Aleksandr Sergeev

R&D Engineer | MSc in Informatics

I am a software engineer and researcher with a background in networked systems, applied cryptography, and distributed computing. I hold a Master's degree from Grenoble INP – Ensimag and a Bachelor's from St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, with an exchange semester at HKUST.

Currently, I work as an R&D engineer at Synopsys, where I built a schema-driven code generation system for the DPF simulation framework. My research interests center on privacy-preserving network protocols — in particular, designing systems where encrypted traffic is indistinguishable from generic background noise.

I am actively looking for PhD positions in network security and privacy.

Outside of work, I enjoy applying cryptography and machine learning to personal projects, travelling whenever I get the chance, and writing short stories — in Russian, which keeps the audience conveniently small.

Looking ahead, I hope to grow into research and, eventually, teaching — sharing ideas is half the fun of having them. On the literary side, I am working towards translating my stories and getting them published, so the audience may grow after all.