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2023
CERG welcomed new members
At the end of August 2023, CERG welcomed new members: Miguel Medina Anton, who completed his Bachelor of Engineering Technology degree in Telecommunications at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) in Spain in 2022, and Ayomikun Akindahunsi, who completed his BS degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2023. Miguel and Ayomikun will work on their Master's theses under the supervision of Dr. Gaj, with a focus on the area of post-quantum cryptography. (09/01/2023)
Luke Beckwith and Robert Wallace spoke at PQCrypto 2023
Luke Beckwith and Robert Wallace gave a talk titled "A High-Performance Hardware Implementation of the LESS Digital Signature Scheme" at the 14th International Conference on on Post-Quantum Cryptography, PQCrypto 2023, held at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, on August 16-18, 2023. This talk was based on the paper co-authored with Kamyar Mohajerani, and Kris Gaj. (08/19/2023)
Dr. Gaj spoke at AfricaCrypt 2023
Dr. Gaj gave a talk titled "Fast Falcon Signature Generation and Verification Using ARMv8 NEON Instructions" at the 14th International Conference on Cryptology, AfricaCrypt 2023, held in Sousse, Tunisia, on July 19-21, 2023. This talk is based on the paper co-authored with Duc T. Nguyen. (07/26/2023)
Dr. Kaps gave a talk at the Lightweight Cryptography Workshop 2023
Dr. Kaps gave a talk titled "SCA Evaluation and Benchmarking of Finalists in the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process," at the Lightweight Cryptography Workshop 2023, held virtually on June 21-22, 2023. This talk was based on the paper co-authored by Kamyar Mohajerani, Luke Beckwith, Abubakr Abdulgadir, Eduardo Ferrufino, Jens-Peter Kaps, and Kris Gaj. (06/23/2023)
Dr. Gaj spoke at CryptArchi 2023
Dr. Gaj gave a talk titled "High-Speed Hardware Implementations of Post-Quantum Cryptography Digital Signature Schemes" at the 19th CryptArchi Workshop on Cryptographic Architectures Embedded in Logic Devices, held on June 11-14, 2023, in Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, Spain. This talk will be based on the joint work with Luke Beckwith, Robert Wallace, Duc T. Nguyen, and Kamyar Mohajerani. (06/15/2023)
Submission of LESS to the NIST onramp standardization process for signatures
A new code-based digital signature scheme, called LESS (Linear Equivalence Signature Scheme), was submitted to the NIST onramp standardization process for signatures. Members of CERG, Luke Beckwith, Robert Wallace, Kamyar Mohajerani, and Kris Gaj contributed to the development of pseudocode, software, and hardware for this scheme. (06/01/2023)
Viet Dang and Duc T. Nguyen received Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards
During the ECE Departmental Awards Ceremony held on May 19, 2023, two members of CERG, Viet Dang and Duc T. Nguyen, received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards for Ph.D. students. Here is a photo of both awardees and their wives together with the academic advisor Dr. Gaj. (05/20/2023)
Dr. Gaj spoke at an FCCM 2023 Workshop
Dr. Gaj gave a talk titled "Toward Protecting Hardware Implementations of Lattice-Based Cryptosystems Against Side-Channel Attacks" at the FCCM 2023 Workshop on Developing a Community-Driven Cloud-Based Infrastructure for Post-Quantum Cryptography Side-Channel Attack Analysis, held on May 8, 2023, in Marina Del Rey, CA. (05/06/2023)
Duc T. Nguyen defended his Ph.D. Thesis
Duc T. Nguyen defended his Ph.D. Thesis, titled "Accelerating Polynomial Multiplication for Post-Quantum Cryptography," on April 28, 2023. The members of his dissertation committee included Dr. Gaj (Chair), Dr. Kaps, Dr. Khasawneh, and Dr. Gordon. (04/29/2023)
Dr. Gaj interviewed during GMU Quantum Week
Dr. Gaj participated in the Quantum Week held on April 13-14, 2023, at George Mason University. As a part of this event, Dr. Gaj was interviewed by Dr. Jamil Jaffer, the Founder and Executive Director of the GMU National Security Institute. The topic of this fireside chat was Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security. (04/15/2023)
CERG released its report on SCA evaluation and FPGA benchmarking of lightweight cryptography NIST finalists
On April 4, 2023, members of CERG released their report titled "SCA Evaluation and Benchmarking of Finalists in the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process." The report was co-authored by Kamyar Mohajerani, Luke Beckwith, Abubakr Abdulgadir, Eduardo Ferrufino, Jens-Peter Kaps, and Kris Gaj. It summarized contributions by several Side-Channel Security Evaluation Labs as well as multiple developers of side-channel-protected hardware and software implementations from all over the world. The report was published as the Cryptology ePrint Archive Paper 2023/484 and was submitted for consideration by the NIST Lightweight Cryptography team. (04/05/2023)
Dr. Gaj served as a co-chair for the Hardware Security track at GLSVLSI 2023
Dr. Gaj served as a co-chair for the Hardware Security track at GLSVLSI 2023 to be held in Knoxville, TN, on June 5-7, 2023. The program of the conference includes 8 talks and 3 posters related to this track. (02/27/2023)
Dr. Gaj spoke at the VICEROY DECREE 1st Annual Symposium
Dr. Gaj participated in the VICEROY DECREE First Annual Symposium held online on February 9-10, 2023. He was a part of the panel debating on the topic "What are the main challenges to teach post quantum cryptography as part of mainstream undergraduate programs in US universities?" He also gave a master class seminar titled "PQC Standardization, As Driven by NIST, Summarized." (02/11/2023)