Serge Vaudenay graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris
and received his PhD in computer sciences from the University of Paris 7
in 1995. He has been a full time researcher in the CNRS (National Center
for Scientific Research in France) until 1999 when he was elected
Associate Professor in EPFL.

He is working on communication system security. His main interest is on
the security provided by cryptographic algorithms, either in breaking
some or in making new ones. He contributed several times to the GSM
security. His current interest is on making theoretical design criteria
for making secure cryptographic systems.