Méndez Veiga Iyán HSLU I

Iyán Méndez Veiga Iyán Méndez Veiga

Senior Research Associate

Méndez Veiga Iyán HSLU I

Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology

Room 7.35
Campus Zug-Rotkreuz
Suurstoffi 1
6343 Rotkreuz


Research

Senior Research Associate

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Biography

PhD student working on Quantum Cryptography.

Education

  • MSc in Physics (Ulm University, Germany)
  • BSc in Physics (University of Oviedo, Spain)

Projects

Research projects

  • Secure Industrial Device Identification Without Stored Cryptographic Keys
  • Crypto-agile Certificate Management
  • Verification of privacy amplification used in quantum-cryptographic devices
  • Practical Central Bank Quantum Money
  • Quantum-safe Hardware Security Module
  • Quantum Cryptography in Practice
  • Implications of post-quantum cryptography on certificate management solutions
  • Implications of post-quantum cryptography on certificate management solutions
  • Post-Processing in Quantenkryptographie

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Hänggi, Esther; Méndez Veiga, Iyán & Wang, Ligong (27.10.2025). An Efficient Secret Communication Scheme for the Bosonic Wiretap Channel. IEEE Communications Letters (L-COMM), 2026(30), 125-129. doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3625640
  • Drexel, Joshua; Hänggi, Esther & Méndez Veiga, Iyán (2024). Reproducible Builds and Insights from an Independent Verifier for Arch Linux [Besprechung des Buchs Sicherheit 2024 - Sicherheit, Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit]. GI Sicherheit 2024,

Publications and presentations - Article, review; not peer reviewed

  • Hänggi, Esther & Méndez Veiga, Iyán (02.10.2025). Reproducible Builds for Quantum Computing. arXiv preprint, doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.02251
  • Hänggi, Esther & Méndez Veiga, Iyán (30.05.2025). randextract: a Reference Library to Test and Validate Privacy Amplification Implementations. arXiv preprint, doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.00124
  • Hänggi, Esther; Méndez Veiga, Iyán & Wang, Ligong (2024). Security for Adversarial Wiretap Channels. arXiv preprint, doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2404.01760

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Méndez Veiga, Iyán (17.02.2026). How Quantum Computers Will (and Won't) Change Everything. Swiss Cyber Security Days, BERNEXPO.
  • Méndez Veiga, Iyán (20.01.2026). Reproducible Builds for Quantum Computing. Quantum Lunch seminar, University of Oxford.
  • Méndez Veiga, Iyán (15.01.2026). 9 Years of Qiskit. 2nd Meetup Innosuisse AI Booster Expert Group "Quantum Algorithms", ZHAW School of Engineering.
  • Méndez Veiga, Iyán (30.12.2025). Signal: Una Introducción a las Propiedades de Seguridad y al Funcionamiento del Protocolo de Signal. Jornada de Iniciación a la Informática Libre, Hotel de Asociaciones "Santullano".
  • Méndez Veiga, Iyán (23.12.2025). Criptografía Poscuántica: Una Introducción a la Criptografía Asimétrica y a los Nuevos Algoritmos Seguros contra los Ordenadores Cuánticos del Futuro. Charla "Criptografía poscuántica", Hotel de Asociaciones "Santullano".
  • Méndez Veiga, Iyán (13.10.2025). Quantum at HSLU. Swissnex Quantum Summit 2025, Campus Biotech in Geneva.
  • Méndez Veiga, Iyán (06.10.2025). Benchmarking TLS 1.3 with PQC on Realistic Network Conditions. ETSI Security Conference 2025, ETSI HQ, Sophia Antipolis, France.
  • Méndez Veiga, Iyán (06.10.2025). Benchmarking and Visualizing the PQC Digital Signatures Zoo. ETSI Security Conference 2025, ETSI HQ, Sophia Antipolis, France.
  • Hänggi, Esther & Méndez Veiga, Iyán (04.06.2025). Standardizing Classical Post-Processing for Secure Quantum Cryptography. ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe Cryptography Conference 2025, Madrid, Spain.
  • Méndez Veiga, Iyán (29.01.2025). Are Quantum Computers Really Running Your Quantum Circuits? Swiss Quantum Days 2025, Waldhotel Arosa.
  • Hänggi, Esther & Méndez Veiga, Iyán (02.09.2024). randextract: A Library to Test and Validate Privacy Amplification Implementations. QCrypt 2024, Sede Afundación Vigo.
  • Hänggi, Esther; Jauslin, Timeo; Méndez Veiga, Iyán & Wildfeuer, Christoph (12.04.2024). Quantum Safe Connection Between Lucerne University Of Applied Sciences And Arts And University Of Applied Sciences And Arts Northwestern Switzerland. World Quantum Day, world wide.
  • Hänggi, Esther; Jauslin, Timeo; Méndez Veiga, Iyán & Wildfeuer, Christoph (12.04.2024). Quantum Computers, Quantum Threat & Post-Quantum Cryptography. World Quantum Day 2024, HSLU Campus Zug-Rotkreuz.
  • Hänggi, Esther & Méndez Veiga, Iyán (05.03.2024). randExtract: a Reference Library to Test and Validate Privacy Amplification Implementations. Physics and Security – from Random Numbers to Secure Communication, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef.
  • Hänggi, Esther; Méndez Veiga, Iyán & Wang, Ligong (05.03.2024). Security from noise: the wiretap channel. Physics and Security – from Random Numbers to Secure Communication, Bad Honnef, Germany.
  • Hänggi, Esther & Méndez Veiga, Iyán (31.01.2024). Realistic Randomness for Quantum Cryptography Applications. Swiss Quantum Days 2024, Villars-​sur-Ollon.
  • Hänggi, Esther & Méndez Veiga, Iyán (06.09.2023). Quantenzufallszahlen Showcase. Herbsttagung, Zürich.
  • Drexel, Joshua; Hänggi, Esther & Méndez Veiga, Iyán (14.04.2023). Quantum Random Number Generator Showcase. World Quantum Day 2023, HSLU Campus Zug-Rotkreuz.
  • Hänggi, Esther & Méndez Veiga, Iyán (04.02.2023). Privacy Amplification with Python. 26th Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP 2023), Ghent University.
  • Hänggi, Esther; Méndez Veiga, Iyán & Niggli, Martina (14.04.2022). Quantum Computers cannot hack everything: Let’s talk about security and quantum cryptography. World Quantum Day, Rotkreuz.