Marios Isaakidis

Marios Isaakidis is a doctoral researcher at the Information Security Group within the Computer Science Department at University College London (since 2016). His academic background includes studies in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Information Technology at Cyprus University of Technology. As a hacktivist and open-source advocate, he focuses on anonymity, privacy, censorship circumvention, and decentralized systems. He leads projects like CENO (censorship circumvention tool) and contributes to platforms like Freenet and Mozilla. His work spans secure communication protocols, blockchain applications in governance, and anti-censorship technologies.

Research Interests:

• Anonymity and privacy-enhancing technologies
• Decentralized network architectures
• Censorship resistance and internet governance
• Blockchain governance mechanisms
• Secure messaging and key distribution

Community & Events: Organized hackathons, cryptoparties, and space exploration meetups. Active in open-source communities (Fedora, Mozilla) and co-founded hackerspaces in Cyprus and Greece. Presented at conferences including FOSDEM, Chaos Communication Congress, and Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium.

Projects: Developing the EMEA Internet Observatory and RESISTANSE (secure email/VPN provider). Core contributor to ServalDHT (service-aware networking), ClaimChain, and biton overlay network. Software Carpentry instructor aiding researchers and journalists in secure communication practices.