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ECRYPT
European Network of Excellence in Cryptology
Project Overview
What is ECRYPT ?
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A Proposal for a European Network of
Excellence in Cryptology
35 partners
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11 from industry: Cryptolog, Edizone, Ericsson,
France Télécom, Gemplus, IBM, MasterCard, Nokia,
Philips Semiconductors, Schlumberger, Vodafone.
Coming from 16 countries : Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy,
the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, UK, USA.
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Objectives of ECRYPT
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Maintain and strengthen the excellence of European
research and industry in the areas of cryptology and
watermarking.
Strengthen and integrate research in cryptology and
watermarking in Europe and decrease fragmentation.
Improve the state of the art in practice and theory of
cryptology and watermarking.
Develop a joint infrastructure for the evaluation and
benchmarking of cryptographic and watermarking
schemes
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Integrating activities and
Spreading of excellence
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Summer schools and workshops
Exchanges of researchers
Common publications, integration of tools
Input to standardization bodies and other
dissemination activities.
Jointly executed targeted research, within
ECRYPT’s virtual labs
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Structure of ECRYPT
General
Assembly
Executive
Mgt Committee
Project
Coordinator
VL: STVL
WG1
WG2
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VL: AZTEC
WG3
VL: PROVILAB
Strategic
Committee
VL: VAMPIRE
WG4
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VL: WAVILA
Virtual labs of ECRYPT
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Joint research organised into 5 Virtual Labs
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STVL
AZTEC
PROVILAB
VAMPIRE
WAVILA
Symmetric Techniques.
Asymmetric Techniques.
Protocols.
Secure and efficient implementations.
Watermarking and
perceptual hashing.
Each has a coordinator, activities are organised
in working groups (WGs) with appointed leaders.
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Virtual labs:
the example of PROVILAB
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Coordinator: IBM.
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WG1: Two-Party Protocols and Secure Point-toPoint connections (UNISA)
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WG2: Practical Multiparty Protocols with Provable
Security (IBM)
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focussing on practical and efficient protocols with wellunderstood and provable security
WG3: Unconditionally Secure Protocols (BRICS)
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dealing with user identification, group identification, key
agreement
dealing with systems that remain secure regardless of the
resources invested in breaking them
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Interaction between the
components of ECRYPT
Integration
Virtual Labs
E-Integration
STVL
Workshop
Organization
Exchange
Integration
of Tools
Excellence
Spreading
Dissemination
AZTEC
PROVILAB
Training
VAMPIRE
Publications
WAVILA
Standardization
Management
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Virtual lab
IPR
Quality
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Why is ECRYPT needed in
Europe?
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It will help to strengthen the European
collaboration initiated by RIPE (88-92), NESSIE
(00-03), and AREHCC (01-03).
It will provide durable integration of European
research in the area, currently scattered over
more than 100 organisations.
It will help to keep Europe competitive with the
USA.
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Why will ECRYPT achieve its
goals?
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ECRYPT participants are the best European
players in the area, selected through an open
call.
ECRYPT management structure is well defined
and well balanced.
The strong presence of industrial partners
ensures that ECRYPT will have an impact on
European Information Society.
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