Speaker: Prof. Bart Preneel

Title: Research on Cryptographic Algorithms: beyond triple-DES, AES and RSA

Date: November 15, 2002

Time: 3:00 pm

Location: GCATT Room 119C

Abstract:
In this talk we discuss the state of the art and progress in cryptographic algorithms such as encryption algorithms and digital signature techniques. We present at a high level the challenges to the designers (and users) of cryptographic algorithms, such as the impact of new cryptanalytic techniques and of the construction of the first quantum computers. We explain how this is addressed by a combination of academic research, standardization, and open evaluation. We present the status of the NESSIE project. NESSIE (New European Schemes for Signature, Integrity and Encryption) is a 40-month research project (2000-2003) which intends to put forward a new generation of strong cryptographic algorithms, which have been obtained after an open call and an open evaluation process. We will also discuss a number of open problems identified within the NESSIE project.

Biography:
Bart Preneel received the Electrical Engineering degree and the Doctorate in Applied Sciences in 1987 and 1993 respectively, both from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). He is a professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Together with Prof. J. Vandewalle, he is heading the research group COSIC at the K.U.Leuven, which currently has 27 members. He has held visiting professor positions at the Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (Germany), at the Univ. of Bergen (Norway), at the T.U.Graz (Austria) and at the Univ. of Ghent (Belgium). He has also been a research fellow at the EECS Department of the University of California at Berkeley. His main research interests are cryptology and information security. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 articles in international journals and conference proceedings and is editor of seven books. He is Vice President of the International Association of Cryptologic Research (www.iacr.org), Chairman of the Leuven Security Excellence Consortium (www.l-sec.be) and project manager of the European IST projects NESSIE and STORK. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cryptology and of the ACM Transactions on Information Security.

Slides: sem12_11_15_2002_Bart_Preneel.pdf

Speaker:	Prof. Bart Preneel
Title:	Research on Cryptographic Algorithms: beyond triple-DES, AES and RSA
Date:	November 15, 2002
Time:	3:00 pm
Location:	GCATT Room 119C
Abstract:	In this talk we discuss the state of the art and progress in cryptographic algorithms such as encryption algorithms and digital signature techniques. We present at a high level the challenges to the designers (and users) of cryptographic algorithms, such as the impact of new cryptanalytic techniques and of the construction of the first quantum computers. We explain how this is addressed by a combination of academic research, standardization, and open evaluation. We present the status of the NESSIE project. NESSIE (New European Schemes for Signature, Integrity and Encryption) is a 40-month research project (2000-2003) which intends to put forward a new generation of strong cryptographic algorithms, which have been obtained after an open call and an open evaluation process. We will also discuss a number of open problems identified within the NESSIE project.
Biography:	Bart Preneel received the Electrical Engineering degree and the Doctorate in Applied Sciences in 1987 and 1993 respectively, both from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). He is a professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Together with Prof. J. Vandewalle, he is heading the research group COSIC at the K.U.Leuven, which currently has 27 members. He has held visiting professor positions at the Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (Germany), at the Univ. of Bergen (Norway), at the T.U.Graz (Austria) and at the Univ. of Ghent (Belgium). He has also been a research fellow at the EECS Department of the University of California at Berkeley. His main research interests are cryptology and information security. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 articles in international journals and conference proceedings and is editor of seven books. He is Vice President of the International Association of Cryptologic Research (www.iacr.org), Chairman of the Leuven Security Excellence Consortium (www.l-sec.be) and project manager of the European IST projects NESSIE and STORK. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cryptology and of the ACM Transactions on Information Security.
Slides:	sem12_11_15_2002_Bart_Preneel.pdf