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Diego F. Aranha
Associate Professor
Aarhus University
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University, Denmark, where I conduct research in cryptographic engineering and security of real-world systems. I also lead the Cybersecurity Work Package at DIGIT and contribute to COBRA as Principal Investigator.
I have received two Google Latin America Research Awards for privacy, and the MIT TechReview’s Innovators Under 35 Brazil Award for my work in electronic voting.
Research Interests
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Efficient secure cryptography in software
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) and Pairing-Based Cryptography (PBC)
- Postquantum Cryptography (PQC)
- Security in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and the Internet of Things (IoT)
- Side-Channel Analysis (SCA) and countermeasures
- Cryptography based on physical assumptions (PUFs)
- Privacy-preserving computing
- Computational anonymity
- Electronic voting
- Systems security
Professional experience
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Aarhus University, 2020-Present
Associate Professor
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Aarhus University, 2018-2020
Assistant Professor
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University of Campinas, 2014-2018
Assistant Professor
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University of Brasilia, 2011-2014
Assistant Professor
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CertiVox/MIRACL, 2010-2011
Consultant and contractor
Education
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Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2007-2011
Institute of Computing, University of Campinas
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Visiting Ph.D. student, 2010-2011
Combinatorics & Optimization, University of Waterloo
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M.Sc. in Computer Science, 2005-2007
Institute of Computing, University of Campinas
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B.Sc. in Computer Science, 2000-2005
Department of Computer Science, University of Brasilia
Recent Publications
Projects
Secure Computation Infrastructures
MPC and strong authentication protocols for secure retail
Residue Number Systems for Cryptography
Faster secure cryptographic software
Electronic Voting in Brazil
Analyzing the security of electronic voting in Brazil
Blockchain Academy Network
Training materials and use cases for secure blockchain applications
Private ML
Machine learning over encrypted data using homomorphic encryption
RELIC is an Efficient LIbrary for Cryptography
A meta-toolkit to build fast crypto libraries
Supervision
Currently (co-)supervised PhD students:
- Marius Aardal (with Bas Spitters)
- Adam Blatchley Hansen (co- with Jesper Buus Nielsen)
Past PhD students:
- Antonio Guimarães Jr. (co- with Edson Borin), now a postdoc at IMDEA
- Benjamin Salling Hvaas (with Bas Spitters), graduated 2023, now Security Architect at Alexandra Institute
- Pedro Geraldo Morelli Rodrigues Alves, graduated 2023, now Senior GPU Engineer at Zama
- Akira Takahashi (co- with Claudio Orlandi), graduated 2022, now Research Scientist at JP Morgan
- Jheyne Nayara Ortiz (co- with Ricardo Dahab), graduated 2022, now Embedded Software Cryptographer at STMicroelectronics
- Amanda Cristina Davi Resende, graduated 2021, now faculty at UEMS
- Narcise Bang Mbiang (co- with Emmanuel Fouotsa), graduated 2020
- Caio Hoffman (co- with Guido Araujo and Mario Côrtes), graduated 2017, now Hardware Design Engineer at Intrinsic ID
- Eduardo Moraes de Morais, (co- with Ricardo Dahab), graduated 2015, now Cryptographic Engineer at Lurk Lab
Past MSc. students:
- 47 students at the Department of Computer Science
- 3 students at the Department of Mathematics
- 10 students at University of Brasília and University of Campinas
Past Postdocs:
- Karina Mochetti, now faculty at UBC
Service
- Distinguished PC member of EUROCRYPT 2024
- Co-Editor in Chief of TCHES 2023
- Editorial Board Member of TCHES (2017-2019, 2021-2022), JUCS
- Steering Committee Member of LATINCRYPT, CHES
- Founder (with Jeroen van de Graaf) of Workshop on Election Technology (WTE)
- Reviewer for FAPESP, CONACYT/ANID, MOST and ERC funding agencies
- Program co-Chair of
- Program Committee Member of
- EUROCRYPT 2026, 2025, 2024
- CRYPTO 2025
- CHES 2025, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017
- LATINCRYPT 2025, 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015
- NordSec 2025, 2024
- E-Vote-ID 2025
- USENIX Security 2024
- FDTC 2024
- CFAIL 2024, 2020
- COSADE 2024, 2022, 2021,
- ACNS 2024, 2017
- SPACE 2023, 2021, 2017
- FC 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
- SAC 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018,
- WCC 2021
- WAIFI 2020, 2018
- CARDIS 2020
- CIFS 2020
- PKC 2019, 2018
- INDOCRYPT 2019, 2018, 2016
- CCNC 2019, 2018, 2017
- IEEE Wireless Africa 2019
- SBSEG 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012
- KANGACRYPT 2018
- LightSec 2018
- ISC 2016
- ICFCNA 2014
- PAIRING 2013