Crypto research teams in Europe and associated countries

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  • Companies with crypto research teams
  • Academic crypto teams

    • Companies with crypto research teams


    Belgium, Nederland and Luxembourg
    Philips Semiconductors
    CCC/Eindhoven    		 R. Ferreira, J. Brands, K. Nguyen, S. van Rijnswou, P. Roelse Eindhoven, Nederland.
    http://www.philips-semiconductors.com/identification
    Proton World J.Daemen Zaventem, Belgium
    http://www.protonworld.com/
    Safenet BV C.Jansen Vught, The Netherlands
    http://www.safenet-inc.com/
    Mastercard Europe M.Ward Waterloo, Belgium
    http://www.mastercardeurope.com/

    Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland
    Ericsson M. Näslund, B. Smeets, R. Blom Sweden.
    http://www.ericsson.com
    Nokia K. Nyberg Helsinki, Finland.
    http://www.nokia.com/
    Cryptomathic P.Landrock,T.Pedersen,V.Rijmen Aarhus, Denmark.
    http://www.cryptomathic.com/
    Cryptico A/S M.Vesterager Copenhagen, Denmark.
    http://www.cryptico.com/

    France
    Gemplus D.Naccache, J.-S.Coron, J.Golic, H.Handschuh, M.Joye, P.Paillier, B.Peirani, C.Tymen Issy + Gemenos, France & Rome, Italy.
    http://www.gemplus.com
    France Télécom M.Girault, H.Gilbert, L.Guillou, J.Traoré, J.-F.Misarsky, L.Frisch Issy + Caen + Rennes, France.
    http://www.rd.francetelecom.fr
    Schlumberger Sema L.Goubin, N.Courtois, M.-L. Akkar Louveciennes, France.
    http://www.slb.com/schlumbergersema
    Oberthur CS C.Giraud, J.B.Fischer Puteaux, France.
    http://www.oberthurcs.com/
    ST Microelectronics P.-Y.Liardet Rousset, France & Italy
    http://www.st.com
    Cryptolog T.Pornin, J.P.Stern Paris, France.
    http://www.cryptolog.com/
    Canal+ Technologies P.Guillot Paris, France.
    http://www.canalplus-technologies.com/
    Thales Communications SA V.Conan Colombes, France.
    http://www.thales-communications.com/

    Germany
    T-Systems
    former T-Nova, e.g. D.Telecom    		 Heister, Huber, Martin, Laßmann, Giessmann, Löwe, Heider Darmstadt + Berlin + Bonn, Germany.
    http://www.t-systems-iss.com/
    Siemens AG M.Dichtl Munich, Germany.
    http://www.siemens.de/
    Dresdner Bank AG U.Kühn Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
    http://www.dresdner-bank.de/
    Cryptovision U.Krieger, B.Drisch Germany.
    http://www.cryptovision.com/deutsch/unternehmen/team.shtml
    SecWare   Berlin, Germany.
    http://www.secware.de/
    Rohde & Schwarz   Berlin/Stuttgart, Germany.
    http://www.sit.rohde-schwarz.com/
    Infineon C.Kutter, J.Schepers Germany
    http://www.infineon.com/
    Giesecke & Devriendt K.Vedder Munich, Germany
    http://www.gdm.de/

    Italy
    Marconi Mobile A.Bianchi, G.Mitola, S.Giometti Florence, Italy
    http://www.marconi.com/html/careers/marconimobile.htm
    Telsy Elettr. S.p.A. M.Coppola, P.Rossini Torino, Italy
    http://www.telsy.com/

    Spain and Portugal
    Scytl   Barcelona, Spain
    http://www.scytl.com/

    Switzerland and Austria
    IBM ZRL M.Waidner, C.Cachin, J.Camenisch, B.Pfitzmann Zurich, Switzerland.
    http://www.zurich.ibm.com/security/
    Omnisec   Dällikon, Switzerland
    http://www.omnisec.ch/
    Crypto AG S.Hoesli Steinhausen, Switzerland
    http://www.crypto.ch/

