Jorge Guajardo

Jorge Guajardo Merchan received the B.Sc. degree in physics and electrical engineering and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and information sciences from the Ruhr-University Bochum. Prior to joining Bosch, he was with Philips Research, The Netherlands, where he performed fundamental work in SRAM physical unclonable functions, leading to the creation of the company Intrinsic-ID. Prior to joining Philips Research, he was with GTE Government Systems, RSA Laboratories, cv cryptovision GmbH, and Infineon Technologies AG. He is currently a Principal Scientist and the Manager of the Security and Privacy Group, Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. During his scientific career, he has co-authored over 40 scientific publications in refereed conferences and journals, 14 issued patents, and several patent applications. His research interests include applied cryptography, embedded security, and noisy crypto. Dr. Merchan has served in the program committee of the workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems and the HOST Symposium. He was the Program Co-Chair for the TrustED 2014 and TrustED 2015 workshops.