Norberto Gavioli born in Varese in 1964, he obtained a doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Trento and has been an associate professor of Algebra at the University of L’Aquila since 2000. His research mainly concerns finite p-groups, p groups, modular Lie algebras, applications of group theory to symmetric cryptography. He is coordinator of the Cryptography and Codes group of the Italian Mathematical Union, participates in the national initiative De Componendis Cifris.