2026 Frederik Vercauteren: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	47	6374	6190	66	62	130	11852

Frederik Vercauteren publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frederik Vercauteren sits on this spectrum.

32 publications 991+

This scientist: 130 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Frederik Vercauteren 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 Frederik Vercauteren sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 131+

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

Frederik Vercauteren is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Computer Science and Mathematics. Their research output spans 63 publications in Computer Science and 13 in Mathematics, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement at the interface of these areas.

Their subfields of study include Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Geometry and Topology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Mathematical Physics. These areas indicate a broad methodological expertise with a focus on computational and theoretical foundations.

Key research topics addressed by Frederik Vercauteren are:

Cryptography and Data Security
Cryptography and Residue Arithmetic
Coding theory and cryptography
Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
Cryptographic Implementations and Security

Frederik Vercauteren has published in several notable venues, with a concentration in cryptology and related fields. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Cryptology
arXiv (Cornell University)
IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
Research in Number Theory

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Frederik Vercauteren span from 2020 to 2023 and cover topics in homomorphic encryption, cryptographic bootstrapping, and number theory. These papers include:

BASALISC: Programmable Hardware Accelerator for BGV Fully Homomorphic Encryption, 2023, IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems
Bootstrapping for BGV and BFV Revisited, 2023, Journal of Cryptology
Efficiently Processing Complex-Valued Data in Homomorphic Encryption, 2020, DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
On the decisional Diffie-Hellman problem for class group actions on oriented elliptic curves, 2022, Research in Number Theory
Actively Secure Setup for SPDZ, 2021, Journal of Cryptology

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Frederik Vercauteren's research efforts. Frequent co-authors include:

Wouter Castryck
Robin Geelen
Riccardo Invernizzi
Gioella Lorenzon
Benjamin Wesolowski

Best Publications

Handbook of elliptic and hyperelliptic curve cryptography

Henri Cohen;Gerhard Frey;Roberto M. Avanzi;Christophe Doche

1694
Citations
Somewhat Practical Fully Homomorphic Encryption.

Junfeng Fan;Frederik Vercauteren

1339
Citations
Fully homomorphic encryption with relatively small key and ciphertext sizes

N. P. Smart;F. Vercauteren

1173
Citations
Fully homomorphic SIMD operations

N. P. Smart;F. Vercauteren

877
Citations
The Eta Pairing Revisited

F. Hess;N.P. Smart;F. Vercauteren

588
Citations
Optimal Pairings

F. Vercauteren

441
Citations
Compact Ring-LWE Cryptoprocessor

Sujoy Sinha Roy;Frederik Vercauteren;Nele Mentens;Donald Donglong Chen

345
Citations
Saber: Module-LWR Based Key Exchange, CPA-Secure Encryption and CCA-Secure KEM

Jan-Pieter D’Anvers;Angshuman Karmakar;Sujoy Sinha Roy;Frederik Vercauteren

294
Citations
CSI-FiSh: Efficient Isogeny based Signatures through Class Group Computations.

Ward Beullens;Thorsten Kleinjung;Frederik Vercauteren

214
Citations
FPGA-based High-Performance Parallel Architecture for Homomorphic Computing on Encrypted Data.

Sujoy Sinha Roy;Furkan Turan;Kimmo Järvinen;Frederik Vercauteren

192
Citations
High Precision Discrete Gaussian Sampling on FPGAs

Sujoy Sinha Roy;Fréderik Vercauteren;Ingrid Verbauwhede

173
Citations
High-Speed Polynomial Multiplication Architecture for Ring-LWE and SHE Cryptosystems

Donald Donglong Chen;Nele Mentens;Frederik Vercauteren;Sujoy Sinha Roy

163
Citations
The number field sieve in the medium prime case

Antoine Joux;Reynald Lercier;Nigel Smart;Frederik Vercauteren

158
Citations
A new RFID privacy model

Jens Hermans;Andreas Pashalidis;Frederik Vercauteren;Bart Preneel

148
Citations
Efficient software implementation of ring-LWE encryption

Ruan de Clercq;Sujoy Sinha Roy;Frederik Vercauteren;Ingrid Verbauwhede

141
Citations
A Fault Attack on Pairing-Based Cryptography

D. Page;F. Vercauteren

129
Citations
Speed records for NTRU

Jens Hermans;Frederik Vercauteren;Bart Preneel

127
Citations
A Masked Ring-LWE Implementation

Oscar Reparaz;Sujoy Sinha Roy;Frederik Vercauteren;Ingrid Verbauwhede

110
Citations
A comparison of MNT curves and supersingular curves

D. Page;N. P. Smart;F. Vercauteren

108
Citations
A cross-protocol attack on the TLS protocol

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos;Frederik Vercauteren;Vesselin Velichkov;Bart Preneel

106
Citations
Compact Ring-LWE Cryptoprocessor

Sujoy Sinha Roy;Fréderik Vercauteren;Donald Donglong Chen;Nele Mentens

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid Verbauwhede KU Leuven

Nigel P. Smart KU Leuven

Bart Preneel KU Leuven

Steven D. Galbraith University of Auckland

Jan Denef KU Leuven

William P. Marnane University College Cork

Johannes Buchmann Technical University of Darmstadt

Tanja Lange Eindhoven University of Technology

Michael Schneider RWTH Aachen University

Yves Moreau KU Leuven

External Links

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