The Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography research group, commonly called COSIC, is a research group at the Department of Electrical Engineering of KU Leuven, which is headed by Bart Preneel.

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 (AES), which has millions of users. There are over a thousand applications, such as the protection of US government information.

Research projects

COSIC has participated in over 50 European research projects.

References

External links

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