Resume
Personal Information
- Born
- on May 2nd, 1989
- in Leidschendam, The Netherlands
- Contact Information
- sebastian@zeroknowledge.me
- or see contact page
Education
- PhD
- Computer Science (Quantum Information)
- June 2016–January 2022
- University of Waterloo (Institute for Quantum Computing)
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- Supervisor
- Michele Mosca
- Thesis
- Quantum Information in Security Protocols
- Master of Science
- Information Security Technology
- September 2013–January 2016
- Eindhoven University of Technology (Kerckhoffs Institute)
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- Certificates
- Cum Laude
- Honours College
- Thesis
- Secure Messaging in Mobile Environments
- Bachelor of Science
- Computing Science
- September 2009–August 2012
- University of Groningen
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- Certificate
- Honours College
- Award
- Jong Talent Aanmoedigingsprijs by The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities in November 2010. This national award goes to students with the best first year result in their field.
- Thesis
- Analysis of the Euclidean Feature Transform algorithm
- VWO Atheneum
- September 2000–June 2006
- Dalton Voorburg
Professional Experience
- Post-Doctoral Researcher
- Since May 2024
- University of Amsterdam
- Post-Doctoral Researcher
- April 2022–April 2024
- Eindhoven University of Technology
- Researcher
- January 2020–June 2020
- March 2021
- evolutionQ
- Instructional Apprentice
- September 2017–December 2019
- University of Waterloo
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- Courses
- Introduction to Computer Science 1
- Introduction to Computer Science 2
- Introduction to Computer Science 2
- Introduction to Computer Science 1
- Teaching Assistant
- September 2016–December 2016
- University of Waterloo
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- Course
- Designing Functional Programs
- Cryptographer/Freelancer
- February 2016–July 2016
- Consultancy and development of (security) software
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- Project
- OMEMO: Cryptographic Analysis
- Systems administrator
- November 2013–March 2014
- Theaters Tilburg
- Software developer
- July 2011–January 2013
- Nedtalk
- I developed several programs for the HealthCommunicator: the front end of the vis-à-vis module, an Android application, a video hosting server, and a Phonegap website prototype.
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- Award
- The HealthCommunicator won the Nationale Zorg Jaarprijs 2011
- Teaching Assistant
- September 2010–August 2011
- University of Groningen
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- Courses
- Program Correctness
- Imperative programming
- Project Manager
- February 2008–August 2009
- Crossphase
- I was responsible for the Content Management of the Canon-Europe website, using the Tridion CMS. My expertise lay in the deployment and maintenance of promotion webpages across several languages. Side projects included development of webpages and flash applications.
- Content Manager
- October 2007–February 2008
- Crossphase
Other experience
- CryptoWorks21
- June, 2016–August, 2019
- Waterloo, Canada
- link
- Quantum Key Distribution Summer School
- August 21, 2017–August 25, 2017
- University of Waterloo, Canada
- link
- CROSSING Winter School on Quantum Security
- January 25, 2016–January 29, 2016
- Darmstadt, Germany
- link
- Summer school on real-world crypto and privacy
- May 31, 2015–June 5, 2015
- Šibenik, Croatia
- link
Skills
- Programming languages
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- Rust
- Python
- C
- C++
- Java
- Haskell
- Assembly
- qhasm
- Sage
- Prolog
- C#
- MATLAB
- Mathematica
- Scheme
- Racket
- Web techniques
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- HTML5
- Javascript
- PHP
- MySQL
- SQLite
- CSS
- Miscellaneous
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- UNIX
- Docker
- bash
- LaTeX
- Git
- Android
Languages
- Dutch
- Native speaker
- English
- Fluent
- French
- Basic knowledge
- German
- Basic knowledge
Hobbies
- Rock Climbing
- Board games
- Travelling
- Programming
- (Classical) guitar
- Video games
References
Available on request