Students

I actively involve students at all levels, i.e., BSc, MSc, and PhD, in research projects. If you are a student based in Prague interested in working with me, feel free to contact me. Currently, I cannot supervise students remotely.

Current Group

PhD Students

Juraj Belohorec (since 2024)
Kristýna Mašková (since 2024)

Master Students

Timea Jakubócyová (since 2026)
Robert Jaworski (since 2026)
Benjamín Benčík (since 2024)

Visitors

Sejin Park (Seoul National University, since 2026)

Alumni

PhD Graduates

Veronika Králová (2021)
- On the complexity of search problems with a unique solution

MSc Graduates

Jan Frnka (2026)
- On the Security of the Kilian-Micali Transform in the Random Oracle Model
Matúš Maďar (2026)
- Practical oracle-based Bitcoin payments
Berenika Richterová (2025)
- On security of adaptor signatures
- 🏆 1st prize in KEYMAKER 2025
Dominik Stejskal (2025)
- On the power of algebraic group models
Martin Pastyřík (2024)
- On extractability of bivariate KZG polynomial commitment
Kristýna Mašková (2024)
- Preprocessing techniques in algebraic cryptanalysis
- 🏆 2nd prize in KEYMAKER 2024
Petr Sedláček (2023)
- Security of trapdoor permutations under preimage leakage
Kateřina Bžatková (2022)
- Multivariate polynomial commitment schemes
Tomáš Krňák (2022)
- Verifiable delay functions from Lucas sequences
Ľubica Jančová (2022)
- Effectivity and limitations of homomorphic secret sharing schemes
Jan Václavek (2021)
- On search complexity of discrete logarithm
- 🏆 Dean’s prize for outstanding thesis in Mathematics

BSc Graduates

Karel Velička (2025)
- Zero-knowledge virtual machines
Benjamín Benčík (2024)
- On PlonK SNARK
Svetlana Ivanova (2024)
- Practical batch proofs of exponentiation
Martin Pastyřík (2021)
- Security of cryptographic schemes for contact tracing
- 🏆 2nd prize in KEYMAKER 2021
Petr Sedláček (2021)
- Limitations of incompressible encodings
- 🏆 3rd prize in SVOČ 2021 (TCS and AI)
Tomáš Krňák (2019)
- Modern applications of zero-knowledge protocols