Kristof Verslype

Kristof obtained a PhD in Engineering at the Catholic University of Leuven in 2011 (KU Leuven, Belgium), a top-50 ranked university in the world. His research focused on attribute-based credentials and zero-knowledge proofs to improve citizens’ privacy. For his work, he received the 2009 Best Paper award at the International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT).

After his PhD, Kristof joined the research team of Smals, a non-profit association which provides ICT services to Belgian public institutions. At Smals Research, he works on several topics such as distributed trust, blockchain, advanced pseudonymization and quantum resistant cryptography.

Kristof’s mission is to be a matchmaker between emerging technologies and academia on the one hand, and the public sector with its specific business needs on the other hand, for anything related to cryptography and privacy technologies.

More info at www.smalsresearch.be and www.cryptanium.eu