    United Kingdom and Ireland
    Vodafone S.Babbage, N.Bone, N.Jefferies, M.Walker Newbury, UK.
    http://www.vodafone.com
    HP Labs B.Monahan, K.Harrison, S.Johnstone Bristol, UK
    http://www.hpl.hp.co.uk/
    nCipher N.van Someren Cambridge, UK
    http://www.ncipher.com/
    Baltimore Technologies P.Kasselman Dublin, Ireland
    http://www.baltimore.com/

    Greece and south-eastern europe
    Included are: Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia

    Central-eastern europe
    Included are: Czech republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania

    North-eastern europe
    Included are: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
    Cybernetica M.Oit, A.Buldas Tallinn, Estonia
    http://www.cyber.ee/

    Israel
    NDS Israel A.Moller Jerusalem, Israel
    http://www.nds.com/
    Algorithmic Research T.Tassa Petach Tikva, Israel
    http://www.arx.com/

    Academic crypto teams


    Belgium, Nederland and Luxembourg
    KULeuven
    ESAT/COSIC    		 B.Preneel, J.Vandewalle, A.Bosselaers, D.deCock, S.Nikova, J.Scholten Leuven, Belgium.
    http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/    		  
    TU Eindhoven A.Brouwer, A.Lenstra, H.vanTilborg, B.vanAsch, S.Cavallar, R.Pellikaan, B.Schoenmakers Eindhoven, Nederland.
    http://www.win.tue.nl/math/dw/cc/    		  
    UCL
    DICE/crypto    		 J.-J.Quisquater Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium.
    http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/crypto/    		  
    CWI H.teRiele, W.Lioen Amsterdam, Nederland.
    http://db.cwi.nl/projecten/project.php4?prjnr=84    		 Algorithmic number theory
    UCL
    DICE/watermark    		 B.Macq Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium.
    http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/crypto/    		 Watermarking
    Université Libre de Bruxelles N.Cerf, G. Van Assche Brussels, Belgium.
    http://www.ulb.ac.be/rech/inventaire/unites/ULB366.html    		 information theory

    Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland
    Aarhus U.
    BRICS    		 I.Damgård, R.Cramer, L.Salvail Aarhus, Denmark.
    http://www.brics.dk/Activities/Cryptology/    		  
    U. Lund
    (crypto)    		 T.Johansson, J.Massey, B.Smeets Lund, Sweden.
    http://www.it.lth.se/it/people/staff.stm    		  
    TU Lyngby L.Knudsen Lyngby, Denmark.
    http://www.mat.dtu.dk/    		  
    HUT H.Lipmaa Helsinki, Finland.
    http://www.tcs.hut.fi/~helger/    		  
    UiBergen T.Helleseth, C.Ding Bergen, Norway.
    http://www.ii.uib.no/forskningsgrupper/kode/index-eng.shtml    		 Coding theory
    KTH&U.Stockholm
    NADA/Theory    		 J.Håstad, M.Goldmann Stockholm, Sweden.
    http://www.nada.kth.se/theory/    		 Complexity
    U. Lund
    (coding)    		 R.Johannesson Lund, Sweden.
    http://www.it.lth.se/it/people/staff.stm    		 Coding theory
    Linköping&U.
    Elec.Eng.    		 V.Fåk Linköping, Sweden.
    http://www.it.isy.liu.se/personal/viiveke.html    		 Computer Security and Cryptography

    France
    ENS
    LIENS/GRECC    		 J.Stern, D.Catalano, L.Granboulan, P.Nguyen, D.Pointcheval Paris, France.
    http://www.di.ens.fr/~wwwgrecc/    		  
    DCSSI A.Joux, G.Poupard, P-A.Fouque, F.Valette, E.Jaulmes Issy-les-moulineaux, France.
    		  
