Levente Buttyan

Roles: Full Professor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), leading the Laboratory of Cryptography and Systems Security (CrySyS Lab). Specializes in cyber security, IoT security, and privacy technologies. Served as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and Elsevier Computer Communications.

Education:

• M.Sc. in Computer Science, BME (1995)
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL, 2002)
• Habilitation at BME (2013)
• Doctor of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2021)

Research Interests: Focuses on malware detection on embedded systems, security of industrial control systems, and privacy-preserving AI. Current projects include DOSS (IoT supply chain security), SECURED (health data security), and SPAM (AI and cybersecurity). Published over 150 papers and co-authored books on wireless network security and cryptographic obfuscation.

Grants & Awards: Awarded Dennis Gabor Award (2024), Bolyai Fellowship (2008-2011), and led EU projects like SEVECOM and WSAN4CIP. Current grants include H2020 DOSS and OTKA-funded research on federated learning incentives.

Advising: Supervised 13 PhD students, including current faculty members (e.g., András Gazdag, Dorottya Papp). Active in mentoring CTF teams like !SpamAndHex (DEFCON qualifier).

Labs & Teams: Director of CrySyS Lab, leading research in embedded device security, vehicle cyber defense, and industrial IoT resilience. Active in EDIH cybersecurity consulting for SMEs.