Dr Fernando Virdia
Lecturer in Cyber Security
PhD
Academic and research departments
Surrey Centre for Cyber Security, Computer Science Research Centre, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering.ResearchResearch interests
I am interested in investigating and developing secure and practical cryptographic primitives.
My main research topic is analysing the concrete security of cryptographic primitives and protocols. This includes estimating and experimentally verifying the cost of classical and quantum cryptanalytic attacks and constructing security proofs. Most of my work in this direction has focused on constructions claiming post-quantum security.
Research interests
I am interested in investigating and developing secure and practical cryptographic primitives.
My main research topic is analysing the concrete security of cryptographic primitives and protocols. This includes estimating and experimentally verifying the cost of classical and quantum cryptanalytic attacks and constructing security proofs. Most of my work in this direction has focused on constructions claiming post-quantum security.
Teaching
- 2025/26, COMM069 Digital Forensics, together with Ioana Boureanu