Navid Ghaedi Bardeh successfully completed his PhD trial lecture and thesis defense at the University of Bergen, on the 6th of March 2020 and the 2nd of December 2019, respectively, and will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
The title of his thesis is “New Approaches to the Cryptanalysis of Block Ciphers” and the given topic for his trial lecture was “Side channel cryptanalysis and countermeasures”.
The following committee has been appointed to evaluate his thesis, trial lecture and defense:
- First external opponent: Professor Gregor Leander, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
- Second external opponent: Senior Researcher HDR Maria Naya-Plasenci, INRIA Paris, France.
- Internal member and administrator: George Petrides, Associate Professor, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen.
- Leder of the defense Professor Trond Steihaug, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen.
Navid Ghaedi Bardeh carried out his PhD work at the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen.
His main supervisor was Associate Professor Sondre Rønjom, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen and co-supervisors were Professor Emeritus Tor Helleseth and Associate Professor Chunlei Li, both from Department of Informatics, University of Bergen.
Congratulations!
