Professor Chris Mitchell

Professor Chris Mitchell is a distinguished academic in the Department of Information Security at Royal Holloway University of London, where he has served as Professor of Computer Science since 1990. He obtained his BSc and PhD degrees in Mathematics from Westfield College, University of London, in 1975 and 1979, respectively. He was the Head of the Department from 2021 to 2023 and co-founded the Information Security Group in 1990, contributing to the establishment of the MSc in Information Security. His research primarily focuses on information security, particularly the applications of cryptography. Professor Mitchell is also the co-editor-in-chief of Designs, Codes and Cryptography and has been actively involved in information security standardization for over 30 years.