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Gregor Leander is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their primary research contributions are situated within the field of Computer Science, with a focus on areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hardware and Architecture, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

Their recent publications highlight work primarily related to cryptographic implementations and security. Key papers include:

  • "Spook: Sponge-Based Leakage-Resistant Authenticated Encryption with a Masked Tweakable Block Cipher," published in 2020 in the IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology
  • "The SPEEDY Family of Block Ciphers," published in 2021 in the IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems
  • "SKINNY-AEAD and SKINNY-Hash," published in 2020 in the IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology
  • "Dasta - Alternative Linear Layer for Rasta," published in 2020 in the IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology
  • "Improved Differential-Linear Attacks with Applications to ARX Ciphers," published in 2022 in the Journal of Cryptology

The scientist's frequent collaboration network includes partners such as Christof Beierle, Lukas Stennes, Léo Perrin, Yosuke Todo, and Shahram Rasoolzadeh.

Gregor Leander's research is predominantly disseminated through notable publication venues, including:

  • IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Designs Codes and Cryptography
  • Journal of Cryptology
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

The main topics covered in their work encompass:

  • Cryptographic Implementations and Security
  • Coding theory and cryptography
  • Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption
  • Graph theory and CDMA systems
  • Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security
  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

Gregor Leander has contributed extensively to the literature on cryptographic methods, focusing on secure encryption techniques and hardware-related security implementations. Their publications reflect a consistent engagement with advanced cryptography and related applied mathematical theories.

Best Publications

  • PRESENT: An Ultra-Lightweight Block Cipher

    A. Bogdanov;L. R. Knudsen;G. Leander;C. Paar

  • 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

  • The SKINNY Family of Block Ciphers and its Low-Latency Variant MANTIS.

    Christof Beierle;Jérémy Jean;Stefan Kölbl;Gregor Leander

  • SPONGENT: a lightweight hash function

    Andrey Bogdanov;Miroslav Knežević;Gregor Leander;Deniz Toz

  • New Lightweight DES Variants

    Gregor Leander;Christof Paar;Axel Poschmann;Kai Schramm

  • PRINTcipher: a block cipher for IC-printing

    Lars Knudsen;Gregor Leander;Axel Poschmann;Matthew J. B. Robshaw

  • On the Classification of 4 Bit S-Boxes

    G. Leander;A. Poschmann

  • Block Ciphers – Focus on the Linear Layer (feat. PRIDE)

    Martin R. Albrecht;Benedikt Driessen;Elif Bilge Kavun;Gregor Leander

  • Hash Functions and RFID Tags: Mind the Gap

    Andrey Bogdanov;Gregor Leander;Christof Paar;Axel Poschmann

  • A Collision-Attack on AES

    Kai Schramm;Gregor Leander;Patrick Felke;Christof Paar

  • A cryptanalysis of PRINTcipher: the invariant subspace attack

    Gregor Leander;Mohamed Ahmed Abdelraheem;Hoda AlKhzaimi;Erik Zenner

  • Ultra-Lightweight Implementations for Smart Devices --- Security for 1000 Gate Equivalents

    Carsten Rolfes;Axel Poschmann;Gregor Leander;Christof Paar

  • Observations on the SIMON block cipher family.

    Stefan Kölbl;Gregor Leander;Tyge Tiessen

  • Construction of bent functions via Niho power functions

    Hans Dobbertin;Gregor Leander;Anne Canteaut;Claude Carlet

  • Constructing new APN functions from known ones

    Lilya Budaghyan;Claude Carlet;Gregor Leander

  • Grover Meets Simon – Quantumly Attacking the FX-construction

    Gregor Leander;Alexander May

  • Two Classes of Quadratic APN Binomials Inequivalent to Power Functions

    L. Budaghyan;C. Carlet;G. Leander

  • A collision-attack on AES: Combining side channel- and differential-attack

    Kai Schramm;Gregor Leander;Patrick Felke;Christof Paar

  • Integral and Multidimensional Linear Distinguishers with Correlation Zero

    Andrey Bogdanov;Gregor Leander;Kaisa Nyberg;Meiqin Wang

  • Block Ciphers - Focus On The Linear Layer (feat. PRIDE): Full Version.

    Martin R. Albrecht;Benedikt Driessen;Elif Bilge Kavun;Gregor Leander

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars R. Knudsen
Lars R. Knudsen University of Southern Denmark
Christof Paar
Christof Paar Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
Anne Canteaut
Anne Canteaut French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Claude Carlet
Claude Carlet Paris 8 University
Yu Sasaki
Yu Sasaki NTT (Japan)
Tim Güneysu
Tim Güneysu Ruhr University Bochum
Christian Rechberger
Christian Rechberger Graz University of Technology
Amir Moradi
Amir Moradi Technical University of Darmstadt
François-Xavier Standaert
François-Xavier Standaert Université Catholique de Louvain

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