Prof. Dr. Gregor Leander

Workgroup for Symmetric Cryptography
Horst Görtz Institute for IT-Security
Ruhr-University Bochum
Universitätsstr. 140
D-44799 Bochum
MC-1.OG-42
Tel.: +49 (0)234 32 28402
Fax.: +49 (0)234 32 14430
E-Mail: gregor.leander(at)rub.de
Research Interests
- Symmetric Cryptography
- Block Ciphers
- Lightweight Cryptography
- Boolean Functions
Program Commitees
- FSE: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
- EUROCRYPT: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
- CRYPTO: 2015, 2016
- ASIACRYPT: 2014
- CHES: 2013, 2014
- SAC: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- and many more.
Publications
Conference Organisation
- Fast Software Encryption (FSE) 2016
- EUROCRYPT 2014
- Fast Software Encryption (FSE) 2011
Founder and Managing Editor of “IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology”
See IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology
Invited Talks
- CTCRYPT 2017
- MMCC 2017
- Arcticrypt 2016
- China Crypt 2016
- Rumanian Crypto days 2015 and 2017
- SantaCrypt 2014
- LightSec 2013
- BalkanCrypt 2013
- WCC 2013
- Latincrypt 2012
Awards and Recognition
- DHL Innovation Award 2013, together with Christof Paar and Axel Poschmann
- German IT-Security prize 2010 for the block cipher PRESENT (100K EUR), together with Christof Paar and Axel Poschmann
- PRESENT is ISO standard (ISO/IEC 29192-2) for Lightweight Cryptography
- Award for the best master thesis at the University Bremen, 2001