    U. Versailles J.Patarin Versailles, France.
    http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/recherche/themes/crypto/    		  
    INRIA
    CODES    		 P.Charpin, D.Augot, A.Canteaut, N.Sendrier, J.P.Tillich, C.Carlet Le Chesnay, France
    http://www-rocq.inria.fr/codes/CODES/ENGLISH/    		 Coding theory, also watermarking
    Polytechnique
    LIX/crypto    		 F.Morain, T.Enge, P.Gaudry Palaiseau, France.
    http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/English/crypto.html    		 Algorithmic number theory (ell.curves)
    U. Caen
    GREYC    		 B.Vallée Caen, France.
    http://www.info.unicaen.fr/GREYC/algo/    		 Algorithmic number theory (LLL), coding theory
    U. Limoges
    LACO/ACC    		 T.Berger, F.Arnault Limoges, France
    http://www.unilim.fr/~laco/acc/    		 Coding theory
    U. Toulouse
    GRIMM    		 J.-M.Couveignes Toulouse, France.
    http://www.univ-tlse2.fr/grimm/algo/default.html    		 Algorithmic number theory (curves)
    U. Bordeaux
    A2X    		 H.Cohen Bordeaux, France.
    http://www.math.u-bordeaux.fr/A2X/    		 Algorithmic number theory
    U. J.Fourier
    Institut Fourier    		 R.Gillard Grenoble, France.
    http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/    		 Number theory
    U. Toulon-Var
    GRIM    		 P.Veron La Garde, France.
    http://www.univ-tln.fr/~grim/    		  

    Germany
    RU.Bochum
    HGI    		 ITSC H.Dobbertin, T.Lange Bochum, Germany.
    http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/itsc/    		  
    COSY C.Paar, J.Guajardo Bochum, Germany.
    http://www.crypto.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/    		  
    Darmstadt
    TU & Fraunhofer Institute    		 TI J.Buchmann, T.Takagi Darmstadt, Germany.
    http://www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/TI/    		  
    SEC C.Eckert Darmstadt, Germany.
    http://www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/SEC/    		  
    SIT H.Thielmann Darmstadt, Germany.
    http://www.sit.fhg.de/    		  
    BSI Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik A.Wiemer, W.Schindler Bonn, Germany.
    http://www.bsi.de/    		  
    U. Essen
    IEM    		 NTG G.Frey, R.Avanzi, I.Bouw, C.Diem, A.Weng Essen, Germany.
    http://www.exp-math.uni-essen.de/    		 Algorithmic number theory
    MMDCG H.Vinck, vanTrungTran Essen, Germany.
    http://www.exp-math.uni-essen.de/    		 Coding theory
    U.Bremen M.Hortmann Bremen, Germany.
    http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~michaelh/    		  
    U.Dortmund E.Becker Dortmund, Germany.
    http://www-lsii.mathematik.uni-dortmund.de/~becker/    		 Multivariate cryptography
    U.Dresden A.Pfitzmann Dresden, Germany.
    http://dud.inf.tu-dresden.de/~pfitza/    		 Cryptography, privacy, steganography
    U.Frankfurt C.Schnorr Frankfurt, Germany.
    http://www.mi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/    		 Cryptography, algorithmic number theory
    U.Hagen F.Kaderali, W.Poguntke Hagen, Germany.
    http://ks.fernuni-hagen.de/    		  
    U.Karlsruhe T.Beth, W.Geiselmann Karlsruhe, Germany.
    http://avalon.ira.uka.de/    		  
    U.Paderborn J. von zur Gathen Paderborn, Germany.
    http://www-math.uni-paderborn.de/~aggathen/    		  
    U.Siegen C.Ruland Siegen, Germany.
    http://www.nue.et-inf.uni-siegen.de/    		  
    RWTH.Aachen A.Simon Aachen, Germany.
    http://www.zlw-ima.rwth-aachen.de/mitarbeiter/bereiche/synfo.html    		 network security

    Italy
    U. Salerno A.deSantis, G.Persiano, C.Blundo, U.Vaccaro Salerno, Italy.
    http://www.dia.unisa.it/security/    		  

