CRYPTOGRAPHY

Major investments by national governments and high-tech companies have led to first demonstrations of quantum supremacy, i.e., computations conducted by a quantum computer that no classical computer can perform in any feasible amount of time. The goal of this project is to support NIST in its effort to develop a new generation of public-key cryptographic standards, resistant against quantum computers, a.k.a. NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Standardization Process. In Rounds 1 and 2 of this effort, the assessment of PQC candidates has focused primarily on their security and software efficiency. Our aim is to set the foundation for the early, systematic, and comprehensive study of the hardware and embedded system efficiency of the most promising PQC candidates. The next 5-10 years are very likely to bring the biggest revolution in cryptography, since the invention of public-key cryptography in mid-1970s. This project gives us a unique opportunity to influence the choice of future..

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