The Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography research group, commonly called COSIC, is a research group at the Department of Electrical Engineering of KU Leuven, which is headed by Bart Preneel.[2]
Security architectures for information and communication systems
Cryptographic algorithms and protocols
Symmetric key
Public key
Post-quantum
Security for embedded systems
Privacy-preserving systems
Applications:
Cloud
Automotive
Privacy
Data Protection
Trusted Systems
E-payments
E-documents
...
AES
One of the well-known successes is the selection of Rijndael as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), which has millions of users. There are over a thousand applications, such as the protection of US government information.
Research projects
COSIC has participated in over 50 European research projects.[1]
IMEC
COSIC is part of the Smart Applications and Innovation Services of IMEC.[1]
