Elif Bilge Kavun holds the assistant professorship in Secure Intelligent Systems at the Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Passau since October 2020. Previously, she was a Lecturer in Cybersecurity at The University of Sheffield (UK) and Digital Design Engineer for Crypto Cores at the Digital Security Solutions division, Infineon (Munich). She completed a PhD in Embedded Security in 2015 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ruhr University Bochum. Her research interests cover security of novel intelligent systems as well as traditional computing and embedded systems. She is also interested in secure hardware systems, design and implementation of cryptographic primitives, lightweight cryptography, and physical attacks & countermeasures.

Education
06/2011-02/2015: Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), Bochum (DE)
08/2008-09/2010: M.Sc. in Cryptography, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara (TR)
09/2004-07/2008: B.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology (IzTech), Izmir (TR)
01/2008-06/2008: Erasmus Exchange Student, Polytech Grenoble, Joseph Fourier University - Grenoble, Grenoble (FR)

Academic Experience
04/2020- ... : Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Secure Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Passau, Passau (DE)
10/2020-03/2021: Interim Assistant Professor in Secure Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Passau, Passau (DE)
01/2019-09/2020: Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Cybersecurity, Security of Advanced Systems Research Group (SoAS), Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield (UK)
06/2011-11/2014: Research Assistant, Chair for Embedded Security (EmSec), Horst Goertz Institute for IT Security, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum (DE)
01/2011-05/2011: Research Assistant, Fraunhofer - AISEC (former Fraunhofer - SIT), Munich (DE)
03/2008-06/2008: Intern, TIMA Laboratory, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), Grenoble (FR)

Engineering Experience
01/2018-12/2018: Staff Engineer Digital Design, Digital Security Solutions (DSS) Division (former CCS), Infineon AG, Munich (DE)
12/2014-12/2017: Digital Design Engineer, Chip Card & Security (CCS) Division, Infineon AG, Munich (DE)
03/2014-06/2014: Interim Engineering Intern, Product Security Group, Qualcomm, San Diego/CA (US)
06/2009-12/2010: Hardware Design Engineer, Erendiz Supercomputer & Independent Consultant, Eskisehir & Izmir (TR)
08/2007-09/2007: Intern, Crypto Group, Aselsan Electronics, Ankara (TR)
05/2007-07/2007: Intern, Synplicity, Izmir & Ankara (TR)