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Kjerstin Burdiek

Kjerstin Burdiek is a Communications Officer at the RIPE NCC. Prior to joining the RIPE NCC in 2021, she contributed to policy research and strategic communications at a think tank. In her educational background, she explored the intersection of linguistics and political science. She currently focuses on communications around Internet … More

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 is is Lecturer in the Dept. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College London, where she is the Director of the SafeNetIoT laboratory and she also serves as the Director of the MSc Programme in Internet Engineering and Telecommunications. She is Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London … 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

Fredrik Lindeberg

Based in Sweden

Fredrik is currently working as Chief Information Security Officer at Netnod. His role is focused on internal processes, public policy development and the implications of policy on Netnod’s services. In 2021, Fredrik defended his PhD-thesis, Coordinating the Internet: Thought styles, technology and coordination. Prior to that, he worked as a … 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

Milad Afshari

Based in Tehran - Iran

Milad Afshari is from Iran and has a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems Networking. He has over 8 years’ experience in the network engineering field and has been working for ISPs in Iran. Currently, he works for one of the mobile network operators MTN-Irancell as an Enterprise Network Planning … More

Tobias Fiebig

I am a system administrator turned network & security researcher, looking at digital infrastructures & society, and operators. Currently working at the Max-Planck Institut for Informatics as a senior researcher; Usually speaking for myself and not my affiliation. More