Summary
Alessandro Budroni is a Senior Cryptography Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in post-quantum cryptography, lattice cryptanalysis, and practical crypto engineering. Based in Abu Dhabi, he currently leads PQC work at the Technology Innovation Institute after a PhD in Cryptography from the University of Bergen where he conducted deep research on lattice-based schemes and taught applied cryptography and security courses. His background spans both theoretical cryptanalysis and hands-on protocol design, including earlier roles in ECC, pairing-based cryptography, and TLS ciphersuite implementation at MIRACL. Colleagues rely on him for bridging rigorous academic methods with deployable cryptographic primitives, and he brings a mathematician’s precision—born from top grades in applied mathematics—to real-world post-quantum challenges.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics, 106/110, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics, 106/110 at Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cryptography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cryptography at Universitetet i Bergen (UiB)
Master's degree, Applied Mathematics - Coding Theory and Cryptography, 110L/110, Master's degree, Applied Mathematics - Coding Theory and Cryptography, 110L/110 at Università degli Studi di Trento
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