Roman Vitenberg

Roman Vitenberg is a Professor at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. His research focuses on distributed systems, blockchain, privacy, and middleware. He leads the Blockchain Lab, which runs Norway's production node in the EBSI network. Key contributions include work on fault-tolerant overlays, privacy-preserving frameworks for genomic data, and blockchain applications in healthcare. He teaches courses on distributed systems and blockchain technologies.

Education: Ph.D. from Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), M.Sc. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Previous roles include postdoc at UC Santa Barbara and researcher at IBM.

Research Interests: Distributed algorithms, blockchain systems, cloud/fog computing, dependability, and privacy-preserving techniques.

Awards: Best Demo Award at ACM DEBS 2014, Best Paper Award at ACM DEBS 2016, Most Influential Paper Award (2007 paper recognized in 2017).
Grants & Projects: PriTEM (privacy-preserving energy management), Conserns, Credence, and EBSI-NE (operating Norway's EBSI node).

Advising: Supervised over 10 PhD and master students, including notable alumni at Spotify and Max-Planck Institute.

Publications: Over 100 peer-reviewed articles in top venues like IEEE Transactions, ACM conferences, and blockchain-focused journals.