Large-scale Cryptography: Constructing cryptosystems (e.g. public-key encryption and digital signatures) with scalable security
Post-quantum Secure Communication: Designing new protocols to secure our digital communication against powerful quantum attackers, including (password-based) key exchange protocols
Foundations for Privacy: Improving (non-interactive) zero-knowledge proof systems
Fine-grained Cryptography: Constructing advanced cryptography from low-level, fine-grained complexity problems
Partners
The department is well-connected and engages in scientific collaboration with leading international cryptography groups at UC San Diego (U.S.), UC Berkeley (U.S.), ETH Zurich (Switzerland), NTNU (Norway), NTT Tokyo (Japan), etc.
Ongoing projects
ROCKY: Robust and Efficient Key Exchange Protocols
Funding period: since 2026
PI: Professor Dr. Jiaxin Pan
DFG subject area: 4.43-03 Security and Dependability, Operating-, Communication- and Distributed Systems ยท 4.43-01 Theoretical Computer Science
DFG programme: Research Grants Programme
Project Identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number: 572525990
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