Frédéric A. Hayek

Ph. D. Candidate affiliated with LIMOS lab at University Clermont Auvergne working on "Security Analysis of Distributed Ledgers" under the direction of Pascal Lafourcade and the joint supervision of Pascal Lafourcade and Ariane Tichit.

Teaching

2022-2023

• Cryptographie et Sécurité   --   BUT Informatique - Année 2

• Algorithmique Avancée   --   Prépa INP - Année 2

• Graphes et Arbres   --   Prépa INP - Année 2

2021-2022

• Outils Mathématiques 2   --   L1 Biologie et Géologie

• Programmation en C   --   L1 Informatique

• Réseau et Sécurité   --   M1 Informatique

Publications

2023

• Generic and Universal Local Cryptocurrency: LCoin

  Frédéric A. Hayek, Pascal Lafourcade, Ariane Tichit

  BRAINS 2023

• Generic Blockchain on Generic Human Behavior

  Clémentine Gritti, Frédéric A. Hayek, Pascal Lafourcade

  SECRYPT 2023

• Generic Privacy Preserving Private Permissioned Blockchains

  Frédéric A. Hayek, Mirko Koscina, Pascal Lafourcade, Charles Olivier-Anclin

  SAC 2023

Engagements

Apart from being a Ph. D. student, I entertain an active social life and contribute to the community and to society through different engagements:

• Elected member of the University Clermont Auvergne - Engineering Sciences Doctoral School Council
  Along with my fellow Ph. D. students Mincui LIANG, Guillaume FOIN, Hélène TRAN and Ivan Luca BRAN COSTA, we represent the interests and the wellfare of the Engineering Sciences Ph. D. students in the scope of the Doctoral School.
  
• Elected member of the University Clermont Auvergne - College of Doctoral Schools Council.
  Along with my fellow Ph. D. students Cassandra DELORME, Guillaume FOIN, Clara SICARD, we represent the interests and the wellfare of all Ph. D. students in the scope of the College of Doctoral Schools and the University
• Project Manager (ex Vice President) of Doct'Auvergne
  Doct'Auvergne is the insitution of Ph. D. students and fresh Ph. D. graduates of the historic French Auvergne region. Its main objectives include promoting our Ph. D. students' works through radio shows, podcasts and conferences; research-centric events dedicated to bringing out the best out of the students; and last but definitely not least inter-disciplinary socialization.
• Moteur de Recherche show host on Radio Campus Clermont
  The show is divided into 4 segments:
  • Science Insolite explains an interesting scientific fact
  • Interview of a Ph. D. students
  • Retour sur Science explains a (new) scientific discovery
  • Bons plans de la science introduces current regional scientific manifestations.
  The hosts switch segments. Below are some of my Science Insolite interventions (in French).
  • Benford's law
  • Gödel's incompleteness of mathematics
  • ChatGPT
  • The Voice in our Head

Interests

Apart from my work and my engagements, I enjoy most of my time being outdoors, usually roaming the Massif Central.

When indoors, I relish reading. A wide variety of genres appeal to me. Below are some of my all-time favourite books I highly recommend. If not reading, I can be found appreciating a good mind twisting movie.

During my personal time I practice and perform magic on an amateur level.

• Brown, Dan: Inferno
• Christie, Agatha: Murder on the Orient Express
• Corneille, Pierre: Le Cid
• De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine: Le Petit Prince
• Gaddam, Sai; Ogas, Ogi: A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals about Human Desire
• Harari, Yuval Noah: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
• Rolling, J.K.: Harry Potter
• Snowden, Edward: Permanent Record

• Inception
• Memento
• Shutter Island
• Tenet
• The Departed

CV

My CV updated on 2024-01-22.