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02/24/2026 | Information Security

DFG Grant Awarded in Cryptography

@Information Security

In January, our department received our first research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG).

This project focuses on one of the most fundamental primitives, key exchange protocols. We will design efficient protocols with strong security guarantees. In particular, the project develops new proof techniques to prove security with memory-tight reductions. This is a very desirable property for major post-quantum secure protocols. Beyond efficiency and tightness, we will strengthen the robustness of key exchange protocols by constructing protocols that are secure even when the (central) public-key infrastructures are not fully trustworthy.

The project has a duration of three years, and it supports the continued development of our growing research group. We are very pleased about this funding and look forward to the research ahead.