About Me
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Applied Information Processing and Communications, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria. Prior to that, I received my Ph.D., MSc, BSc in Electronics Engineering from Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey in 2015, 2017, 2021, respectively.
My primary research focus is designing and implementing hardware accelerators for lattice-based cryptography. Moreover, I work on the theoretical aspects of privacy-preserving systems such as homomorphic encryption and post-quantum cryptography. To that end, my research interests lie at the intersection of cryptographic hardware design, homomorphic encryption and post-quantum cryptography.
Experience
- Postdoctoral Researcher at the IAIK, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria (05/2021-current)
- CryptEng Group (Leader: Dr. Sujoy Sinha Roy)
- Research and Teaching Assistant at Electronics Engineering, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey (09/2015-04/2021)
- CISec Group (Leader: Dr. Erkay Savas) (09/2017-04/2021)
- SoC Design & Test Lab (Leader: Dr. Ilker Hamzaoglu) (09/2015-08/2017)
- Visiting Researcher at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA (06/2019-10/2019)
- HECTOR Lab (Leader: Dr. Aydin Aysu)
- Intern at AVL Turkey, Kocaeli, Turkey (06/2014-02/2015)
Education
- Ph.D., Electronics Engineering, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey (2017-2021)
- GPA: 4.00/4.00
- Dissertation: Efficient Hardware Implementations for Lattice-based Cryptography Primitives (supervised by Dr. Erdinc Ozturk)
- MSc., Electronics Engineering, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey (2015-2017)
- GPA: 4.00/4.00
- Thesis: High Performance HEVC and FVC Video Compression Hardware Designs (supervised by Dr. Ilker Hamzaoglu)
- BSc., Electronics Engineering, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey (2010-2015)
- GPA: 3.95/4.00 (ranked as 3rd)
Contact
Inffeldgasse 16a/II, Room IF02024
8010, Graz, Austria
Email: ahmet (dot) mert (at) iaik (dot) tugraz (dot) at