Education 🎓

• B.S. in Mathematics, University of Trento, 2017 to 2021
• M.S. in Mathematics, curricula in Cryptography, University of Trento, 2021 to 2023
• Ph.D in Mathematics, University of Zurich, 2023 to now

Work experience ⛑️

• from Nov 2023: Pre Doc Researcher (Current Position)
  • IBM Research Zurich
  • Supervisor: Luca De Feo
  • Group: Foundations of Cryptography
• Summer 2023: Research Internship
  • DNAalgo
  • Topic: studying capacity of DNA storage channel
• 2021 to 2022: Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • University of Trento
  • Courses: Linear Algebra & Calculus I
  • Departments: Math & Physics

Publications 📝

6. Basso, A. et al. (2025). PRISM: Simple and Compact Identification and Signatures from Large Prime Degree Isogenies. Public-Key Cryptography PKC 2025 [doi] (🏆 Best paper award)
5. Battagliola, M., Borin, G., Di Crescenzo, G., Meneghetti, A., Persichetti, E. (2025). Enhancing Threshold Group Action Signature Schemes: Adaptive Security and Scalability Improvements. Post-Quantum Cryptography. PQCrypto 2025 [doi]
4. Giacomo Borin, Yi-Fu Lai, and Antonin Leroux, Erebor and Durian: Full Anonymous Ring Signatures from Quaternions and Isogenies. IACR Communications in Cryptology, vol. 1, no. 4, Jan 13, 2025 [doi]
3. Christopher Battarbee, Giacomo Borin, Ryann Cartor, Nadia Heninger, David Jao, Delaram Kahrobaei, Laura Maddison, Edoardo Persichetti, Angela Robinson, Daniel Smith-Tone and Rainer Steinwandt. "On the Semidirect Discrete Logarithm Problem in Finite Groups". ASIACRYPT 2024. [doi]
2. Borin, G., Persichetti, E., Pintore, F. et al. A Guide to the Design of Digital Signatures based on Cryptographic Group Actions. J Cryptol 38, 23 (2025) [doi]
1. Michele Battagliola, Giacomo Borin, Alessio Meneghetti, and Edoardo Persichetti. "Cutting the GRASS: Threshold GRoup Action Signature Schemes." CT-RSA 2024. [doi]

Talks 🙊

• 2025-07-09: PRISM: Simple And Compact Identification and Signatures From Large Prime Degree Isogenies, SIAM-AG 2025.
• 2025-01-11: Erebor and Durian: Full Anonymous Ring Signatures from Quaternions and Isogenies, JMM 2025.
• 2024-07-10: Cryptographic Corollaries of the Classification of Finite Simple Groups, NIST Crypto Reading Club. [url]
• 2023-11-08: Additional Functionalities for Code-Based Group Actions, University of St. Gallen.
• 2022-05-11: Commutative Algebra and Coding Theory, University of Trento - Advanced Commutative Algebra lecture.
• 2022-04-20: Why do we need Cryptography?, Collegio Clesio - In a Nutshell.
• 2021-12-16: Coding Theory Cryptography and LEDAcrypt implementation, University of Trento - Applied Crptography lecture.

Teaching 📗

• 2025: TA for Kryptographie, University of Zurich, Institute of Mathematics.
• 2024: TA for Codierungstheorie, University of Zurich, Institute of Mathematics.
• 2021-2022: GTA for Linear Algebra & Calculus, University of Trento, Departments of Math & Physics.