Nigel Smart

Nigel Smart is the Chief Academic Officer at Zama, a company focused on homomorphic encryption, and a Professor at COSIC (KU Leuven) in Leuven, Belgium.

Nigel specializes in cryptography, computer security, and number theory, with extensive experience in both academia and industry.

Nigel co-founded Unbound Security, a company focused on distributed cryptographic solutions that was acquired by Coinbase in 2022, and co-founded the Real World Crypto workshop.

Nigel's professional background includes a professorship at the University of Bristol and a research role at Hewlett Packard, and currently involves advisory positions at several companies including Optalysys, Astran, Confidencial Inc, Cosmian, Dfns, and Enveil.

Nigel has been recognized with multiple honors, including two ERC Advanced Grants and an IACR Fellowship.

Currently, Nigel is focused on helping small start-ups in the cryptographic space.

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