Jaap-Henk Hoepman

I believe that our increasing dependence on information technology requires us to do all that is necessary to ensure that the user remains in control. This means the technology should be open, transparent, reliable, trustable, secure and aligned with our digital liberties. I think different professionals (engineers, legal scholars, social scientists and even artists) can learn from each others approaches and results. We should join forces to shape our future in this new world.

I like to solve complex problems, and to explain their (technical) solution in laymen's terms to a general audience. I actively engage in the public debates about the impact of technology on society. Most importantly, I love to be standing at this personal crossroads of theoretical computer science, ICT, law, and creativity in art, music and design.

My research is inspired by practical problems. I focus on privacy by design and privacy friendly protocols for identity management and the Internet of Things. I speak on these topics at national and international conferences and publish my results both in (inter)national scientific journals as well as in the popular press. Occasionally I appear in the media as a privacy expert.

Currently, I am an associate professor of privacy enhancing protocols and privacy by design at the Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. I am co-founder of the Privacy & Identity Lab, former member of the Executive Board of Trust in Digital Life, and co-founder of the Kerckhoffs Institute offering a master programme in Computer Security, among others.

In my free time I enjoy making my own music, designing visuals, and practice Okinawan Goju Ryu karate-do.