Hello everybody!
My
name is Simon, I have studied computer science with a major in
cryptography at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and I am now one of
the 15 early stage researchers in ECRYPT-NET.
I
am with NXP in Leuven and I am already enjoying the great environment. I
have the opportunity to work with academic researchers at KU Leuven in
COSIC and industry researchers at the Innovation Center Crypto &
Security at NXP. And of course my fellow early stage researchers whom I
just met at the amazing summer school on Sardinia. I am happy and proud
to join you guys!
Within
ECRYPT-NET I will be working on the design of lightweight privacy
preserving authentication. I think protecting people's privacy is one of
the most difficult and important challenges we are currently facing. Because of the interest in big data this problem will only grow in the near future and I am happy to work on
this topic. The lightweight part is important to make sure cryptographic designs have the necessary impact on our world. After
all, what good is the most secure new smart card if it is so expensive or slow that nobody will ever buy and use it?
I
think cryptography combines the beauty of abstract mathematics with the
bad-ass charm of hacking and here is my favorite quote about it:
"The magic of cryptography is such that things that are clearly impossible are often straightforward and vice-versa."
(from a talk by Ian Goldberg)
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