Network Operations

Matthias Wichtlhuber

Based in Frankfurt Germany

Matthias is a computer networks researcher and currently serves as Team Lead for Research and Development at DE-CIX, one of the world’s largest Internet Exchange operators. In this role, he oversees DE-CIX’s research activities on Internet infrastructure measurement, security, and optimization, as well as community engagement and publicly funded projects … More

Stavros Konstantaras

Based in Amsterdam

Stavros Konstantaras is an enthusiastic all-around network engineer, holding an MSc from University of Amsterdam in the field of System & Network Engineering. His experience at NLnet Labs and the University of Amsterdam has supplied him with valuable skills and knowledge like scripting, system virtualization and network programming. He has … More

Anastasiya Pak

Based in Amsterdam

Anastasiya Pak is a Senior Marketing and Communications Officer at the RIPE NCC. Before joining the RIPE NCC, Anastasiya led the Communications Department at an international education NGO. She began her career as a TV journalist in Uzbekistan, covering international politics and diplomacy, the UN discussions, and other topics related … More

Thijs van den Hout

Based in Utrecht, The Netherlands

Thijs van den Hout is a research engineer at SIDN Labs, the R&D department of the .nl ccTLD registry. He has a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence. His focus is the application of machine learning techniques to increase the safety of the internet, for example through abuse detection. More

Antonio Prado

Based in ITALY

I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science, with a research focus on Internet Routing Security, where I developed tools and methodologies for the automated verification of BGP configurations. With over 30 years of technical and project experience, I am coauthor of the book BGP from Theory to Practice, aimed at … More

Arlin Kokkelmans

Arlin Kokkelmans recently finished his Masters in Computing Science at the Radboud University where he specialised in Cybersecurity. For his Master thesis he researched skimmer scripts in action using a hybrid analysis of JavaScript code. During his internship at SIDN Labs he researched Post-Quantum DNSSEC. More