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About me

I received my PhD in Provable Security and Privacy from Aalborg University, Denmark and I currently work as an Associate Professor at the Department of Computing Sciences where I also lead the Network and Information Security group (NISEC). The group comprises PhD students, professors a nd researchers. Group members conduct research in areas spanning from the theoretical foundations of cryptography to the design and implementation of leading-edge efficient and secure communication protocols. Apart from my research work at NISEC, as an associate professor, I am actively involved in the teaching activities of the University. Finally, my role expands to student supervision and research project coordination.

You can find more information on my profile and my latest activities at www.amichalas.com 

Field of expertise

• Applied Cryptography;
• Operations on Encrypted Data; 
• Privacy Enhancing Technologies; 
• Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning; 
• and...anything that looks interesting!

Research unit

NISEC

Research fields

Information Security, Cryptography, Side-channel Attacks

About me

I started as a cryptographer at SSH Communications Security in 1997 and I am still on that path. I have also worked in more general technical information security consulting and security assessment roles. I did my Ph.D. in the United Kingdom (ISG, Royal Holloway, University of London in 2009). 

Responsibilities

In addition to regular academic tasks (research activities, teaching, supervision of theses, subject matter expert roles), a Professor of Practice in Information Security helps the university and its students to meet the evolving requirements of industry, businesses, and the state and acts as a technical contact person in research projects and teaching curriculum development.

I hold the Title of Docent in Cryptography and Information Security at Tampere University, and therefore I can act as the primary supervisor of PhD students in my field.

Field of expertise

My core competencies are in applied cryptography, cryptographic engineering, and security assessments (including cryptanalysis.)

About me

Cryptography-Network Security expert with background in electrical engineering. Interested research areas are blockchain applications and challenges, also security issues in Internet of Things, smart cities and cloud.

Research fields

Blockchain, Applied Cryptography, Network Security, Cloud Security

Research unit

NISEC

Research fields

Machine Learning, Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning, Applied Cryptography

Research unit

NISEC

Research fields

Machine Learning, Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning, Distributed Deep Learning Techniques

Field of expertise

Usable Security, IoT Privacy and Security, Cybersecurity Education 

Research unit

Network and Information Security Group (NISEC)

Research topics

Operations on Encrypted Data (Functional Encryption, Homomorphic Encryption, Hybrid Homomorphic Encryption) and Post-Quantum Cryptography.

Research unit

NISEC

About me

I received my M.Sc. Degree in Computer Science from Politecnico di Torino in 2011. During my studies I had the great opportunity of participating in the Erasmus Programme, being hosted in Espoo by Aalto University (at the time it was transitioning from TKK/HUT to Aalto University). There I had a chance to work under the supervision of Billy Bob Brumley and Kaisa Nyberg, working on Software Side-Channel Attacks on Cryptographic Implementations, which later evolved in my current Doctoral Research Project.

Research topics

Applied Cryptography, Software Side Channel Analysis, OpenSSL, NSS, Post-quantum cryptography deployment

Research unit

Network and Information Security (NISEC) Group