Introduction
CWI's research helps to set standards. For instance, our researchers contributed to two post-quantum cryptography standards from NIST. Other examples are Web standards like (X)HTML, HTML4, CSS, SMIL, XForms, RDF and RDFa. We are also involved in benchmarking.
Post-quantum Cryptography (NIST)
On 5 July 2022, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that they selected cryptographic standards to protect sensitive electronic data against the threat of quantum computers. Léo Ducas from CWI's Cryptology group is involved in the two primary schemes of this upcoming portfolio; one for public-key encryption and one for digital signatures. These new standards are meant for global deployments, reaching billions of users. More information, see news item 'CWI's Léo Ducas involved in two primary new NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography standards' (July 2022).