Full name: Ronald Cramer
Formal name: Prof.dr. R.J.F. Cramer
Function: Groupleader

Email: Ronald.Cramer@cwi.nl
Telephone +31(0)20 592 4166
Room:  M264

Research group: (PNA5) Cryptology

Biography:
Research Interests Cryptology: foundations, mathematical aspects, applications. Computational number theory and geometry, algorithms, discrete mathematics. Some Professional ActivitiesEditorial Board MemberJournal of Cryptology (Springer Verlag) Information Security and Cryptology Book Series (advisory board, Springer Verlag) Proceedings Information Security (IEE) Journal of Mathematical Cryptology (de Gruyter).Program Chair ...
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Position
2004-present: Head of the Cryptology and Information Security Research Group, CWI
2004-present: Full Professor (Chair in Cryptology), Mathematical Institute, Leiden University

Past affiliations
2000-2004: Aarhus University, BRICS & Computer Science Department, Associate Professor.
1997-2000: ETH Zurich, Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Senior Researcher.
1992-1997: CWI, Researcher.

Degrees
Ph.D., University of Amsterdam (Jan. 1997), M.Sc. in Pure Maths., Leiden University (Aug. 1992).

Awards and Honors
2006 NWO VICI Award
2004 Elected Junior Member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (DJA/KNAW).
1998 KNAW Christiaan Huygens Award

Courses

• Information Theory, Coding and Cryptology , Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, Fall 2008. (Jointly with S. Fehr)
  
• Cryptology , National Course (Dutch National Master Program in Mathematics), Spring 2008. (Jointly with S. Fehr, E. Kiltz, and B. Schoenmakers)
  
• Topics in Mathematical Cryptology , Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, Spring Semester 2006.
  
• Algebraic, Number Theoretical and Combinatorial Aspects of Secure Computation, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, March/April 2006.
  
• Number Theory/Cryptology, Dutch National Master's Program in Mathematics. Fall 2005, Department of Mathematics, Utrecht University.
  
• Cryptographic Protocol Theory, undergraduate course (jointly with Ivan Damgaard), Comp. Sc. Dept., Aarhus University, Spring semester 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001.
  
• Mathematics of Secure Multi-Party Computation , course (10 x 60 min.) NTT Research Labs, Yokosuka, Japan, January 2003.
  
• Mathematics of Secure Multi-Party Computation and Public Key Encryption, PhD-course (20 x 60 min.), Maths. Dept., UPC Barcelona, Spain, January 2003.
  
• Topics in Theoretical Cryptology, BRICS PhD-School, Aarhus University, winter semester 2002, winter semester 2001.
  
• Public Key Encryption Secure Against Adaptively Chosen Ciphertext Attack, short PhD-course (6 x 45 min.), Maths. Dept., University of Dortmund, Germany, November 2001.
  
• Introduction to Secure Multi-Party Computation, short PhD-course (6 x 45 min.), Maths. Dept., University of Dortmund, Germany, July 2001, Maths. Dept.
  
• Advanced Cryptographic Protocols, undergraduate course, ETH Zurich, spring semester 1999.

 

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Research:
Publications H. Chen, R. Cramer, C. Ding, C. Xing: Secret Sharing and Secure Multi-Party Computation from Projective Algebraic Sets. Manuscript, 2006. H. Chen, R. Cramer, R. de Haan, I. Cascudo Pueyo. Ramp schemes with multiplication from high degree rational points on curves. In: Proceedings of 27th Annual IACR EUROCRYPT, Istanbul, Turkey, Springer Verlag LNCS, vol. 4965, pp. 451--470, April...
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Affiliations:
Past affiliations

2000-2004: Aarhus University, BRICS & Computer Science Department, Associate Professor.
1997-2000: ETH Zurich, Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Senior Researcher.
1992-1997: CWI, Researcher.

Awards:
2006 NWO VICI Award
2004 Elected Junior Member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (DJA/KNAW).
1998 KNAW Christiaan Huygens Award