LEONARDO COLÒ

NUMBER THEORY & CRYPTOGRAPHY

Leonardo Colo

I am currently a postdoc in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo. I defended my PhD Thesis on November 18, 2022 at the university of Aix-Marseille under the supervision of Prof. David Kohel. Previously I graduated in the framework of the AGANT master program between Concordia University and University of Milan.

ACADEMIC POSITION

  1. Postdoctoral Fellow

    Funded by NSERC Alliance Quantum Consortia grant ALLRP 578463 - 22.

    Program: Accelerating the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography.

    University of Waterloo, ON Canada.

  2. ATER

    Attachè Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Recherche (1 year teaching contract).

    Aix-Marseille University.

ACADEMIC POSITION

Postdoctoral Fellow

Funded by NSERC Alliance Quantum Consortia grant ALLRP 578463 - 22.

Program: Accelerating the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography.

University of Waterloo (2023 - present).

ATER

Attachè Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Recherche (1 year teaching contract).

Aix-Marseille University (2021 - 2023).

EDUCATION

  1. PhD in Mathematics

    Aix-Marseille University.

    Advisor: Prof. David Kohel.

    Thesis Title: Oriented supersingular elliptic curves and class group actions.

  2. Master Degree in Algebra and Number Theory

    ALGANT Master Program.

    Concordia University, Montrèal (QC, Canada) and Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano (Italy).

    Advisor: Prof. Fabrizio Andreatta.

    Thesis Title: p-adic Abelian Integrals: from Theory to Practice.

  3. Bachelor Degree in Mathematics

    Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano (Italy).

  4. High School Diploma.

    Liceo Scientifco "Statale Leonardo da Vinci", Milano (Italy).

EDUCATION

PhD in Mathematics

Aix-Marseille University (2018 - 2022).

Advisor: Prof. David Kohel.

Thesis Title: Oriented supersingular elliptic curves and class group actions.

Master Degree in Algebra and Number Theory

ALGANT Master Program (2016 - 2018).

Concordia University, Montrèal (QC, Canada) and Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano (Italy).

Advisor: Prof. Fabrizio Andreatta.

Thesis Title: p-adic Abelian Integrals: from Theory to Practice.

Bachelor Degree in Mathematics

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano (Italy) (2013 - 2016).

High School Diploma

Liceo Scientifco "Statale Leonardo da Vinci", Milano (Italy) (2008 - 2013).

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