Michael Backes

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| birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | region = | nationality = German | citizenship = | residence = | other_names = | occupation = | period = | known_for = | home_town = | title = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = | education = | alma_mater = Saarland University | thesis_title = Cryptographically Sound Analysis of Security Protocols | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 2002 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = Birgit Pfitzmann, Harald Ganzinger | academic_advisors = | influences = | era = | discipline = | sub_discipline = | workplaces = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | main_interests = formal methods, cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }} Michael Backes (born 7 January 1978) is a German professor of computer science. He is the founding director and CEO of the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security. He is known for his work on formal methods, cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies. Provided by Wikipedia