Biography
Bart Jacobs is a professor of computer security, privacy & identity at
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. His work covers both
theoretical computer science and more practical, interdisciplinary
work, esp. in computer security and privacy, intelligence, law and
ethics. Jacobs is a member of the Academia Europaea and of the Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), and a recipient of an
ERC Advanced Grant. He also received the Stevin prize, which is the
highest award in science in The Netherlands. He is an active
participant in societal debates about security and privacy, in the
media and in various advice roles e.g. for government and
parliament. He is the initiator of the privacy-friendly identity
wallet app Yivi and of the social platform PubHubs based on public
values. Jacobs is co-founder of Nijmegen's interdisciplinary iHub on
digitalisation and society.
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