CV
Education
- PhD Quantum Information and Cryptography (expected 2027)
CASA: Cybersecurity in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries & Ruhr University Bochum - M.Sc. IT-Security / Information Technology (2024)
Ruhr University Bochum - M.Sc. Mathematics (Minor Computer Science) (2024)
Ruhr University Bochum - B.Sc. IT-Security / Information Technology (2022)
Ruhr University Bochum - B.Sc. Mathematics (Minor Computer Science) (2022)
Ruhr University Bochum - Abitur (A-levels: Mathematics, Physics, Latin) (2018)
Priv. Martin-Butzer-Gymnasium Dierdorf
Work experience
- Research Assistant (2024 - today)
Ruhr University Bochum - Teaching Assistant (2019 - 2024)
Ruhr University Bochum
- Intern (Summer 2021)
secunet Security Networks AG, Division Homeland Security, Team Cryptographic Systems and Applications
Selected Publications
- A bound on the quantum value of compiled nonlocal games
QIP’25 (Short Plenary Talk) & STOC’25
Alexander Kulpe, Giulio Malavolta, Connor Paddock, Simon Schmidt, Michael Walter
Selected Talks
- Compiled Nonlocal Games
CASA Colloquium 2024
Ruhr University Bochum - Time-Memory Tradeoffs for Subset Sum and Decoding
Talk Master Thesis 2024
Ruhr University Bochum - Overview of Mahadev’s protocol for classical verification of quantum computations
PhD Interview Technical Talk 2023
Max-Planck Institute for Security & Privacy, Ruhr University Bochum
Awards & Scholarships
- Valedictorian IT-Security
2024
for outstanding achievements in the degree programme “M.Sc. IT-Sicherheit / Informationstechnik”
500 € sponsored by Edgeless Systems - Award for best M.Sc. Mathematics thesis (Summer 2023 - Summer 2024)
2024
in recognition of his outstanding Master’s thesis
250 € sponsored by the Support Association for Mathematics at Ruhr University Bochum - Deutschlandstipendium (Germany Scholarship)
2018 - 2024
for outstanding achievements and special commitment
300 € per month (approx. 20,000 € in total) funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in cooperation with Dr. Hans Paul Bürkner (2018 - 2019) and Horst Görtz Foundation (2019 - 2024) - DPG Bookprize (German Physical Society)
2018
for excellent performance in Physics - DPG Abiturprize (German Physical Society)
2018
for very good performance in Physics
one year free membership in the German Physical Society
Teaching
- Teaching Assistant/Grading Homework etc.
Algorithm Paradigms (2x), Cryptography (2x), Discrete Mathematics I, Discrete Mathematics II (2x), Higher Mathematics I for Applied CS, Public Key Cryptanalysis, Quantum Information and Computation - Teaching Assistant/Exercise Supervisor
Cryptography, Mathematics I for CS and IT-Security, Quantum Information and Computation
Selected Coursework
- Cryptography & Cryptanalysis
Asymmetric Cryptanalysis (Alex May), Authenticated Key Agreement: Formal Methods and Applications (Jörg Schwenk), Boolean Functions with Applications in Cryptography (Gregor Leander), Cryptographic Protocols (Eike Kiltz), Cryptography (Alex May), Cryptography on Hardware-Based Platforms (Tim Güneysu), Human Aspects of Cryptography Adoption and Use (Martina Angela Sasse), Implementation of Cryptographic Schemes (Christof Paar), Introduction to Cryptography I & II (Christof Paar), Lab Course ARM Processors for Embedded Cryptography (Max Hoffmann), Lab Course Practical Cryptanalysis of Symmetric Ciphers (Gregor Leander), Public Key Encryption (Nils Fleischhacker), Quantum Cryptography (Giulio Malavolta & Michael Walter), Seminar Real World Cryptography (Alex May), Software-Implementation of Cryptographic Schemes (Max Hoffmann), Symmetric Cryptanalysis (Gregor Leander), Zero-Knowledge Proof Systems (Nils Fleischhacker) - Quantum
Advanced Quantum Information and Computation (Simon Schmidt & Michael Walter), Seminar Quantum Complexity Theory (Simon Schmidt & Michael Walter), Quantum Circuits (Philipp Niemann), Quantum Cryptography (Giulio Malavolta & Michael Walter), Quantum Information and Computation (Michael Walter) - Theoretical Computer Science
Algorithm Paradigms (Maike Buchin), Computational Complexity Theory (Thomas Zeume), Data Structures (Maike Buchin), Information Theory (Michael Walter), Introduction to TCS (Nils Fleichhacker), Logic in CS (Thomas Zeume), Theoretical CS (Thomas Zeume), Seminar Satisfiability (Nils Vortmeier)
