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Computer Science
Estonia
2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
36
Citations
5638
World Ranking
11250
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Estonia Leader Award

Overview

Helger Lipmaa is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, particularly focusing on areas related to cryptography and data security. Their research spans various subfields including artificial intelligence, computational theory and mathematics, information systems, computer networks and communications, and signal processing.

The primary areas of study for Lipmaa encompass:

  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Security and Verification in Computing
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning

Lipmaa has published in notable venues such as:

  • Journal of Cryptology
  • Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Recent papers include:

  • "On Subversion-Resistant SNARKs," 2021, Journal of Cryptology
  • "Smooth Zero-Knowledge Hash Functions," 2021, Lecture Notes in Computer Science
  • "Somewhere Statistically Binding Commitment Schemes with Applications," 2021, Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Frequent co-authors working alongside Lipmaa are:

  • Janno Siim
  • Michał Zając
  • Roberto Parisella
  • Behzad Abdolmaleki
  • Kateryna Pavlyk

The collaborative efforts with these researchers underline the multi-disciplinary approach adopted, spanning core cryptographic methodologies as well as applied security mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • On private scalar product computation for privacy-preserving data mining

    Bart Goethals;Sven Laur;Helger Lipmaa;Taneli Mielikäinen

  • An oblivious transfer protocol with log-squared communication

    Helger Lipmaa

  • Efficient algorithms for computing differential properties of addition

    Helger Lipmaa;Shiho Moriai

  • Progression-free sets and sublinear pairing-based non-interactive zero-knowledge arguments

    Helger Lipmaa

  • Secure Vickrey auctions without threshold trust

    Helger Lipmaa;N. Asokan;Valtteri Niemi

  • Comments to NIST concerning AES Modes of Operations: CTR-Mode Encryption

    Helger Lipmaa;Phillip Rogaway;David Wagner

  • Multi-query computationally-private information retrieval with constant communication rate

    Jens Groth;Aggelos Kiayias;Helger Lipmaa

  • Time-Stamping with Binary Linking Schemes

    Ahto Buldas;Peeter Laud;Helger Lipmaa;Jan Willemson

  • On Diophantine Complexity and Statistical Zero-Knowledge Arguments

    Helger Lipmaa

  • Designated verifier signature schemes: attacks, new security notions and a new construction

    Helger Lipmaa;Guilin Wang;Feng Bao

  • Cryptographically private support vector machines

    Sven Laur;Helger Lipmaa;Taneli Mielikäinen

  • Verifiable Homomorphic Oblivious Transfer and Private Equality Test

    Helger Lipmaa

  • Succinct Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge Arguments from Span Programs and Linear Error-Correcting Codes

    Helger Lipmaa

  • Accountable certificate management using undeniable attestations

    Ahto Buldas;Peeter Laud;Helger Lipmaa

  • Hybrid voting protocols and hardness of manipulation

    Edith Elkind;Helger Lipmaa

  • Fast Implementations of AES Candidates.

    Kazumaro Aoki;Helger Lipmaa

  • Optimally Efficient Accountable Time-Stamping

    Ahto Buldas;Helger Lipmaa;Berry Schoenmakers

  • A Subversion-Resistant SNARK

    Behzad Abdolmaleki;Karim Baghery;Helger Lipmaa;Michał Zając

  • First CPIR Protocol with Data-Dependent Computation.

    Helger Lipmaa

  • Secure equality and greater-than tests with sublinear online complexity

    Helger Lipmaa;Tomas Toft

  • Time-stamping with binary linking schemes

    A. Buldas;P. Laud;H. Lipmaa;J. Villemson

Frequent Co-Authors

Aggelos Kiayias
Aggelos Kiayias University of Edinburgh
Edith Elkind
Edith Elkind University of Oxford
Abhi Shelat
Abhi Shelat Northeastern University
Nadarajah Asokan
Nadarajah Asokan University of Waterloo
Andris Ambainis
Andris Ambainis University of Latvia
Bart Goethals
Bart Goethals University of Antwerp
Hideki Imai
Hideki Imai Chuo University
Phillip Rogaway
Phillip Rogaway University of California, Davis
Yvo Desmedt
Yvo Desmedt The University of Texas at Dallas

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