ECRYPT: European network of excellence in cryptology

• Forschungsstelle: EU FRP
• Projektnummer: 03.0154-2
• Projekttitel Englisch: ECRYPT: European network of excellence in cryptology

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

Cryptology; watermarking

Alternative Projektnummern (Englisch)

EU project number: 507932

Forschungsprogramme (Englisch)

EU-programme: 6. Frame Research Programme - 1.2 Communications technologies

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

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Abstract (Englisch)

ECRYPT is a proposed NoE in the area of cryptology and watermarking. Cryptology is the science that studies mathematical techniques in order to provide secrecy, authenticity and related properties for digital information. Watermarking allows embedding hidden information into the digital media, such that the watermark is imperceptible and difficult to remove. Cryptology and watermarking are interdisciplinary research areas with a high strategic impact for European industry and for the society as a whole. They are a fundamental enabler for security, privacy and dependability in the Information Society for digital asset management. The ECRYPT research roadmap is motivated by the changing environment (evolving towards ambient intelligence) and threat models in which cryptology is deployed, by the gradual erosion of the computational difficulty of the mathematical problems on which cryptology is based, by the need of strong foundations i!l. the watermarking area and by the requirements of new applications and cryptographic implementations. The main objective of ECRYPT is to ensure a durable integration of European research in both academia and industry and to maintain and strengthen the European excellence in these areas. In order to reach this goal, 35 leading players propose to integrate their research capabilities within five virtual labs focused on the following core research areas: symmetric key algorithms, public key algorithms, protocols, implementation, watermarking. These labs will advance the state of the art in their domains and develop common tools; moreover, collaboration between virtual labs will be organized around specific research themes. Essential integration activities will include joint workshops, exchange of researchers and students, development of common tools and benchmarks and a website and forum which will be a focal point for the network and the wider cryptographic community.

Datenbankreferenzen (Englisch)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 03.0154-2