Moti Yung

Moti Yung is a Distinguished Scientist with Google and an adjunct senior research faculty at Columbia University. He got his PhD from Columbia University in 1988. Previously, he was with IBM Research, Certco, RSA Laboratories, and Snap. Yung is a fellow of the IEEE, the ACM, the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), and the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS). Among his awards is the IEEE-CS Computer Pioneer Award. He is a fellow of the American Academy for Arts and Sciences.

Agility By Design: Cryptography for Evolving Ecosystems

Bart Preneel

Bart Preneel received the Electrical Engineering degree and the Doctorate in Applied Sciences from KU Leuven. He is currently full professor (gewoon hoogleraar) at KU Leuven and heads the COSIC group. He was visiting professor at the Danish Technical University (DTU) (2007), TU Graz (1997-2006), the University of Bergen (1997-2001), Ruhr-Univ.t in Bochum (2001-2002) and at the University of Ghent (1994-2002). He was a scientific advisor at Philips Research in the Netherlands. During the academic year 1993-1994, he was a research fellow of the EECS Department at UC Berkeley. His main research interests are cryptology, cybersecurity and privacy.
He has authored and co-authored more than 400 scientific publications and is an inventor of five patents. He has served as a member of the Editorial Board of five journals and has served as program chair of 20 conferences including Eurocrypt, CHES, FSE, ESORICS and Financial Cryptology. He has been an invited speaker at more than 120 conferences in more than 40 countries. He has testified multiple times for the European Parliament. In 2014 he received the RSA Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics, in 2016 he received the Kristian Beckman Award from IFIP TC11 and in 2018 he received the ESORICS Award for Outstanding Research.

Black-Box Attacks on Perceptual Hash Functions

Liqun Chen

Liqun Chen is a Professor in Secure Systems at the University of Surrey. Before taking up this position in 2016, she was a principal research scientist at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK. She developed several cryptographic schemes that were adopted by International Standards bodies, such as ISO/IEC, IEEE and TCG (Trusted Computing Group). Notably, she designed several cryptographic algorithms, including direct anonymous attestation and the multiple signature interfaces, which are used in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). She was the technical leader and principal investigator in the EU H2020 FutureTPM project, which identified and developed algorithms for a TPM that would be secure against quantum computer attacks. Additionally, she has served as a principal investigator in six other EU Horizon projects, which make use of post-quantum cryptography, trusted computing and distributed ledger technologies to achieve security, privacy and trust in real-world applications. She has acted as an editor or co-editor for 11 ISO/IEC documents. Her current research interests include applied cryptography, trusted computing, and security standardisation.

Standardisation of and Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography

Recent reports on the timeline of quantum threats suggest that large, scalable quantum computers will likely become a reality in the near future. This impending technological advancement has increased the urgency for standardisation of and migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), making it a critical focus for information and cybersecurity experts. In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the current state of standardisation efforts in the field of PQC and explore its implications across various sectors, including industry, academic research, open-source development, and government agencies. Additionally, we will address the gaps and challenges that remain unaddressed within existing standardisation initiatives, offering insights into both the progress that has been made and the areas that require further attention and development.

Lily Chen

Dr. Lily Lidong Chen is a mathematician and NIST fellow. She served as the manager of Cryptographic Technology Group for more than a decade before she was selected as a NIST fellow in 2023. She has led the effort in developing cryptographic standards published in Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and NIST Special Publications (SP). She is a pioneer in developing post-quantum cryptography standards and has been actively explored many advanced cryptography areas for standardization. Her research interests include cryptography, network security, and security in communications. Dr. Chen has actively contributed to cryptographic and security standards development by IEEE-SA, ISO, and other standards organizations.

NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization

This presentation shares NIST experience in developing Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Standards. It reviews the progress made in the past eight years and provides an update on the status. The presentation highlights challenges and explores strategies in migration to PQC standards.