Best Ph.D. Thesis 2012
Carmela Troncoso, KU Leuven, supervisors Claudia Diaz and Bart Preneel, is the winner of the fifth edition, with a thesis titled Design and analysis methods for privacy technologies.
Best Ph.D. Thesis 2011
Georg Fuchsbauer, University of Bristol, supervisor David Pointcheval (ENS, Paris), is the winner of the fourth edition, with a thesis titled "Automorphic Signatures and Applications" (e-link).
Best Ph.D. Thesis 2010
Sara Foresti, University of Milan, supervisor Pierangela Samarati, is the winner of the third edition, with a thesis titled "Preserving Privacy in Data Outsourcing" (e-link).
Best Ph.D. Thesis 2009
Claudio Agostino Ardagna, University of Milan, supervisor Pierangela Samarati, is the winner of the second edition, with a thesis titled "Privacy and Security in Distributed and Pervasive Systems" (e-link).
Best Ph.D. Thesis 2008
Steven J. Murdoch, University of Cambridge, supervisor Ross Anderson, is the winner of the first edition, with a thesis titled "Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems" (e-link).