Josep Domingo-Ferrer

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Full Professor of Computer Science

Leader, CRISES Research Group

Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy

ICREA Acadèmia Researcher

IEEE Fellow

Josep Domingo-Ferrer (Sabadell, Catalonia, 1965) is a Full Professor of Computer Science and an ICREA-Acadèmia Researcher at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Catalonia, where he holds the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy. He received his M. Sc. and Ph. D. degrees in Computer Science from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1988 and 1991 (Outstanding Graduation Award). He also holds an M. Sc. in Mathematics. His research interests are in data privacy, data security, statistical disclosure control and cryptographic protocols, with a focus on the conciliation of privacy, security and functionality.

He has been elevated to Fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) in 2011. He won the 1st Edition of the ICREA Acadèmia Prize 2008 awarded by the Government of Catalonia, which distinguished him as one of the strongest 40 faculty members in public Catalan universities as far as research is concerned. Between 2007 and 2008, he was a co-recipient of four entrepreneurship prizes. In 2004, he got the TOYPS'2004 Award from the Junior Chambers of Catalonia. In 2003, he was a co-recipient of a research prize from the Association of Telecom Engineers of Catalonia. He has authored 5 patents and over 280 publications, including an ISI highly-cited paper in early 2005. He has been the co-ordinator of EU FP5 project CO-ORTHOGONAL and of several Spanish funded and U.S. funded research projects. He currently co-ordinates the CONSOLIDER "ARES" team on security and privacy, one of Spain's 34 strongest research teams. He has chaired 13 international conferences and has served in the program committee of over 135 conferences on privacy and security. He is a co-Editor-in-Chief of "Transactions on Data Privacy", an Area Editor of "Computer Communications", and an Associate Editor of the "Journal of Official Statistics". He has been an Outstanding Invited Professor at Università di Roma 3 (2011), a Visiting Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2005) and a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University (2004). He was a Visiting Ph.D. Student at the Siemens Central R+D Department, München (1990) and at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1990).

Address

Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Department of Computer Engineering and Maths
Av. Països Catalans, 26.
E-43007 Tarragona,
Catalonia

Ph: +34 977 558270/+34 977 558109
Fax: +34 977 559710
email: josep.domingo (at) urv.cat

Location

From downtown Tarragona (Imperial Tarraco Square), take bus no. 14 to Politècnic. You will see the buildings of Campus Sescelades at Avinguda Països Catalans 26. I am usually in building E (ETSE, School of Engineering), either in office no. 253, in research lab. 131 or in the office of the Head of the Department of Computer Engineering and Maths.

If you don't find me, you can ask the Department's staff (phone 977 55 9703) or the concierge at the main building entrance.