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RAP opportunity at National Institute of Standards and Technology     NIST

Public Key Cryptography and Applications

Location

Information Technology Laboratory, Computer Security Division

opportunity location
50.77.31.B7613 Gaithersburg, MD

NIST only participates in the February and August reviews.

Advisers

name email phone
Lidong Chen lily.chen@nist.gov 301.975.6974
Dustin Brian Moody dustin.moody@nist.gov 301 975 8136

Description

Thirty-seven years after its invention, public key cryptography has been well deployed to protect various network and applications. The research opportunity represents two urgent needs in cryptographic applications. The first need is to investigate cryptographic schemes which are designed to resist future quantum computing capable cryptanalysis. These schemes are categorized as post-quantum cryptography (a.k.a. quantum-safe cryptography) schemes. The second need, as more and more transactions are conducted through the Internet with digitalized media, is to develop cryptographic schemes with privacy enhancements. The research opportunity includes but is not limited to the following research areas: (1) research on quantum computing resistant cryptography schemes such as lattice-based, coding-based, multivariate, and isogeny-based schemes; (2) analysis of the practical impact when deploying these schemes to existing network and application security protocols; and (3) develop and analyze protocols with privacy protection features for applications in e-government, cloud computing, data sharing, e-commerce, and trusted platform attestation.

 

key words
Public key cryptography; Cryptographic protocols; Post-quantum cryptography; Public key cryptography for privacy protection;

Eligibility

Citizenship:  Open to U.S. citizens
Level:  Open to Postdoctoral applicants

Stipend

Base Stipend Travel Allotment Supplementation
$82,764.00 $3,000.00
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