Lilya Budaghyan

 

Lilya Budaghyan
Professor
Team Leader
Prof. Lilya Budaghyan is the leader of Boolean functions research team at the Selmer Center of the University of Bergen.
 
Her main research interests are in the field of Discrete Mathematics, Boolean functions, Cryptography, AI security and their applications.
 
She obtained her PhD degree from the University of Magdeburg (Germany, 2005) and habilitation degree from the University of Paris VIII (France, 2013). Since 2007 she has been with the University of Bergen (Norway), and as head of the Selmer Center during 2017-2024. Previously, she also conducted her research at Yerevan State University (Armenia, 1998-2003), University of Magdeburg (Germany, 2003-2005), University of Trento (Italy, 2005-2007), Telecom ParisTech (2011), Universities of Paris VIII and Paris XIII (2012-2013).
 
She is the author of the book “Construction and Analysis of Cryptographic Functions”, and has been awarded a few prestigious fellowships and awards among which are TMS starting grant award (2016), “Young Research Talent Grant” from Norwegian Research Council (2014), postdoctoral fellowship award from Foundation of Mathematical Sciences of Paris (2012) and Emil Artin Junior Prize in Mathematics (2011).
 
She is an elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences since 2019, the Asia-Pacific AI Association since 2024, the National Academy of AI (NAAI) since 2025, and European Academy of Engineering since 2026.
Contact Information
  • Visiting address: HIB – Thormøhlensgt. 55
  • Email: lilya.budaghyan@uib.no
  • Personal webpage