The center’s research spans several interconnected areas of cryptography and cybersecurity.

Theoretical and Applied Cryptography

We study the mathematical foundations of modern cryptographic systems, including provably secure protocols, zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party computation, and digital signatures.

Symmetric Key Cryptography and Cryptanalysis

Symmetric key cryptography is one of the most widely used and efficient cryptographic systems in real-world and strategic applications. We study block ciphers and MACs in detail, examine how to improve their security, and investigate the impact of machine learning models and high-performance computing on symmetric key primitives.

Network Security

Research on securing communication networks, including wireless security, 5G network and systems security, and OpenRAN security.

Privacy-Preserving Mechanisms

We look at various anonymous authentication protocols and their underlying primitives such as blind signatures, zero-knowledge proofs, and anonymous credentials — in both the pairings-based (classical) and lattice-based (post-quantum) settings.

Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)

PQC addresses how to build secure cryptographic primitives for a world where large-scale quantum computers are a reality. We focus primarily on lattice-based cryptography, including fully homomorphic encryption, privacy-preserving mechanisms, and efficient zero-knowledge proofs.

Quantum Cryptography

Research into the application of quantum-mechanical phenomena to cryptographic tasks, including quantum key distribution and quantum-secure protocols.