPSE, . .). Additionally, he teaches selected topics in Cloud Computing, Internet of Things and IT Security and also actively contributes to security and cryptography standards in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO, JTC1/SC27).