Dr. Dan Boneh
Dan Boneh is a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University where he heads the applied
cryptography group and co-direct the computer security lab. Professor Boneh's research focuses on
applications of cryptography to computer security. His work includes cryptosystems with novel
properties, post-quantum cryptography, applications of cryptography to blockchains, and cryptanalysis.
He is a recipient of the 2014 ACM prize and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Professor Boneh received his Ph.D from Princeton University.
Dr. Ramana Kompella
Ramana Kompella is currently a Cisco Fellow and Head of Cisco Research, where he leads a team of
world-class researchers conducting research on emerging technologies of strategic interest to Cisco
such as AI/ML, Quantum, Networking, and Cybersecurity. In his past experience, he was a co-founder and
led engineering at Candid Alpha project that built the network assurance engine (NAE) for formal
verification of data center networks. Past roles also include staff network architect at Google, and
also co-founder/CTO at AppFormix (acquired by Juniper). Before that, he was a tenured Associate
Professor at Purdue in the CS department where he led research on networking and systems. He holds a
PhD degree from UCSD, MS from Stanford and BTech degree from IIT Bombay, all in Computer Science.
Dr. Renato Renner
Renato Renner is a Professor for Theoretical Physics in the Physics Department at ETH Zurich, where
he leads research exploring the intersections of quantum information science and fundamental physics.
His research interests span quantum information, quantum cryptography, and the foundations of quantum
theory and general relativity. Renato studied physics at EPF Lausanne and ETH Zurich, graduating from
the latter, and earned his PhD from the Department of Computer Science in 2005, focusing on quantum
cryptography and the security of Quantum Key Distribution. Following his doctoral work, he spent two
years as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
at the University of Cambridge. He returned to ETH Zurich in 2007 to start his own research group in
Quantum Information Theory, where he has been a Full Professor since 2015.
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