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ECRYPT European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

ECRYPT European Network of Excellence in Cryptology. Project Overview. What is ECRYPT ?. A Proposal for a European Network of Excellence in Cryptology 35 partners

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ECRYPT European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

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  1. ECRYPTEuropean Network of Excellence in Cryptology Project Overview

  2. What is ECRYPT ? • A Proposal for a European Network of Excellence in Cryptology • 35 partners • 11 from industry: Cryptolog, Edizone, Ericsson, France Télécom, Gemplus, IBM, MasterCard, Nokia, Philips Semiconductors, Schlumberger, Vodafone. • Coming from 16 countries : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA. ECRYPT - European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

  3. Objectives of ECRYPT • Maintain and strengthen the excellence of European research and industry in the areas of cryptology and watermarking. • Strengthen and integrate research in cryptology and watermarking in Europe and decrease fragmentation. • Improve the state of the art in practice and theory of cryptology and watermarking. • Develop a joint infrastructure for the evaluation and benchmarking of cryptographic and watermarking schemes ECRYPT - European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

  4. Integrating activities and Spreading of excellence • Summer schools and workshops • Exchanges of researchers • Common publications, integration of tools • Input to standardization bodies and other dissemination activities. • Jointly executed targeted research, within ECRYPT’s virtual labs ECRYPT - European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

  5. Structure of ECRYPT ECRYPT - European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

  6. Virtual labs of ECRYPT • Joint research organised into 5 Virtual Labs • STVL Symmetric Techniques. • AZTEC Asymmetric Techniques. • PROVILAB Protocols. • VAMPIRE Secure and efficient implementations. • WAVILA Watermarking and perceptual hashing. • Each has a coordinator, activities are organised in working groups (WGs) with appointed leaders. ECRYPT - European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

  7. Virtual labs: the example of PROVILAB • Coordinator: IBM. • WG1: Two-Party Protocols and Secure Point-to-Point connections (UNISA) • dealing with user identification, group identification, key agreement • WG2: Practical Multiparty Protocols with Provable Security (IBM) • focussing on practical and efficient protocols with well-understood and provable security • WG3: Unconditionally Secure Protocols (BRICS) • dealing with systems that remain secure regardless of the resources invested in breaking them ECRYPT - European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

  8. Interaction between the components of ECRYPT ECRYPT - European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

  9. Why is ECRYPT needed in Europe? • It will help to strengthen the European collaboration initiated by RIPE (88-92), NESSIE (00-03), and AREHCC (01-03). • It will provide durable integration of European research in the area, currently scattered over more than 100 organisations. • It will help to keep Europe competitive with the USA. ECRYPT - European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

  10. Why will ECRYPT achieve its goals? • ECRYPT participants are the best European players in the area, selected through an open call. • ECRYPT management structure is well defined and well balanced. • The strong presence of industrial partners ensures that ECRYPT will have an impact on European Information Society. ECRYPT - European Network of Excellence in Cryptology

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