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Biography
I am professor (hoogleraar) in the research group COSIC of the Electrical Engineering Department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium.
My main research area is information security. My research focuses on cryptographic algorithms and protocols as well as their applications to computer and network security and mobile communications. My favourite research topics are hash functions, MACs, and block ciphers. I am still working on my book on hash functions (is my PhD thesis on this subject is out of print but here is finally an electronic version from 1993). I plan to complete it by the end of 2005. My favourite hash function is RIPEMD-160 (more details at this site). My favourite MAC is MDx-MAC (click here for a paper in postscript).
I am teaching on cryptology, network security and coding theory at the K.U.Leuven. I have been visiting professor at the Ruhr Universitaet Bochum (Germany), the T.U.Graz (Austria), the University of Bergen (Norway), and the Universiteit Gent (Belgium). In '93-'94 I was a research fellow at the University of California at Berkeley.
I have contributed to the growth of COSIC, a research group in cryptology and its applications. The last time I counted, there were 7 postdocs, 22 PhD students or researchers and 6 visitors. My colleagues in COSIC are Prof. Joos Vandewalle and Prof. Ingrid Verbauwhede.
I am SOCRATES/ERASMUS coordinator for the Electrical Engineering Department. I am responsible for the incoming and outgoing students.
I have also organized the ESAT-COSIC biannual Summer School on cryptography (June 2003). The main strength of this course (first edition in 1989) is that it provides speakers with a widely varying background, varying from well-known researchers in cryptology to experts in its applications from the banking and telecommunication world. The last edition had close to 80 participants. The next edition of this course is planned for June 2005.
In addition to the 8 Summer Schools in Leuven, I have lectured at 19 intensive courses in Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland (5), France, Greece (3), Lebanon, Poland (2), Spain, Sweden, USA (2). In 2004 I have taught courses in Shanghai (China) and Graz (Austria).
Currently, I am project manager of the future Network of Excellence ECRYPT (Cryptology and Watermarking) (2003-2007). I have been project manager of STORK, and NESSIE, which stands for New European Schemes for Signatures, Integrity and Encryption also sponsored under the IST programme. I am also in charge of APES (Anonymity and Privacy in Electronic Services) which is an STWW project sponsored by the IWT. COSIC has also participated in Cybervote and AREHCC (Advanced Research on Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography), both sponsored by the IST programme and STEBS (Security Technologies for Electronic Business) sponsored by the IWT. In the past, I have been involved in research projects on several topics including mobile communications security (ASPeCT), Internet security (Media On-Line), Digital Timestamping (TIMESEC), Electronic PV, Secure Communication with Vehicles (in collaboration with SmartMove), physical attacks on smart cards (including SPA, DPA, EMA, and timing attacks), and biometrics (Smartpen).
To fill my days, I do some consulting (Mastercard International, S.W.I.F.T., Proton World International,...), and I participate to the work of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC27/WG2.
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