Summary
Evgenios Kornaropoulos is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at George Mason University with 13 years of research and industry experience focused on the security and design of encrypted systems, searchable encryption, leakage cryptanalysis, and the security of learned AI systems. He combines top-tier academic pedigree—a PhD from Brown and a postdoc at UC Berkeley—with applied experience from internships at NetApp and Symantec and early research at ICS-FORTH. His work, funded by the NSF and the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, has appeared in leading security, ML, and database venues and earned awards including the Meta Faculty Award in Security and the Joukowsky Outstanding Dissertation Award. Known for bridging theoretical cryptanalysis with practical attacks and defenses for real systems, he often explores subtle leakage channels in deployed encrypted services. Based in Alexandria, VA, he brings both rigorous academic insight and a track record of translating it into impactful, funded research.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Brown University
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Crete