Carmela Troncoso | |
|---|---|
 Carmela Troncoso in 2020 | |
| Born | 1982 (age 41–42) |
| Citizenship | Spain |
| Known for | DP-3T protocol |
| Board member of | Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force |
| Spouse | Rebekah Overdorf |
| Awards | Google Security and Privacy Research Award Fortune's 40und40 ERCIM WG STM Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (2011) CNIL-INRIA Privacy Protection Award 2017 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Vigo KU Leuven |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Software engineering |
| Sub-discipline | Computer security Machine learning |
| Institutions | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
| Main interests | Machine learning Privacy evaluation Engineering privacy-preserving systems |
| Website | https://www.epfl.ch/labs/spring/ |
Carmela González Troncoso (born 1982 in Vigo) is a Spanish telecommunication engineer and researcher specialized in privacy issues, and an LGBT+ activist. She is currently a tenure track assistant professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and the head of the SPRING lab (Security and Privacy Engineering Laboratory).[1][2] Troncoso gained recognition for her leadership of the European team developing the DP-3T protocol that aims at the creation of an application to facilitate the tracing of COVID-19 infected persons without compromising on the privacy of citizens.[3][4][5][6] Currently she is also member of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force in the expert group on Digital Epidemiology.[7] In 2020, she was listed among Fortune magazine's 40 Under 40.[8]
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