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General Info:

Research Interests:

Gianira Alfarano, Marco Baldi, Joe Ball, Jessica Bariffi, Michael Braun, Eimear Byrne, Joan-Josep Climent, Javier de la Cruz, Felix Fontein, Bijoy K. Ghosh, Heide Gluesing-Luerssen, Anina Gruica, Elisa Gorla, Guangyue Han, Uwe Helmke, Bill Helton, Anna-Lena Horlemann-Trautmann, Ryan Hutchinson, Carmelo Interlando, Christine Kelley, Karan Khathuria, Kristin Lauter, Julia Lieb, Vakhtang Lomadze, Felice Manganiello, Gerard Maze, Giacomo Micheli, Chris Monico, Alessandro Neri, Raquel Pinto, Juan Antonio Lopez Ramos, Tovohery Hajatiana Randrianarisoa, M. S. Ravi, Reto Schnyder, Hans Schumacher, Amin Shokrollahi, Natalia Silberstein, Roxana Smarandache, Frank Sottile, Deepak Sridhara, Simran Tinani, Pascal Vontobel, Urs Wagner, Xiaochang Alex Wang, Violetta Weger, Paul Weiner, Jan C Willems, Wolfgang Willems, Andrei Zelevinsky, Jens Zumbraegel.

Service:

• Swiss Mathematical Society, Treasurer (2020-2021), Vice President (2022-2023), President (2024-2025).
• IEEE Information Theory Society, Member of Board of Governors, 2020-2022.
• RICAM, Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, Scientific Advisory Board (2017-2025).
• UZH College of Science, Vice Dean (2016-2020).
• ArXiv, Moderator (together with Madhu Sudan) for the subject areas cs.IT and math.IT, 2004-2018.

Editorial Boards of Journals:

• Archiv der Mathematik, Editor.
• Journal of Algebra Combinatorics Discrete Structures and Applications, Area Editor.
• International Journal of Information and Coding Theory (IJOCT) Editorial Board Member.
• Advances in Mathematics of Communications (AMC) Associate Editor.
• Journal of Algebra and Its Applications (JAA) Associate Editor.
• SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry (SIAGA), Corresponding Editor 1/16--12/20.
• Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS) Associate Editor 1/03-12/10.
• SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization Associate Editor 1/96--12/01, Corresponding Editor 1/03--12/08.
• Linear Algebra and its Applications Associate Editor 1/04--12/07.
• Systems and Control Letters Associate Editor 7/93--12/98.
• Journal of Mathematical Systems, Estimation, and Control Associate and Communicating Editor 1/97--12/98.
  

Conferences:

