Giorgio Grigolo

I’m a Mathematics and Computer Science graduate from the University of Malta. There, I served as a student representative on the Board of Studies of the Department of Mathematics. I have also been running the Malta Mathematical Society for 4 years, since its recent resurrection, where we focus on the national development of the academic mathematical disciplines.

Currently, I am a researcher at the TU Wien Atominstitut, within the QuIT group, where I work on finding side channel attacks on high dimensional quantum computers. My research interests include cryptography, quantum information, and information security in general.

My proudest achievement to date is a startup I founded, called Avail where we raised more than €130k seed funds. There, we worked to make private self-custody the norm in the financial world. Through deep integration with Aleo we built a wallet to facilitate private, compliant, and seamless transactions in the real world.

I also worked with Merqury Cybersecurity, where we led the technical development of Malta’s first test quantum key distribution network, PRISM, as part of the EuroQCI initiative. I have also worked with Dedaub as an intern.

In my spare time, I play CTFs with a variety of teams, with which I’ve had the honour to represent my country in the ECSC.