    Spain and Portugal
    UP Catalunya I.Gracia, J.Jiménez, J.Martí-Farré, P.Morillo, C.Padró Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
    http://www-mat.upc.es/grup_de_cripto/    		  
    URV Tarragona
    CRISES    		 J.Domingo-Ferrer Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
    http://www.etse.urv.es/recerca/crises/    		  
    Madrid Instituto de Física Aplicada A.Fuster Madrid, Spain.
    http://www.iec.csic.es/~amparo/    		  
    U. Complutense L.J.García-Villalba Madrid, Spain.
    http://www.ucm.es/info/dsip/    		  
    U.A. Barcelona Josep Rifà Barcelona, Spain.
    http://www.ccd.uab.es/~josep/index.php3    		  
    U. Valladolid A.I.Barbero Valladolid, Spain.
    http://wmatem.eis.uva.es/english/dept-eng.html    		 coding theory and cryptography
    U. Malaga
    LCC    		 J.Lopez-Munoz Malaga, Spain.
    http://www.lcc.uma.es/    		  

    Switzerland and Austria
    ETH Zurich U.Maurer, M.Fitzi, M.Hirt Zurich, Switzerland.
    http://www.crypto.ethz.ch/    		  
    EPFL
    LASEC    		 S.Vaudenay Lausanne, Switzerland.
    http://lasecwww.epfl.ch/    		  
    TU Graz
    IAIK    		 R.Posch Graz, Austria.
    http://www.iaik.tu-graz.ac.at/    		 Smart cards, Java security, Crypto hardware
    U. Applied Sciences
    VIP    		 D.-O. Jaquet-Chiffelle Bienne, Switzerland.
    http://www.vip.ch/    		  

    United Kingdom and Ireland
    RHUL
    ISG    		 S.Blackburn, Z.Ciechanowicz, S.Galbraith, K.Martin, C.Mitchell, S.Murphy, S.-L.Ng, K.Paterson, F.Piper, M.Robshaw, P.Wild Egham, UK.
    http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/    		  
    U. Bristol
    CISG    		 N.Smart, R.Josza, F.Hess, F.Vercauteren Bristol, UK.
    http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/CryptographySecurity/    		  
    U.Cambridge R.Anderson Cambridge, UK.
    http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/Security/    		  
    GCHQ Government Communicatrions Headquarters A.Hay, C.Cocks Cheltenham, UK.
    http://www.gchq.gov.uk/    		  

    Greece and south-eastern europe
    Included are: Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia
    U.Patras
    CLab    		 D.Serpanos Patras, Greece.
    http://www.clab.ee.upatras.gr/    		  
    U.Patras
    VLSI    		 O.Koufopavlou Patras, Greece.
    http://www.vlsi.ee.upatras.gr/    		  
    NTUA
    ICCS    		 D.Polemi Athens, Greece.
    http://secgroup.iccs.ntua.gr/people.htm    		 Coding theory
    Athens U. of Economics and Business D.Spinellis Athens, Greece.
    http://istlab.dmst.aueb.gr/    		 Network security
    U. Aegean S.Katsikas Karlovassi, Greece.
    http://www.icsd.aegean.gr/info-sec/    		 Network security

    Central-eastern europe
    Included are: Czech republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
    Prague Academy of Sciences J.Hrubý Prague, Czech republic
    http://www.fzu.cz/    		  
    Alfréd Rényi I. of Math. L.Csirmaz Budapest, Hungary
    http://www.renyi.hu/~csirmaz/    		 graph theory
    Slovak U. of Tech. O.Grosek Bratislava, Slovakia
    http://www.elf.stuba.sk/Katedry/KM/crypto/e_index.html    		  

    North-eastern europe
    Included are: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
    Banach IMC J.Browkin, J.Urbanowicz, A.Wittlin, K.Alster, S.Spiez Warszawa, Poland.
    http://www.impan.gov.pl/    		  

    Israel
    Technion E.Biham, E.Kushilevitz, T.Mor Haifa, Israel.
    http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~biham/ http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/about-htmls/d-about-9-6.html    		  
    Weizmann A.Shamir, U.Feige, O.Goldreich, S.Goldwasser, M.Naor Rehovot, Israel.
    http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/mathusers/naor/foundation.html