Riccardo Zanotto
PHD Candidate
Saarland, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRiccardo Zanotto is a PhD candidate at CISPA specializing in post-quantum public-key cryptography with nine years of technical experience grounded in rigorous mathematics and number theory. He combines formal research with hands-on systems skills—having administered Linux infrastructure using AFS, Kerberos, DNS and mail services—and enjoys ethical hacking and CTFs with Italian teams like pwnthem0le and about:blankets. Riccardo trains and helps organize Italy’s math olympiad pipeline, reflecting a long-standing commitment to mentoring and problem design. His academic record includes top honors (110/110 cum laude) from Università di Pisa and studies at Scuola Normale Superiore, underscoring strong theoretical foundations that drive his cryptographic research. Outside work he balances theory and practice with competitive programming and alpine hiking, bringing curiosity and resilience to challenging technical problems.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Mathematics, 110/110 cum laude, Master of Science - MS, Mathematics, 110/110 cum laude at Università di PisaBachelor's degree, Mathematics, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics at Scuola Normale SuperioreDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cryptography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cryptography at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Italian, English, French, German
Github Skills (29)
dotnet10
media10
jellyfin10
infinite-loop10
csharp10
react10
sqrt10
php9
jquery-ui9
elfinder8
resumable8
cms8
ajax7
cve7
jquery7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
drago-96/appunti
Apr 2017 - Oct 2019
Appunti di corsi che ho seguito
Contributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 2 years 6 months
appuntiche
drago-96/master-thesis
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:1 release, 27 commits, 5 pushes in 1 month
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