Theory of Computer Science
The Theory of Computer Science (TCS) Group does research on the theoretical foundations of computer science. The aim is to seek greater understanding of fundamental computational techniques and their inherent limitations. The TCS group forms an integral part of a vibrant community of TCS researchers in Amsterdam.
Open Positions
Latest News
Divya Ravi has switched groups within IvI to become a member of the TCS group. Her research interests in Secure Multi-Party Computation fit well our current expertise. For the coming 5 years, Divya will be working on the new NWO Gravitation project “Challenges in Cyber Security (CiCS)”.
John van de Wetering, assistant professor in the TCS group has been awarded a personal VENI grant from NWO, congratulations!!
On Friday, 28 June 2024, Jana successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Isogenies and cryptography” in the Aula of the University of Amsterdam. Watch back her defense here.
Congratulations, Dr. Sotáková!
On Wednesday, 26 June 2024, the IvI TCS group organized a TCS alumni lunch from 12.00 to 14.00 in L3.36 at Lab42. The goal of the meeting to get to know about current and past research of the IvI TCS group. From 12.00 - 12.30 the current TCS members gave a quick personal introduction and overview of their ongoing research, education and valorisation activities. After that, the retired guests of the TCS group (Inge Bethke, Jan Bergstra, Alban Ponse, Kees Middelburg, Piet Rodenburg) presented their ongoing research efforts.
To celebrate (Dutch) summer, Chris invited the TCS group members for a BBQ to his house on IJburg. Sarah volunteered as chef to prepare loads of tasty Korean BBQ.
TCS group pre 2022
Team
Group Chair
Christian Schaffner
Full Professor
Scientific Staff
Divya Ravi
Assistant Professor
Nicolas Resch
Assistant Professor
Steven de Rooij
Docent
John van de Wetering
Assistant Professor
Postdocs
Sebastian Verschoor
Postdoc
PhD Students
Martijn Brehm
PhD student
Sarah Li
PhD student
Gina Muuss
PhD student
Daan Planken
PhD student
Ailsa Robertson
PhD student
Lydia Tasiou
PhD student
Guests
Jan Bergstra
Guest Emeritus Professor
Inge Bethke
Guest Researcher
Kees Middelburg
Guest Researcher
Alban Ponse
Guest Researcher
Support
Petra Venema
Support
Alumni
Feline Lindeboom
Support
Ivana Marković
Support
Grace Millerson
Alumni
TCS group pre 2022
Contact
- c.schaffner@uva.nl
- LAB42, Science Park 900, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
- https://ivi.uva.nl/contact/directions/directions.html