Cryptography & Security Theme
The ever-growing use of digitized services poses formidable security and privacy challenges for many areas in computer science and society at large. We want to develop an integrated approach, by bringing rigorous cryptographic thinking to security engineering at large. We have identified the following challenges:
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CRYPTOGRAPHY & SECURITY STORIES
Léo Ducas benoemd tot hoogleraar Wiskundige Cryptologie in Leiden
Léo Ducas is aangesteld als deeltijdhoogleraar Mathematische Cryptologie aan de Universiteit Leiden. Bij het CWI ontwierp hij al verschillende cryptosystemen, waarvan sommige binnenkort misschien als nieuwe internationale standaarden worden aangenomen.
Léo Ducas appointed professor of Mathematical Cryptology
Léo Ducas is appointed as a part-time professor Mathematical Cryptology at Leiden University. At CWI, he designed several cryptosystems, some of which might soon be adopted as new international standards.
Marten van Dijk in New Scientist article on solving privacy problems
Marten van Dijk, head of CWI’s Computer Security group, was quoted in the international edition of New Scientist on ‘An extreme form of encryption could solve big data's privacy problem’.
The mathematics of privacy-friendly data sharing
For his work on the mathematics of privacy-friendly data sharing, Thomas Attema (TNO and CWI) won the TNO Young Excellent Researcher Award 2021. He was interviewed by TNO Insights.
TNO Insights: Privacyvriendelijk data delen is echt hogere wiskunde
In TNO Insights verscheen een interview met Thomas Attema (TNO en CWI), die de TNO Young Excellent Researcher Award 2021 won.
IEEE Fellowship for security research Marten van Dijk
Marten van Dijk (CWI) has received the IEEE Fellowship for his contributions to security, especially secure processor design and encrypted computation. His security work is used worldwide: both in applications like Intel chips and in education.
Secure multiparty computation starts to deliver applications
On Monday 13 September, the 23rd edition of CWI in Business took place, this year in cooperation with TNO. Subject this year: Secure Multiparty Computation.