Bart Preneel received the Electrical Engineering degree and
the Doctorate in
Applied Sciences in 1987 and 1993 respectively, both from the
Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven in 1987. He is currently a postdoctoral
researcher,
sponsored by the F.W.O. (Fund for Scientific Research, Belgium)
and a part-time professor at the K.U.Leuven. He is also a
visiting professor
at the University of Bergen in Norway. His main research
interests are
information security and wireless communications. Bart Preneel
has been
involved in a large number of projects and security studies on
banking and
telecommunications systems. He serves as a member of board of
directors of
the International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) and
as an
expert in ISO/IEC JTC1/SC27/WG2 (Security Techniques and
Mechanisms).
http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~preneel