Carlos Cid
- carlos@simula.no
- director | Simula UiB
- adjunct professor | OIST
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Carlos Cid is director of Simula UiB, a research institute in cryptography and information theory in Bergen, Norway. He is also adjunct professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan, where he leads the Applied Cryptography Unit. Carlos is an experienced researcher and educator in cyber security, with main research interests and expertise in cryptography and secure quantum communication.
Carlos was part of the submission team of Classic McEliece (following the merge with NTS-KEM), a 4th-round finalist to NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Project. He previously served in the selection committees of the CAESAR and eSTREAM cryptographic competitions. He was the general and programme co-chair of FSE 2014 and SAC 2018, and programme co-chair of IWSEC 2025. Carlos is a co-author of the book “Algebraic Aspects of the Advanced Encryption Standard” (Springer, 2006).
Carlos holds a BSc and PhD in Mathematics from Universidade de BrasÃlia (1994, 1999). He was a post-doctoral researcher at RWTH-Aachen (2000-2001), and worked as a software engineer in a startup in Dublin (2001-2003). Carlos spent almost two decades in the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway University of London: he joined in 2003 as a post-doctoral researcher, and left in February 2022 as a full professor. He was the founding director of Royal Holloway’s Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security, and held several teaching, research and administrative roles during his time at the university.
In May 2022 Carlos became the director of Simula UiB, having initially joined the group in June 2018 as a visiting research professor. Since April 2022 he also holds the position of adjunct professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. In 2024 he was appointed to the Advisory Board of SpeQtral, a secure quantum communication company in Singapore. Carlos is an experienced cyber security consultant, having worked in the past 20+ years on a number of projects, mainly in cryptography.
Carlos was part of the submission team of Classic McEliece (following the merge with NTS-KEM), a 4th-round finalist to NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Project. He previously served in the selection committees of the CAESAR and eSTREAM cryptographic competitions. He was the general and programme co-chair of FSE 2014 and SAC 2018, and programme co-chair of IWSEC 2025. Carlos is a co-author of the book “Algebraic Aspects of the Advanced Encryption Standard” (Springer, 2006).
Carlos holds a BSc and PhD in Mathematics from Universidade de BrasÃlia (1994, 1999). He was a post-doctoral researcher at RWTH-Aachen (2000-2001), and worked as a software engineer in a startup in Dublin (2001-2003). Carlos spent almost two decades in the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway University of London: he joined in 2003 as a post-doctoral researcher, and left in February 2022 as a full professor. He was the founding director of Royal Holloway’s Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security, and held several teaching, research and administrative roles during his time at the university.
In May 2022 Carlos became the director of Simula UiB, having initially joined the group in June 2018 as a visiting research professor. Since April 2022 he also holds the position of adjunct professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. In 2024 he was appointed to the Advisory Board of SpeQtral, a secure quantum communication company in Singapore. Carlos is an experienced cyber security consultant, having worked in the past 20+ years on a number of projects, mainly in cryptography.
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From May 2026, I will also serve as Director of the Centre for Quantum Communication Networks and Applications (QCNA), one of the four national quantum technologies research centres in Norway. QCNA will be hosted at Simula UiB, with partners SimulaMet, NTNU, SINTEF Digital, Aalborg University, OIST, Telenor and Toshiba Europe.
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In June 2025 I was appointed as the chair of Standard Norge committee SN/K 617 Quantum technologies. As part of this role, I also participate in the CEN/CLC JTC 22 and IEC/ISO/JTC 3 committees on Quantum Technologies, to represent Norway’s interests in the development of international and European standards in quantum technologies.