Ignacio Cascudo

Ignacio Cascudo is an Associate Research Professor at the IMDEA Software Institute in Madrid, Spain. Previously, he held positions at Aalborg University (Denmark) as Associate and Assistant Professor, and at Aarhus University and CWI (Netherlands) as a postdoc. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Oviedo (Spain).

His research focuses on cryptography, particularly secure multiparty computation, secret sharing, and cryptographic protocols. He explores connections to error-correcting codes, finite fields, algebraic number theory, and algebraic complexity. He has advised PhD students such as Jaron Skovsted Gundersen and co-supervised Diego Mirandola.

Recent projects include leadership in Spain's SecuRing grant and collaborations on Confidential6G (Horizon Europe), as well as research on verifiable computation, homomorphic encryption, and secure randomness generation. His work appears in top venues like CRYPTO, EUROCRYPT, and ASIACRYPT.

Teaching includes courses on cryptographic protocols, computer security, and algebraic foundations at universities in Spain and Denmark. He contributes to interdisciplinary projects like SECURE at Aalborg University.