CRYPTO RUB

Thorsten Kranz

Workgroup for Symmetric Cryptography
Horst Görtz Institute for IT-Security
Ruhr-University Bochum
Universitätsstr. 150
D-44780 Bochum

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Tel.: +49 (0)234 32 24402
Fax.: +49 (0)234 32 14430

E-Mail:thorsten.kranz(at)rub.de

Visiting address: Office 4.31, Wasserstraße 221, 44801 Bochum

Research Interests

• Sym­me­tric Cryp­to­gra­phy
• Sym­me­tric Cryp­t­ana­lyis

Teaching

• Number Theory (Exercise): Summer 2017
• Dis­cre­te Ma­the­ma­tics II (Ex­er­cise): Summer 2015, Sum­mer 2016.
• Seminar Symmetric Cryptography: Winter 2015/2016, Summer 2016.
• SAGE in Cryptography (Exercise): Winter 2016/2017
• Im­ple­men­ta­ti­on of Cryp­to­gra­phic Sche­mes I (Ex­er­cise): Win­ter 2014/15.

Publications

Google Scholar Profile

Awards and Honors

• Fa­cul­ty Award (RUB): Best Mas­ter's de­gree in IT-Se­cu­ri­ty/In­for­ma­ti­on Tech­nol­gy, 2015.
• G Data Award: Ho­no­ring the two best Ba­che­lor's de­grees in IT-Se­cu­ri­ty/In­for­ma­ti­on Tech­no­lo­gy, 2012.
• NRW Schoo­lar­ship - Fun­ding by the state NRW and the Horst Görtz Fo­un­da­ti­on: For out­stan­ding aca­de­mic per­for­mance and ex­cep­tio­nal com­mit­ment, 2011-2013.
• Honor for the best "Ab­itur" cer­ti­fi­ca­te, Dors­ten, 2008.

Vita

• Since 06/2015: Re­se­arch As­sis­tant/PhD Position at the Group for Symmetric Cryptography,
  Ruhr Uni­ver­si­ty Bochum, Ger­ma­ny
• 06/2014 - 05/2015: Re­se­arch As­sis­tant/PhD Position at the Chair of Em­bed­ded Se­cu­ri­ty,
  Ruhr Uni­ver­si­ty Bochum, Ger­ma­ny
• 10/2011 - 05/2014: Study of Mas­ter of Sci­ence in IT-Se­cu­ri­ty, Ruhr Uni­ver­si­ty Bo­chum, Ger­ma­ny
• 04/2011 - 09/2011: Internship as a Security Engineer at ESCRYPT Inc., Ann Arbor, USA
• 10/2008 - 09/2011: Study of Bachelor of Sci­ence in IT-Se­cu­ri­ty, Ruhr Uni­ver­si­ty Bo­chum, Ger­ma­ny

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