• ICERM Graduate Workshop on Linear Algebra over Finite Fields & Applications, Providence, Rhode Island, Aug 18 - 29, 2025
• Workshop on the mathematics of post-quantum cryptography and spring meeting SMS 2025, University of Zurich, June 2-6, 2025.
• Young Cryptographers in Genova 2024, November 28-29, 2024.
• Emerging topics in design and cryptanalysis of post-quantum schemes, Institute Henri Poincare, Paris November 4 - 9, 2024.
• Post-quantum algebraic cryptography, Institute Henri Poincare, Paris September 9 - December 13, 2024.
• IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Athens, Greece, July 7-12, 2024.
• VT-Swiss Coding Theory and Cryptography Summer School, Riva San Vitale, Switzerland, July 1-5, 2024.
• MatSI network meeting 2024, Alicante, Spain, June 5-7, 2024.
• International Conference on Algebraic Geometry, Coding Theory and Combinatorics in honor of Prof. Sudhir Ghorpade, IIT Hyderabad, India, December 4-8, 2023.
• Workshop on Convolutional Codes, University of Zurich, Switzerland, June 5-9, 2023.
• Coding Theory and Cryptography, University of Zurich, Switzerland, July 11-15, 2022.
• Algebraic Coding Theory Summer School - ACT22, University of Zurich, Switzerland, July 4-8, 2022.
• Algebraic Coding Theory e-Summer School - ACT21 University of Zurich, Switzerland, June 7-11, 2021.
• Arithmetic, Geometry, Cryptography and Coding Theory, CIRM, Luminy, France, May 31 - June 4, 2021.
• Munich Workshop on Coding and Cryptography (MWCC 2019), Munich, Germany, July 15-16, 2019.
• SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Bern, Switzerland, July 9--13, 2019.
• 7th Code-Based Cryptography Workshop, Darmstadt, Germany, May 18--19, 2019.
• Oberwolfach Workshop on Contemporary Coding Theory March 17--23, 2019.
• Second Colombian Workshop on Coding Theory (CWC), Barranquilla, Colombia, January 15--19, 2019.
• Dagstuhl Seminar on Algebraic Coding Theory for Networks, Storage, and Security, December 16--21, 2018.
• Workshop on Pseudo-Randomness and Finite Fields, RICAM, Linz, Austria, October 15--19, 2018.
• CIMPA Research School, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, August 27 - September 7, 2018.
• MTNS 2018, Hong Kong, July 16--20, 2018.
• ALAMA 2018, Alicante, Spain, May 30--June 1, 2018.
• Munich Workshop on Coding and Cryptography (MWCC 2018), Munich, Germany, April 10-11, 2018.
• Fifth Irsee Conference on Finite Geometries, Kloster Irsee, Germany, September 10--16, 2017.
• SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, July 30--August 4, 2017.
• Munich Workshop on Coding and Applications 2017 (MWCA 2017), Munich, Germany, July 3, 2017.
• IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Aachen, Germany, June 25--30, 2017.
• Fq13, 13th International Conference on Finite Fields and their Applications, Gaeta, Italy, June 4--10, 2017.
• Networks of Linear Systems, a workshop in memory of Uwe Helmke and Rudolf Kalman, Sde Boker, Israel, March 19-21, 2017
• Conference on Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong, August 23-26, 2016.
• Dagstuhl Seminar on Coding Theory, Dagstuhl, Germany, August 7--12, 2016.
• Network Coding and Designs, Dubrovnik April 4-8, 2016.
• Algebraic Geometry for Coding Theory and Cryptography, IPAM, UCLA, February 22 - 26, 2016
• First Colombian Workshop on Coding Theory (CWC), Barranquilla, Colombia November 24-27, 2015.
• Design and Application of Random Network Codes (DARNEC), Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Nov 4-6, 2015.
• Mathematical Coding Theory in Multimedia Streaming, Banff, Canada, October 11--16, 2015.
• SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry (AG15), Daejeon, South Korea, August 3--7, 2015.
• 7th Workshop on Coding and Systems, Salamanca, Spain, July 1--3, 2015.
• WCC 2011, Paris, France, April 13-17, 2015.
• DIMACS Workshop on The Mathematics of Post-Quantum Cryptography, Rutgers University, January 12 - 16, 2015.
• Expanders Everywhere, University of Neuchatel, December 1--5, 2014.
• 4th International Castle Meeting on Coding Theory and Applications, Palmela, Portugal, September 15--18, 2014.
• Workshop on Communication Security, Ancona, Italy, September 11--12, 2014.
• MTNS 2014, University of Groningen, July 7--11, 2014.
• DLP 2014, Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland, May 4-- 9, 2014.
• Workshop On Coding and Information Theory (WCI 2013), The University of Hong Kong, December 11-13, 2013.
• Conference on Random network codes and Designs over GF(q), Ghent, Belgium, September 18-20, 2013.
• Dagstuhl Seminar on Coding Theory, Dagstuhl, Germany, August 25--30, 2013.
• SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Fort Collins, Colorado, August 1--4, 2013.
• Zurich COST Meeting - Random Network Coding and Designs over GF(q), June 20-21, 2013.
• The Art of Iterating Rational Functions over Finite Fields, Banff, Canada, May 5--10, 2013.
• Elgersburg Workshop in Systems Theory, Elgersburg, Germany, February 11--14, 2013.
• Trends in Coding Theory, Ascona, Switzerland, October 28 -- November 2, 2012.
• MTNS 2012, University of Melbourne, July 9--13, 2012.
• Codes and Topology, Castro Urdiales, May 31st-June 1st, 2012.
• Workshop on Computational Security. Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Bellaterra, Spain. November 28 - December 2, 2011.
• Dagstuhl Seminar on Coding Theory, Dagstuhl, Germany, November 13--18, 2011.
• Algebraic Structure in Network Information Theory, Banff, Canada, August 14--19, 2011.
• 6th Workshop on Coding and Systems, WCS 2011, Aveiro, Portugal, June 13 - 15, 2011
• WCC 2011, Paris, France, April 11-15, 2011.
• Workshop "Solving Polynomial Equations", KTH Stockholm, February 21-25, 2011.
• Memorial Workshop for Chris Byrnes, Lubbock, Texas, September 10-12, 2010.
• MTNS 2010, 19th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems Budapest, Hungary, July 5-9, 2010.
• Journee annuelle de la Societe Mathematiques de France, Paris, France, June 26-27, 2010.
• ALCOMA 2010, Thurnau, Germany, April 11-18, 2010.
• A Celebration of the Field of Systems and Control, Stockholm, Sweden, September 9-11, 2009.
• ALAMA, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, September 25-26, 2008.
• SDE Boker, September, September 15-19, 2008.
• 4th Workshop on Coding and Systems Alicante & Elche, March 13-15, 2008.
• IMA Workshop on Complexity, Coding, and Communications, April 16-20, 2007.
• Fields Institute, Toronto: Thematic Program in Cryptography, fall 2006.
• 3rd International Workshop on Mathematical Techniques and Problems in Telecommunications, September 2006.
• ILAS 2004.
• 2004 IMA PI Summer Program for Graduate Students.
• MTNS 2002, University of Notre Dame, August 2002.
• IMA Summer Program on "Codes, Systems and Graphical Models", Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 2-13, 1999.

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