Aleksandr Sergeev

R&D Engineer | MSc in Informatics

I am a software engineer and researcher with a background in networked systems, applied cryptography, and distributed computing. I hold a Master's degree from Grenoble INP – Ensimag and a Bachelor's from St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, with an exchange semester at HKUST.

Currently, I work as an R&D engineer at Synopsys, where I built a schema-driven code generation system for the DPF simulation framework. My research interests span network protocol design, distributed systems, and applied cryptography — with a particular focus on privacy and security. I am broadly open to research that combines rigorous systems thinking with real-world deployment concerns, from traffic-analysis-resistant protocols and post-quantum cryptography to distributed algorithms, edge computing, and ML-assisted network security.

I am actively looking for PhD positions in computer science, with a focus on network security, privacy, and related areas.

Outside of work, I enjoy applying cryptography and machine learning to personal projects, travelling whenever I get the chance, and writing short stories — in Russian, which keeps the audience conveniently small.

Looking ahead, I hope to grow into research and, eventually, teaching — sharing ideas is half the fun of having them. On the literary side, I am working towards translating my stories and getting them published, so the audience may grow after all.