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2024
Dr. Kaps will give a talk at OPTIMIST 2024 and attend CHES 2024
Dr. Kaps will give a talk titled "Hardware API for Lightweight Cryptography" based on work by Kamyar Mohajerani, Jens-Peter Kaps, and Kris Gaj at the Open Tools, Interfaces and Metrics for Implementation Security Testing (OPTIMIST) 2024 workshop held Halifax, Canada on September 4th, 2024. This workshop is affiliated with the Conference on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES), held in the same location from September 4-7, which Dr. Kaps will attend. (09/02/2024)
Dr. Gaj gave a keynote speech at CryptoIC 2024
Dr. Gaj gave a keynote speech at CryptoIC 2024, held in Chengdu, China, on August 10-11, 2024. His talk was titled "Hardware Implementations of Post-Quantum Cryptography Digital Signature Schemes." CryptoIC is a conference held annually by the Cryptographic IC Technical Committee, Chinese Association for Cryptologic Research. It is attended by more than 300 researchers from academia, industry, and research institutes. (08/04/2024)
Kamyar Mohajerani defended his Ph.D. Thesis Proposal
Kamyar Mohajerani defended his Ph.D. Thesis Proposal, titled "Efficient and Secure Hardware Implementation of Cryptographic Algorithms," on July 26, 2024. The members of his dissertation committee included Dr. Gaj (Chair), Dr. Kaps, Dr. Sai Manoj PD, and Dr. Zhang. (07/27/2024)
Miguel Medina Anton defended his MS Thesis
Miguel Medina Anton defended his Master's Thesis, titled "Hardware Implementation of the FAEST PQC Digital Signature Scheme," on July 25, 2024. The members of his dissertation committee included Dr. Gaj (Chair), Dr. Kaps, and Dr. Manoj PD. The thesis was developed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degrees of Master of Science in Computer Engineering at George Mason University and Master of Science in Telecommunication Engineering at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM). (07/26/2024)
CERG paper to appear in the Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems
The CERG paper titled "Lightweight Champions of the World: Side-Channel Resistant Open Hardware for Finalists in the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process," by Kamyar Mohajerani, Luke Beckwith, Abubakr Abdulgadir, Jens-Peter Kaps, and Kris Gaj, will appear in the Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems devoted to Open Hardware for Embedded System Security and Cryptography. The paper was accepted on May 16, 2024 and was published online on July 17, 2024. (07/18/2024)
Ted Winograd defended his Ph.D. Thesis
Ted Winograd defended his Ph.D. Thesis, titled "A New Approach to the Development of Cryptographic Hardware Based on Specialized Computer-Aided Design Tools," on April 24, 2024. The members of his dissertation committee included Dr. Gaj (Chair), Dr. Kaps, Dr. Khasawneh, and Dr. Barua. (04/25/2024)
Members of CERG attended the Fifth PQC Standardization Conference
Five members of CERG, Luke Beckwith, Kamyar Mohajerani, Miguel Medina Anton, Dr. Gaj, and Dr. Kaps attended the Fifth PQC Standardization Conference, organized by NIST in Rockville, Maryland, on April 10-12, 2024. (04/13/2024).