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Sedat Akleylek received the B.Sc. degree in Mathematics majored in Computer Science from Ege University in 2004 in Izmir, Turkey, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Cryptography from Middle East Technical University in 2008 and 2010, in Ankara, Turkey, respectively. He was employed as an associate professor at the Department of Computer Engineering, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey between 2016 and 2022. He was appointed to a full professor position at the Department of Computer Engineering, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey in 2022. He is currently employed as an associate professor at the Chair of Security and Theoretical Computer Science, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia since 2022. He is a member of the editorial board of IEEE Access, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Peerj Computer Science and International Journal of Information Security Science. His research interests include in the areas of cryptographic protocols, post-quantum cryptography, algorithms and complexity, theoretical computer science, architectures for computations in finite fields, malware detection and IoT security.

sedat.akleylek@ut.ee 

Academic

• Ph.D., Cryptography, Middle East Technical University, December 2010

• M.Sc., Cryptography, Middle East Technical University, February 2008

• B.Sc., Mathematics, Ege University, 2004

Positions

• Associate Professor, Chair of Security and Theoretical Computer Science, University of Tartu, 2022-…

• Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 2022

• Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 2016-2022

• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 2011-2016

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Theoretische Informatik – Kryptographie und Computeralgebra, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 2014-2015

• Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, 2011-…

• Research Assistant, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, 2005-2011

Editorial Work

• Editorial Board Member of IEEE Access (2018-…) (Outstanding Associate Editor since 2020 )

• Associate Editor in Chief of Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (2020-…)

• Editorial Board Member of Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (2017-…)

• Editorial Board Member of Journal for Computer Science (2020-…)

• Editorial Board Member of ABV Journal of Computer Science and Engineering (2019-…)

• Editorial Board Member of Süleyman Demirel University, Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences (2015-…)

• Co-Editor of International Journal of Information Security Science (2012-…)

Research Interests

• Efficient cryptographic computations

• Post-quantum cryptography

• Applied cryptography for cyber security

• Theoretical computer science

• Arithmetic of finite fields

• Boolean functions

• Malware analysis

• IoT security