Overview
Topic status: We're looking for students to study this topic.
Quantum computers are currently under development in many parts of the world. One very significant results of a practical quantum computer is that it will completely break all widely deployed public key cryptosystems which are in use today to protect communications on the Internet. There is therefore a worldwide research effort to find practical new public key cryptosystems which are resistant to attacks from quantum computers. These new cryptosystems are based on mathematical structure such as lattices, linear codes, and multivariate polynomials. This project will investigate the algorithms that have been proposed so far and compare them in terms of their security, their efficiency and their mathematical structure.
Approaches: The focus of the project can be on the practical and security aspects or on the mathematical foundations of the mechanisms. In either case the student must have mastered the basics of cryptography and be comfortable with abstract mathematics.
This project will take place in the Information Security Institute. You will have the opportunity to work in the Institute's lab on practical aspects and/or interact with active researchers and research students in the cryptology group, gaining experience of a real research environment.
References Some introductory slides and papers can be found on this web site: http://pqcrypto.org/.
- Study level
- Honours
- Supervisors
- QUT
- Organisational unit
Science and Engineering Faculty
- Research area
- Contact
- Please contact the supervisor.
Professor Colin Boyd
