Assistant Professor for Theoretical Cryptography at @ruhrunibochum. Opinions probably someone else's. he/him

Joined April 2013
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My time at RUB is coming to an end and I'm looking to transition to an industry position. If you're hiring for work on cryptographic protocols, PQC or related areas, maybe we should talk! I'm at Eurocrypt this week, so this may be a great opportunity to meet in person.
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My time at RUB is coming to an end and I'm looking to transition to an industry position. If you're hiring for work on cryptographic protocols, PQC or related areas, maybe we should talk! I'm at Eurocrypt this week, so this may be a great opportunity to meet in person.
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I have an opening for a post doc position in machine learning theory, with a deadline of June 1st. Please share and apply: international.au.dk/about/pr…
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Pro tip: if you're launching a German organisation whose aim is to intervene in Polish affairs, "Lebensraum" is probably not the best choice of name
A German group, Lebensraum Vorpommern, has filed a further legal challenge against Poland's plans to construct a deepwater shipping terminal near the border with Germany. It claims the project "will lead to an environmental catastrophe" notesfrompoland.com/2025/03/…
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My 2cents about infosec following the recent political mess: Always assume that your government might flip on you like Trump flipped on Ukraine. Don't let government access assuming they are benevolent.
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The real terror - you don’t have imposter syndrome; you’re just accurately assessing how appallingly bad at your job you are
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This is false. This *is* German cloud storage. Why else would these traditionally come in "Wolkenmarmor" on the outside?
In Germany we don’t trust cloud storage. We print our important emails, put them in a Leitz-Ordner, and store them in the Keller because sicher ist sicher.
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Finland is a very odd choice for Latincrypt.
Big shoutout to Daniel Escudero and Ivan Damgard for the awesome PC! 🙌 Consider submitting to Latincrypt and join us in the happiest country on Earth! 💃🏾☕️🏖️
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Help us spread the word! The CFP for Latincrypt 2025 is out! Consider submitting and joining us in Medellín, Colombia, Oct 1-3. Deadline for abstracts is *April 11th* (paper 1w later) Why should you consider submitting and attending Latincrypt? (1/6) ciencias.medellin.unal.edu.c…
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Compromise: if a conference insists on double column, they need to accept papers in landscape.
Two-column formats need to die!
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Two-column formats need to die!
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It's almost as if storing important documents exclusively on someone else's computer might be a terrible idea. Who knew. 🤷‍♂️
😡 Absolutely disappointed with @overleaf. My account was deleted without my knowledge, and they’ve done nothing to help me recover it or transfer to my secondary email. Years of work, including all my CVs, SOPs, papers, etc., gone! This is unacceptable. #Overleaf
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Visa forms be like "Give your address in 15 characters or fewer." "Describe your place of birth without using the letter e." "Give your date of birth using only digits 4-7."
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How do I tell my mother that due to Indian visa regulations she's no longer allowed to have a hyphened surname?
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People complaining that the government did in fact know about their one simple way to dodge taxes are pretty weird.
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Nothing can quite adequately describe the horror a theorist feels learning that people are trying to use their work in the real world.
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Ich bin ja kein Experte, aber wenn die Marine Waffen in Wilhelmshaven einsetzen muss ist schon irgendwas gründlich schief gelaufen.
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So did anything interesting happen?
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I wonder if they charge an application fee waiver application fee.
At University of Michigan CSE we have a new program for PhD applicants to apply for an application fee waiver. If you are interested in applying but paying the fee poses a challenge, see here for more info: cse.engin.umich.edu/academic…
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For the first time in my life the admonishment not to do sports after receiving a vaccination is potentially relevant.
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