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.








