Bart Preneel

Bart Preneel is a full professor at KU Leuven, where he leads the COSIC research group. His expertise lies in cryptography, information security and privacy. He served as president of the IACR (International Association for Cryptologic Research) and is co-founder and chairman of the Board of LSEC. He is a member of the Permanent Stakeholders group of ENISA and of Academia Europaea. Preneel has delivered over 140 invited talks across 50 countries and received prestigious awards such as the RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics, the IFIP TC11 Kristian Beckman award, and the ESORICS Outstanding Research Award. He frequently consults for industry and governments about security and privacy technologies.