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Christian Rechberger

Christian Rechberger

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Computer Science

D-Index
47
Citations
10319
World Ranking
6430
National Ranking
49

Christian Rechberger publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 139 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Christian Rechberger D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Rechberger sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christian Rechberger is affiliated with Graz University of Technology in Austria. Their research focus is primarily within the broad field of Computer Science, with significant contributions to several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Networks and Communications, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work cover a variety of aspects related to cryptography and security. These topics include:

  • Cryptographic Implementations and Security
  • Coding theory and cryptography
  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Graph theory and CDMA systems
  • Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

Christian Rechberger has contributed extensively to the academic literature with 79 publications in Computer Science. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Pasta: A Case for Hybrid Homomorphic Encryption," 2023, published in IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems
  • "Shorter Signatures Based on Tailor-Made Minimalist Symmetric-Key Crypto," 2022, published in Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • "New Results on NMAC/HMAC when Instantiated with Popular Hash Functions," 2020, published in JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science
  • "Reinforced Concrete," 2022, published in Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • "Privately Connecting Mobility to Infectious Diseases via Applied Cryptography," 2022, published in Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies

The frequent coauthors associated with Christian Rechberger's research include:

  • Lorenzo Grassi
  • Roman Walch
  • Markus Schofnegger
  • Reinhard Lüftenegger
  • Daniel Kales

Prominent publication venues where this scientist has contributed multiple works are:

  • IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
  • IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems
  • Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security

Best Publications

  • Threshold implementations against side-channel attacks and glitches

    Svetla Nikova;Christian Rechberger;Vincent Rijmen

  • PRINCE – A Low-latency Block Cipher for Pervasive Computing Applications

    Julia Borghoff;Anne Canteaut;Tim Güneysu;Elif Bilge Kavun

  • PRINCE: a low-latency block cipher for pervasive computing applications

    Julia Borghoff;Anne Canteaut;Tim Güneysu;Elif Bilge Kavun

  • Biclique Cryptanalysis of the Full AES.

    Andrey Bogdanov;Dmitry Khovratovich;Christian Rechberger

  • Ciphers for MPC and FHE.

    Martin R. Albrecht;Christian Rechberger;Thomas Schneider;Tyge Tiessen

  • Grøstl - a SHA-3 candidate

    Praveen Gauravaram;Lars R. Knudsen;Krystian Matusiewicz;Florian Mendel

  • Finding SHA-1 characteristics: general results and applications

    Christophe De Cannière;Christian Rechberger

  • Post-Quantum Zero-Knowledge and Signatures from Symmetric-Key Primitives.

    Melissa Chase;David Derler;Steven Goldfeder;Claudio Orlandi

  • A case against currently used hash functions in RFID protocols

    Martin Feldhofer;Christian Rechberger

  • MiMC: Efficient Encryption and Cryptographic Hashing with Minimal Multiplicative Complexity

    Martin R. Albrecht;Lorenzo Grassi;Christian Rechberger;Christian Rechberger;Arnab Roy

  • The Rebound Attack: Cryptanalysis of Reduced Whirlpool and Grøstl

    Florian Mendel;Christian Rechberger;Martin Schläffer;Søren S. Thomsen

  • Practical template attacks

    Christian Rechberger;Elisabeth Oswald

  • New Features of Latin Dances: Analysis of Salsa, ChaCha, and Rumba

    Jean-Philippe Aumasson;Simon Fischer;Shahram Khazaei;Willi Meier

  • Bicliques for preimages: attacks on skein-512 and the SHA-2 family

    Dmitry Khovratovich;Christian Rechberger;Alexandra Savelieva

  • A 3-subset meet-in-the-middle attack: cryptanalysis of the lightweight block cipher KTANTAN

    Andrey Bogdanov;Christian Rechberger

  • Rebound Distinguishers: Results on the Full Whirlpool Compression Function

    Mario Lamberger;Florian Mendel;Christian Rechberger;Vincent Rijmen

  • Advanced Meet-in-the-Middle Preimage Attacks: First Results on Full Tiger, and Improved Results on MD4 and SHA-2

    Jian Guo;San Ling;Christian Rechberger;Huaxiong Wang

  • Preimages for Reduced SHA-0 and SHA-1

    Christophe De Cannière;Christian Rechberger

  • Collisions for 70-Step SHA-1: On the Full Cost of Collision Search

    Christophe De Cannière;Florian Mendel;Christian Rechberger

  • MPC-Friendly Symmetric Key Primitives

    Lorenzo Grassi;Christian Rechberger;Dragos Rotaru;Peter Scholl

  • Poseidon: A New Hash Function for Zero-Knowledge Proof Systems

    Lorenzo Grassi;Dmitry Khovratovich;Christian Rechberger;Arnab Roy

  • ECRYPT yearly report on algorithms and keysizes

    Steve Babbage;Dario Catalano;Carlos Cid;Benne de Weger

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Mendel
Florian Mendel Infineon Technologies (Germany)
Lars R. Knudsen
Lars R. Knudsen University of Southern Denmark
Gregor Leander
Gregor Leander Ruhr University Bochum
Bart Preneel
Bart Preneel KU Leuven
Christof Paar
Christof Paar Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
Huaxiong Wang
Huaxiong Wang Nanyang Technological University
San Ling
San Ling Nanyang Technological University
Orr Dunkelman
Orr Dunkelman University of Haifa

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