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Pouyan Sepehrdad
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Security and Cryptography Laboratory
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PhD Student
nationality: Iranian
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office(s):
INF239
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 38127
fax: [+41 21 69] 37689
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BIOGRAPHY
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I am a research assistant (cryptographer) and PhD. student since September 2008 in Security and Cryptography Laboratory (LASEC) at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) working under supervision of Prof. Serge Vaudenay. I graduated with distinction from University College London (UCL) (Adastral Park Research Center, Martlesham, Suffolk), thesis entitled "Algebraic Cryptanalysis of Ciphers and Elimination Methods" under supervision of Dr. Nicolas T. Courtois on Sep 2008. Last but not least, the focus of my bachelor project was based on Grid Computing over a bunch of Linux machines.
Research Interests
Any cryptanalytic topic that links theory to practice, I believe that currently most time and effort in cryptography is spent to prove security under some fairy tales assumptions which can never be held in practice, why? because we usually can not achieve anything better. I think it is a necessity to redefine the current notions. My research is mainly focused on:
Computational Cryptanalysis of Symmetric Cryptosystems (mainly block ciphers) and their efficient implementation methods, more precisely:
Applications of Statistics in Cryptanalysis of Block Ciphers
Algebraic Cryptanalysis
Side Channel Attacks and Security of Smart Cards
Lightweight Cryptography
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Education
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Diploma., Mathematics-Physics,
Diploma., Industrial Electronics,
Bsc., Electrical Engineering (Electronics), Dr. Masoud Reza Hashemi, Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Sep, 2002 - Feb, 2007
Msc., Information Security (Computer Security track, specialised in Cryptography), Dr. Nicolas T. Courtois, University College London (UCL), Sep, 2007 - Sep, 2008
PhD Student, Computer Science (Cryptography), Prof. Serge Vaudenay, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Sep, 2008 - Pending
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Contact me
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Feel free to send me emails, preferably in English.
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CV
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Upon Request!
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My favourite quotes!
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"Whether You Think You Can or You Can Not, Either Way You Are Right!" (Henry Ford)
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." (Albert Einstein)
"Forgive others, not because they deserve pardon, but because you deserve serenity." (Zoroaster)
"Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard." (Anonymous)
"Stupidity is a talent for misconception." (Edgar Allan Poe)
"Cryptologists are paranoids. It is a part of their job. (Door closed ? Use the window)." (Nicolas Courtois)
"Friends stab you from the back, true friends stab you in the front." (Oscar Wilde)
"In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed." (Edgar Allan Poe)
"A hard problem is one that nobody works on," (James L. Massey)
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Block Ciphers
Algebraic Attacks |
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| Semester Projects |
If you are interested to take a semester project proposed by LASEC lab, please contact me directly. You can find the list of available projects here. (EPFL and Gaspar Only) Students should read the general guidelines before applying for a project.
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Doctoral Assistant