Eleftheria is an assistant professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) since 2023. Her research interests lie mainly in the field of Applied Cryptography, and Privacy Enhancing Technologies; specifically, technologies and applications of Computing on Encrypted Data (e.g., homomorphic encryption, and multiparty computation). She received her PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from KU Leuven, Belgium.

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Eleftheria received her B.Sc. in Informatics from the Technological Educational Institute of Athens, School of Technological Applications (2009), and her M.Sc. in Information & Communication Systems Security from the University of the Aegean, School of Engineering (2011). She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Engineering Science, Electrical Engineering, from COSIC, KU Leuven (2021), with the Thesis entitled "Secure and Efficient Computing on Private Data", under the supervision of Dr. Frederik Vercauteren, and Dr. Bart Preneel. 

From 2012-2014, she has functioned as a junior researcher in the faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Twente, where she conducted research in the area of Privacy-Preserving Data Mining in Electronic Health Records, for the Dutch national project COMMIT/THeCS. 

Eleftheria also has experience with applied sciences education, as she worked as a Senior Lecturer/Researcher at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, where she was affiliated with the Bachelor programme Security Management, and the research group Social Safety & Security -lectoraat Maatschappelijke Veiligheid- (2014-2023). As a Saxion lecturer, she integrated theory and practice to disseminate the information security specialist's key professional aspirations.

Currently, Eleftheria is an assistant professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden University. Her research interests lie mainly in the field of Applied Cryptography, and Privacy Enhancing Technologies; specifically, technologies and applications of Computing on Encrypted Data (e.g., homomorphic encryption, and multiparty computation).

More information can be found on Eleftheria's personal webpage.