The Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography research group, commonly called COSIC, is a

research group Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

at the Department of Electrical Engineering of

KU Leuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...

, which is headed by

Bart Preneel Bart Preneel (born 15 October 1963 in Leuven, Belgium) is a Flemish cryptographer and cryptanalyst. He is a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in the COSIC group. He was the president of the International Association for Cryptologic R ...

Research

Research and expertise in digital security: * Security architectures for information and communication systems * Cryptographic algorithms and protocols ** Symmetric key ** Public key ** Post-quantum * Security for embedded systems * Privacy-preserving systems Applications: * Cloud * Automotive * Privacy * Data Protection * Trusted Systems * E-payments * E-documents * ...

AES

One of the well-known successes is the selection of Rijndael as the

Advanced Encryption Standard The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known by its original name Rijndael (), is a specification for the encryption of electronic data established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2001. AES is a variant ...

(AES). Currently AES is used by millions of users in more than thousand products, such as the protection of US government information.

Research projects

COSIC has participated in over 50 European research projects.

IMEC

COSIC is part of the Smart Applications and Innovation Services of

imec Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) is an international research & development organization, active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies, with headquarters in Belgium. Luc Van den hove has served as President an ...

References

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The Wall Street Journal: In Belgium, an Encryption Powerhouse Rises
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