🎓 Education
- PhD in Cryptography, NTUA (2020)
Thesis: Privacy-preserving protocols for electronic voting - MSc in Logic, Algorithms & Computation, University of Athens (2014)
- MSc in Information Systems, Athens University of Economics and Business (2001)
- BSc in Informatics, University of Piraeus (2000)
🔬 Research & Academic Roles
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Archimedes, Athena RC & NTUA (2021–present)
Focus: Cryptographic protocols, privacy in e-voting & cryptocurrencies - Adjunct Lecturer, NTUA & University of Athens (ALMA)
Courses: Cryptography, Algorithms, Complexity Theory - Thesis Supervisor, multiple graduate projects on Schnorr signatures, ring signatures, and voting protocols
- Teaching Assistant, NTUA (2013–2020)
Lectures and exercises on public-key cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, and coercion-resistant voting - Lab Instructor, TEI of Epirus (2006–2007)
Database access programming techniques and libraries (ADO, ADO.NET)
👨🏫 Teaching Experience
- High School CS Teacher, Greek Ministry of Education (2005–present)
Curriculum design, national exam evaluator, educational material author - Instructor, Greek Vocational Institutes (IEK)
Subjects: Algorithms, Databases, OS, System Security, PHP, C++
💼 Industry Experience
- Software Engineer, Profile Systems (2004–2005)
Developed CRM and project management tools using VB6, SQL Server - Software Engineer, Accenture (2003–2004)
Integrated billing and customer care systems for OTE using Oracle - Software Engineer, Hellenic Army (2003)
Custom-made report software - Software Engineer, Interworks (2001–2002)
E-commerce platform development with ASP, VB6, SQL Server
📚 Selected Publications
Journal Articles (CryptoSec)
- Anonymity and Everlasting Privacy in Electronic Voting, Int. J. Inf. Secur. (2023)
- Publicly Auditable Conditional Blind Signatures, Journal of Computer Security (2021)
- Blockchain, Consensus, and Cryptography in Electronic Voting, Homo Virtualis (2019)
International Conferences (CryptoSec)
- AQQUA: Augmenting Quisquis with Auditability, ACNS 2025
- Designated-Verifier Linkable Ring Signatures, CAI 2022 & ICISC 2021
- Everlasting Privacy and Coercion Resistance in Electronic Voting, FC 2018, ISPAN-FCST-ISCC 2017
- Conditional Blind Signatures, CAI 2017
Greek Conferences (Education)
- Computational Thinking via computing maximum elements, EΠΥ 2019
- Teaching Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange in High Schools, EΠΥ 2016
Books & Chapters
- Computational Cryptography, Kallipos Academic Library (2016)
Preprints
- Voting with Coercion Resistance and Everlasting Privacy using Linkable Ring Signatures, IACR ePrint 2025/002
💻 Technical Skills
- Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Python, Haskell, F#, SQL, PHP, ASP, VB6
- Misc Tools: LaTeX, Git, UML, Crystal Reports
- Databases: SQL Server, MySQL
- Web: ASP, PHP, XML
🌍 Languages
- Greek (native), English (proficient), German (basic)