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Pere Barlet

Based in Barcelona, Spain

I am a Full Professor with UPC BarcelonaTech and Scientific Director at the Barcelona Neural Networking Center (BNN). Between 2013-2018, I was co-founder and chairman at Talaia Networks, an AI-based cybersecurity startup. For this activity I received research valorization awards from both the Catalan Government and UPC, including the Fiber … More

Ulka Athale

Based in Amsterdam

Senior Marketing and Communications Officer at the RIPE NCC. I started working at the RIPE NCC in 2018, having previously worked in digital marketing, communications, magazine publishing and teaching. More

Anna Maria Mandalari

Based in London

Anna Maria Mandalari works as Assistant Professor at University College London (UCL). She is affiliated with the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department, where she is the Director of the SafeNetIoT laboratory and the Director of the Internet Engineering/Telecommunications MSc/MRes Programme. She is Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Security … More

Romain Bosc

Based in Brussels

Romain Bosc is a Senior Public Policy and Governance Officer at the RIPE NCC. Based in Brussels, he engages with a broad range of stakeholders including the RIPE NCC membership, EU institutions and bodies, national authorities, civil society organisations and academia. Romain joined the RIPE NCC in September 2023. Before … More

Mirjam Kühne

I studied Computer Science at the TU Berlin, Germany, and have been a member of the RIPE community for over twenty years. Currently I am serving as the Chair of the RIPE Community. More

Soroush Rafiee Rad

Based in United Kingdom

Soroush Rafiee Rad is a researcher in information dynamic, complex systems analysis and probabilistic modelling currently affiliated with University of St Andrews. Before joining St Andrews he held research positions at University of Milan, Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena, University of Amsterdam and Bayreuth University. Soroush's research is focused on … More