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Wessel van Woerden

Postdoc in Cryptology

Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux

About Me

Hi, currently I am working as a post-doctoral researcher in the Number Theory group at the Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux. From 2018 to 2022 I was a PhD student of Léo Ducas at CWI in Amsterdam, and I obtained my doctorate at Leiden University in February 2023.

I like working on the border between Mathematics and Computer Science, with a main love for algorithms. Lattices are a returning object in my research: tensored root lattices (BsC Thesis), enumeration of perfect lattices (MsC Thesis), and lattice based cryptanalysis (PhD).

Interests

  • Cryptanalysis
  • Lattices
  • Algorithms

Education

  • Postdoc in Cryptology, currently

    Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux

  • PhD in Cryptology, 2023

    Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) & Leiden University

  • MSc in Mathematics, 2018

    Leiden University

  • BSc in Mathematics & Computer Science, 2016

    Leiden University

Publications

Lattice Cryptography: from Cryptanalysis to New Foundations.
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PhD Thesis, Leiden University, 2023.
Hawk: Module LIP makes lattice signatures fast, compact and simple.
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Asiacrypt, 2023.
An Algorithmic Reduction Theory for Binary Codes: LLL and more.
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IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2022.
NTRU Fatigue: How Stretched is Overstretched?.
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Asiacrypt, 2021.
Advanced Lattice Sieving on GPUs, with Tensor Cores.
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Eurocrypt, 2021.
A Canonical Form for Positive Definite Matrices.
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ANTS, 2020.
An upper bound on the number of perfect quadratic forms.
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Advances in Mathematics, 2020.
The randomized slicer for CVPP: sharper, faster, smaller, batchier.
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PKC, 2020.
Perfect Quadratic forms: an Upper Bound and Challenges in Enumeration.
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Master Thesis, Leiden University, 2018.
The closest vector problem in tensored root lattices of type A and in their duals.
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Designs, Codes and Cryptography, 2018.

Talks

Recent & Upcoming

On LIP, Cryptography and the Signature Scheme HAWK
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An Algorithmic Reduction Theory for Binary Codes: LLL and More
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On LIP, Cryptography and the Signature Scheme HAWK
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