zer∅knowledge

Personal website of Sebastian Verschoor

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)
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)
Certificates
Cum Laude
Honours College
Thesis
Secure Messaging in Mobile Environments
Bachelor of Science
Computing Science
September 2009–August 2012
University of Groningen
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
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
Course
Designing Functional Programs
Cryptographer/Freelancer
February 2016–July 2016
Consultancy and development of (security) software
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.
Award
The HealthCommunicator won the Nationale Zorg Jaarprijs 2011
Teaching Assistant
September 2010–August 2011
University of Groningen
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
  • Rust
  • Python
  • C
  • C++
  • Java
  • Haskell
  • Assembly
  • qhasm
  • Sage
  • Prolog
  • C#
  • MATLAB
  • Mathematica
  • Scheme
  • Racket
Web techniques
  • HTML5
  • Javascript
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • SQLite
  • CSS
Miscellaneous
  • UNIX
  • Docker
  • bash
  • LaTeX
  • Git
  • Android

Languages

Dutch
Native speaker
English
Fluent
French
Basic knowledge
German
Basic knowledge

Hobbies

References

Available on request