Pedro Peris-Lopez

Pedro Peris-Lopez

Full Professor · Computer Science & Engineering

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid · Computer Security Lab (COSEC)

Full Professor specialising in applied cryptography, forensics, biometric security, design and analysis of protocols, and IoT/IoMT privacy. Ph.D. in Computer Science (2008, UC3M). Postdoctoral researcher at TU Delft (2009–2012). Guest speaker at KU Leuven, EPFL, Radboud University, and I²R Singapore.

6,888
Total citations
2,030
Last 5 years
38
h-index
97
i10-index
66
Journal articles
45
Conference papers

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Pedro Peris-Lopez is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. He holds an M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering (2004) and a Ph.D. in Computer Science (2008), both from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. From October 2004 to December 2008, he held a position as an Assistant Lecturer at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where he was actively engaged in both teaching and research. In January 2009, he joined Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) as a Postdoctoral Researcher. During his tenure at TU Delft, he also served as an Invited Lecturer for the Cryptography and Security course in the Master's programme in Computer Science, and supervised a Ph.D. candidate from Universiti Sains Malaysia as Field Supervisor. In September 2011, he returned to Universidad Carlos III de Madrid as Visiting Lecturer. Regarding international mobility, in 2016 he completed a four-month research stay at Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland). In June 2011, he was invited to EPFL (Switzerland) as part of the Summer Research Institute programme. He has been invited as guest speaker at Radboud University Nijmegen, KU Leuven, University of Portsmouth, EPFL, and I²R Singapore, and has served as panel member for Ph.D. dissertation defences at both national and international levels. He has made significant contributions to applied cryptography, computer forensics, signal processing, and artificial intelligence, authoring numerous articles in high-impact journals and prestigious international conferences. His work has garnered over 6,888 citations and an h-index of 38 (Google Scholar, 2025).

Research areas

Privacy Authentication & Biometrics Cryptographic Protocols Hardware Security Biosignal Security IoT / IoMT RFID & Sensors EEG · PPG · ECG · GSR · EMG Implantable Medical Devices

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