Biography

Dr. Martin Schmatz is a Principal Researcher at IBM Research Europe in Zurich/Switzerland. He studied electrical engineering and received his doctorate from ETH Zurich on the topic of "Noise Parameter Measurements." After joining IBM in 1999, he led research in the areas of I/O link technology and, from 2012, key components of modern IT server systems. Since 2017, he has focused his work on key management systems (KMS) for Cloud applications and, since 2020, in particular on the migration to quantum-secure communication. He holds an MBA, has over 50 scientific publications, and over 100 patents