Ueli Maurer is professor of computer science and head of the
Information Security and Cryptography Research Group at the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich. His research interests
include information security, the theory and applications of
cryptography, theoretical computer science, and information theory.
He has served extensively as an editor and a member of program
committees. Currently he is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of
Cryptology, Editor-in-Chief of Springer Verlag's book series in
Information Security and Cryptography, and he serves on the Board of
Directors of the International Association for Cryptologic Research
(IACR). He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the German Academy
of Sciences "Leopoldina". He has served as a consultant for many
companies and government organisations and holds several patents for
cryptographic systems.