Antonio M. Larriba Flor

Cryptography Research Engineer

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I am a Computer Scientist specializing in cryptography and blockchain technology. I received my PhD in cryptography from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, where I researched electronic voting systems and anonymous identification protocols under the supervision of Damián López Rodríguez and José M. Sempere in the ALFA research group. I also hold an MSc in Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning from the same university (2017). For more detailed information, please check my CV.

Currently, I work as a Cryptography Research Engineer at Nethermind, focusing on zero-knowledge technology and privacy-preserving solutions.

My research interests include cryptography, e-voting, privacy, and blockchain.


Experience

Cryptography Research Engineer

Nethermind • 2023 - Present

  • Research and development of zero-knowledge technology
  • Design and implementation of privacy-preserving protocols
  • Contributed to the development of folding schemes and ZKML solutions

Cryptography Researcher - Head of Research

Advanced Blockchain & Composable Finance • 2021 - 2023

  • Lead research and development of different bridging solutions
  • Managed a small team of researchers and developers
  • Performed protocol research on different blockchains

PhD Researcher

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia • 2017 - 2023

  • Developed novel cryptographic protocols for e-voting and anonymous authentication
  • Published multiple research papers in top-tier cryptography journals
  • Supervised undergraduate and master's theses

Publications

Journal Articles
  • 2023 - Study and Automatic Translation of Toki Pona - Pablo Baggetto, Damián López, Antonio M. Larriba - Print
  • 2022 - How to Grant Anonymous Access - Antonio M. Larriba, Damián López - IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security - Preprint Code
  • 2022 - SUVS: Secure Unencrypted Voting Scheme - Antonio M. Larriba, Damián López - Informatica - Print
  • 2021 - Distributed Trust, a Blockchain Election Scheme - Antonio M. Larriba, Aleix Cerdà i Cucó, José M. Sempere & Damián López - Informatica - Preprint Code
  • 2020 - A two authorities electronic vote scheme - Antonio M. Larriba, José M. Sempere & Damián López - Computers & Security - Preprint
  • 2017 - Stance detection at IberEval 2017: A Biased Representation for a Biased Problem - Diego Aineto García & Antonio M. Larriba - IberEval - Preprint
Theses
  • 2023 - Doctoral Thesis - Distributed Cryptographic Protocols - Antonio M. Larriba - Directors: Damián López Rodríguez & José María Sempere Luna - Print
  • 2017 - Master's Thesis - Character-based Neural Machine Translation - Antonio M. Larriba - Directors: Francisco Casacuberta Nolla & Álvaro Peris Abril - Print
  • 2016 - Bachelor's Final Work - Design, implementation and evaluation of update mechanism for distributed system based on passive replication - Antonio M. Larriba - Director: Francisco Daniel Muñoz Escoí - Print Code
Directed Research Works
    TFGs
    • 2023 - Implementación distribuida de un protocolo de voto electrónico - Óscar Roselló Ibáñez - Directors: Damián López & Antonio M. Larriba - Print
    • 2022 - Study and automatic translation of a language with limited resources - José Pablo Baggetto Chamero - Directors: Damián López & Antonio M. Larriba - Print
    • 2020 - An e-voting scheme based on Blockchain - Aleix Cerdà i Cucó - Directors: Damián López & Antonio M. Larriba - Print
    Master's Theses
    • 2023 - Interfaz web 3.0 para un protocolo de voto electrónico desplegado en blockchain - Héctor González Campos - Directors: Damián López & Antonio M. Larriba - Print
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Patents

  • 2021 - MÉTODO DE REGISTRO DISTRIBUIDO PARA EL CONTROL DE ACCESO ANÓNIMO (Distributed registration method for anonymous access) - Antonio M. Larriba & Damián López - Application Number: 202130890 - Status: Application Published
  • 2021 - MÉTODO DE CONTROL DE VOTO ELECTRÓNICO (Electronic voting control method) - Antonio M. Larriba & Damián López - Application Number: 202131209 - Status: Application Published

Talks & Seminars

  • 2021 - Cryptography & Blockchain (Spanish) - Master's Degree in Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence - Antonio M. Larriba - Slides
  • 2021 - DEFI LAB: Blockchain, DeFi & Friends - ABAG & Etsinf Seminar - Antonio M. Larriba - Slides
  • 2021 - Secure e-voting protocols (Spanish) - VRAIN Seminars - Antonio M. Larriba - Slides
  • 2018 - Character-based Neural Machine Translation - V Meeting of PhD Students UPV - Antonio M. Larriba - Slides

Selected Skills

Cryptographic Research

Research & Development

Leadership