Serge VaudenaySerge Vaudenay entered at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in 1989 with a major in mathematics. He earned his agrégation (secondary teaching degree) in mathematics in 1992, then a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot in 1995. He subsequently became a senior research fellow at the CNRS, prior to being granted his habilitation à diriger des recherches (a postdoctoral degree authorizing the recipient to supervise doctoral students). In 1999, he was appointed as a Professor at the EPFL, where he created the Security and Cryptography Laboratory.
Nagy MakhloufNagy Makhlouf graduated in architecture from ENSA Paris-Malaquais, and is currently pursuing a PhD at the ALICE laboratory at EPFL. His thesis deals with law, codes, protocols… as possible architectural tools supporting more self-organised ways of living.
