Directory of key European players
in cryptology research

 

 

Project Number

IST-2002-38273

Project Title

STORK

Deliverable Type

Report

Security Class

Public

Deliverable Number

D2 and D3

Title of Deliverable

Directory of key European players in cryptology research

Document Reference

KUL-D2_3-1.11

Date

26 March 2003

Editor

Antoon Bosselaers

Abstract

This deliverable contains a directory of key European players doing cryptologic research. The list has been split in two: first, companies with crypto research teams are listed, and next the academic institutions with crypto teams are listed. Additions, corrections and/or comments are welcome at
stork-info@stork.eu.org.

Keywords

Europe, crypto research teams

Acknowledgement

The work described in this deliverable has been supported in part by the European Commission through the IST Programme under Contract IST-2001-37763.

Disclaimer

The information in this document is provided as is, and no guarantee or warranty is given or implied that the information is fit for any particular purpose. The user thereof uses the information at its sole risk and liability.

Contents

Companies with crypto research teams

Academic crypto teams

Companies with crypto research teams


Belgium, the Netherlands 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 M.Dawirs, J.Daemen, G.Van Assche, M.Peeters. Zaventem, Belgium
http://www.protonworld.com/
Safenet BV C.Jansen, S.Xu, L.Batina. Vught, The Netherlands
http://www.safenet-inc.com/
Mastercard
e-Business and Emerging Technologies
M.De Soete, M.Ward, J.Somers, P.Vanneste, J.Beric, D.Roberts 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, V.Niemi, N.Asokan. 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, T.Zeggel, R.Bleumel, A.Lohoff Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
http://www.cryptovision.com/
SecWare   Berlin, Germany.
http://www.secware.de/
Rohde & Schwarz R.Wernsdorf 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/
SRC Security Research & Consulting GmbH Th.Denny, D.Feldhusen, Th.Hueske, D.Kraus, B.Krueger, B.Nebelung, M.Welschenbach, H.Wingen Bonn, Germany
http://www.src-gmbh.de/
Edizone GmbH C.Stahlke, C.Priplata Bonn, Germany
http://www.edizone.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 A. Riera Jorba 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 Andreas Curiger 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/
Foundation for Information Policy Research I.Brown, B.Gladman London, UK
http://www.fipr.org/
Cambridge Public Key Technology A.Plater Cambridge, UK
http://www.cpktec.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
Expertnet SA N.Polemi Athens, Greece
http://www.expertnet.net.gr/

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, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
KULeuven
ESAT/COSIC
B.Preneel, J.Vandewalle, A.Bosselaers, D.De Cock, S.Nikova, J.Scholten Leuven, Belgium.
http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/
 
TU Eindhoven A.Brouwer, A.Lenstra, S.Mauw, B.Schoenmakers, H.van Tilborg, E.de Vink, B.de Weger 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 Denmark L.Knudsen, M.Minier Lyngby, Denmark.
http://www.mat.dtu.dk/
 
HUT H.Lipmaa Helsinki, Finland.
http://www.tcs.hut.fi/~helger/
 
UiBergen T.Helleseth, C.Ding, M.Parker Bergen, Norway.
http://www.ii.uib.no/forskningsgrupper/kode/
index-eng.shtml
Coding theory
Norwegian U. of Science and Tech.,
Dept. Telematics
S.Mjølsnes, S.Knapskog Trondheim, Norway.
http://www.item.ntnu.no/english/
Information security
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.
Dept. Elec.Eng.
V.Fåk Linköping, Sweden.
http://www.it.isy.liu.se/personal/viiveke.html
Computer Security and Cryptography
Swedish Institute of Computer Science G.Sjödin Kista, Sweden.
http://www.sics.se/arc/
 

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, F.Levy-dit-Vehel, P.Loidreau. 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, F.Leprévost, A.Panchichkine, A.Gewirtz, V.Despiegel Grenoble, France.
http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/
Number theory (Algorithms, codes, curves, Drinfeld modules)
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, J.Mueller-Quade, R.Steinwandt 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/
 
U.Mannheim S.Lucks,M.Krause Mannheim, Germany.
http://th.informatik.uni-mannheim.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/
 
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/
 
U. Minho
Informatics Dept.
J.Valença Braga, Portugal.
http://lmf.di.uminho.pt/
 

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, M.Kuhn 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/
 
University of Dublin,
Trinity College
D.O'Mahony, H.Tewari, L.Doyle Dublin, Ireland.
http://ntrg.cs.tcd.ie/
 

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/
 
VLSI O.Koufopavlou Patras, Greece.
http://www.vlsi.ee.upatras.gr/
 
Maths dept.
UPAIRC
M.N.Vrahatis Patras, Greece.
http://www.math.upatras.gr/
 
NTUA ICCS D.Polemi Athens, Greece.
http://secgroup.iccs.ntua.gr/people.htm
Coding theory
Telecom Lab D.Varvarigou Athens, Greece
http://telecom.ntua.gr/profile/profileN.html
 
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
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Mathematical Institute
M.Mihaljevic Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
http://www.mi.sanu.ac.yu/cv/cvmihaljevic.htm
 

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/
 
Masaryk University of Brno V.Matyas, J.Staudek Brno, Czech republic
http://www.fi.muni.cz/
 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Alfréd Rényi I. of Math.
L.Csirmaz Budapest, Hungary
http://www.renyi.hu/~csirmaz/
graph theory
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Telecom Dept.
I.Vajda, L.Buttyan Budapest, Hungary
http://www.crysys.hu/
 
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
Polish Academy of Sciences
Institute of Mathematics
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
 

Turkey
UEKAE (National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptography) A. Murat Apohan Kocaeli, Turkey.
http://www.uekae.tubitak.gov.tr/en/faaliyet.htm
 
U.Sabanci E. Savas Istanbul, Turkey.
http://www.sabanciuniv.edu.tr/english/index1.html
 

Armenia
Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems L.Aslanyan, G.Khachatrian Yerevan, Armenia.
http://ipia.sci.am/
 

Tunisia
National Digital Certification Agency (NDCA) and Ecole Supérieure de Communications (SUP'COM) N.Boudriga Tunis, Tunisia.
http://www.certification.tn/,
http://www.supcom.mincom.tn/