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Mon 28 Apr 2025 10:13AM

馃煩 Academics Election for the OpenSSL Foundation TAC

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The OpenSSL Foundation invites each participating academic institution, organisation, or group to designate an official delegate to vote in the selection of the Academics Representative for the TAC.

The TAC strengthens our technical governance by ensuring that OpenSSL鈥檚 development priorities and technical directions reflect the needs, insights, and expertise of the broader community, in alignment with the OpenSSL Mission.

Voting Details:

  • Each designated delegate is authorised to cast one vote on behalf of their institution.

  • Voting is open until May 11 at 12:00 UTC.

  • Delegates may update or change their selection at any point until the voting period closes.

  • The results will be visible after the election is closed.

Your participation is critical in shaping the future technical leadership of OpenSSL Project.

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Poll Created Mon 28 Apr 2025 10:16AM

Foundation TAC Academics' Election You have until Sun 11 May 2025 12:00PM to participate.

Results will be shown after voting has closed

8 of 13 people have participated (61%)

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Anton Arapov Mon 28 Apr 2025 10:25AM

Nominee: Nicola Tuveri

Statement

A Researcher at Tampere University (Finland), I contributed to OpenSSL for the first time in 2010, later I had the honor of becoming an OpenSSL Committer and I have been serving in the OpenSSL Technical Committee since 2019. I have also been serving the Academic Community as a representative in the OpenSSL Foundation BAC.

My research specializes in software and micro architecture side-channel analysis and the integration of modern cryptosystems (lately mainly PQC) in mainstream libraries such as OpenSSL.

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Anton Arapov Mon 28 Apr 2025 10:27AM

Nominee: Lakshya Chopra

Statement

I would like to nominate myself for the OpenSSL Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). I am currently a second-year Computer Science student with extensive hands-on experience integrating OpenSSL and its providers into 5G Telecom systems鈥攂oth in the Radio Access Network (RAN) and Core Network.

My primary focus is on crypto-agility and enabling the transition of telecom and next-generation networks from classical to Post-Quantum cryptography. I have already developed and thoroughly tested end-to-end solutions for this. However, through this work, I鈥檝e identified several gaps in OpenSSL and other major cryptographic libraries that currently hinder a seamless migration to quantum-safe infrastructure.

I believe I can contribute meaningfully to the TAC by providing insights into what is most urgently needed for Post-Quantum readiness. I can help guide OpenSSL towards becoming a truly post-quantum capable cryptographic library, which aligns with the real world needs & for large scale networks like telco.