Ever since I was young I have been interested in science and technology. While privacy and security have always been significant fascinations of mine, they were by no means the only ones: I also greatly enjoy programming and working with modern technologies. At the same time I try to keep a healthy scepticism towards hype technologies like Quantum Key-Distribution (QKD), blockchains, and AI.
On the less technical side of things, I greatly enjoy sharing knowledge, both in the form of teaching and in speaking at conferences and similar venues. I am a logical and principled person who believes in the value of semantic correctness and clear stances.
Personal Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Fiona Johanna Weber |
| Address | ⟨redacted⟩ ⟨redacted⟩ Eindhoven the Netherlands |
| Phone | ⟨redacted⟩ |
| ⟨redacted⟩ | |
| Signal | ⟨redacted⟩ |
| Nationality | German |
| Birthday | |
| Website | fiona.onl |
| Codeberg | codeberg.org/FJW/ |
| Gitlab | gitlab.com/FJW/ |
| Github | github.com/Fiona-J-W |
Hard Skills
- Design and Analysis of Cryptographic Protocols using Security Proofs
- Formalizing Security Requirements
- Programming
- Technical Writing
- Public Speaking
- Teaching in Higher Education
Soft Skills
- Communication
- I generally prefer to speak openly and directly but am aware that this does not work for everyone and can adjust my style if needed.
- Teamwork
- I greatly enjoy working with others. One thing I notice in particular is that I am happy for other people to work on “my” parts of it.
- Critical Thinking
- I attempt to judge new things based on their merrits, instead of any associated hype or other people’s opinions, even though I take them into account.
- Open Minded
- I believe that tolerance and respect towards others is one of the most important virtues in live and try to live by that belief.
Employment
2019 - 2025: PhD Candidate at the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e),
supervised by Andreas Hülsing and Tanja Lange. This was primarily a research position in which I was working on provable secure post-quantum protocol design, including Post-quantum WireGuard, Post Quantum Noise and, as contractor for the European Space Agency, a Key-Update Mechanism for the Space Data Link Security Protocol.Secondarily it was also a teaching position, which in exchange for an additional year came with an increased involvement in higher education, which included designing and giving my own lectures in a course on applied cryptography.
2014: Tutor for “Algorithms 1” at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
Part-time job next to my Bachelor-studies.
Education
| Time | Degree |
|---|---|
| 2019 - 2025 | PhD in Cryptography at TU/e |
| 2016 - 2019 | Master of Science in Computer Science at KIT |
| 2012 - 2016 | Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at KIT |
| 2011 - 2012 | Bachelor-studies (uncompleted) of Applied Biology at KIT |
| 2011 | Abitur at Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium Heilbronn |
Languages
| Language | Level |
|---|---|
| German | Native |
| English | Near Native |
| Dutch | Conversational |
Programming
| Language | Experience |
|---|---|
| C++ | Proficient (≈ 10 years) |
| Python | Intermediate (≈ 3 years) |
| Typescript | Beginner (≈ 1 year) |
| Java | Beginner (≈ 1 year) |
Conference Talks (Selection)
| Date | Talk |
|---|---|
| May 2024 | Key-Update Mechanism for SDLSP at Security for Space Systems 2024 (invited talk) |
| March 2024 | Post Quantum Noise at Real World Crypto 2023 |
| December 2018 | Provable Security with Lukas Beeck at the 35th Chaos Communication Congress |
Academic Publications
- Cryptographic Protocols in a Post-Quantum World,
Doctoral Thesis. - An Asymmetric-based Post-Quantum Cryptographic Protocol for Space Missions,
Technical Report for the European Space Agency.
(Joined work with Andreas Hülsing and Tanja Lange) - Epochal Signatures for Deniable Group Chats,
accepted by the 42nd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P 2021).
(Joined work with Andreas Hülsing.) - Post-quantum WireGuard,
accepted by the 42nd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P 2021).
(Joined work with Andreas Hülsing, Kai-Chun Ning, Peter Schwabe and Phil Zimmermann.) - Post Quantum Noise,
accepted at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2022).
(Joined work with Yawning Angel, Benjamin Dowling, Andreas Hülsing and Peter Schwabe.) - A Critical Analysis of Deployed Use Cases for Quantum Key Distribution and Comparison with Post-Quantum Cryptography,
accepted by EPJ Quantum Technology.
(Joined work with Nick Aquina, Bruno Cimoli, Soumya Das, Kathrin Hövelmanns, Chigo Okonkwo, Simon Rommel, Boris Škorić, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, and Sebastian Verschoor) - Two C++ libraries for counting trees on a phylogenetic terrace,
accepted by “Bioinformatics”
(Joined work with Rudolf Biczok, Peter Bozsoky, Peter Eisenmann, Johannes Ernst, Tobias Ribizel, Fedor Scholz, Axel Trefzer, Michael Hamann and Alexandros Stamatakis.) - Semantic Object-Oriented Programming (SOOP),
accepted by the “Jahrestagung der Gesselschaft für Informatik” and published in its proceedings „Informatik 2016“
(Joined work with Andreas Bihlmaier and Heinz Wörn)