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Modern cryptographic systems rely on the interplay of algebraic structures and discrete mathematics to achieve confidentiality, integrity and authentication. At their core, cryptographic functions ...

Postdoc Joël Alwen and Professor Krzysztof Pietrzak -- together with their US collaborators -- have been awarded the best paper award at the Eurocrypt '17 conference. Their prize-winning work proves ...

In 1868, the mathematician Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) proclaimed that an encryption scheme called the Vigenère cipher was “unbreakable.” He had no proof, but he had compelling ...