Dipl. math. Enrico Thomae
Department of IT-Security and Cryptology
Ruhr-University Bochum
Universitätsstr. 150
D-44780 Bochum
NA 5/75
Tel.: +49 (0)234 32 23259
Fax.: +49 (0)234 32 14430
E-Mail: Enrico.Thomae(at)rub.de
Research Topics
Post Quantum Cryptography
- Multivariate Cryptosystems (see Diploma Thesis)
- Lattice-based Cryptosystems
- Code-based Cryptosystems
Algebraic Cryptanalysis
- XL and Groebner based algorithms
Publications & Thesis
2012
- Enrico Thomae and Christopher Wolf, Solving Underdetermined Systems of Multivariate Quadratic Equations revisited
In Practice and Theory in Public Key Cryptography (PCK 2012), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, 2012. PDF Magma-Code
2011
- Alexander May, Alexander Meurer and Enrico Thomae, Decoding Random Linear Codes in O(2^{0.054n}).
In Advances in Cryptology (Asiacrypt 2011), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, 2011. PDF - Albrecht Petzoldt, Enrico Thomae, Stanislav Bulygin and Christopher Wolf, Small Public Keys and Fast Verification for Multivariate Quadratic Public Key Systems
In Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES 2011), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, 2011. PDF - Enrico Thomae and Christopher Wolf, Roots of Square: Cryptanalysis of Double-Layer Square and Square+
In Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQCrypto 2011), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, 2011. PDF - Enrico Thomae and Christopher Wolf, Theoretical Analysis and Run Time Complexity of MutantXL
In International Conference Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE 2011), 2011. PDF
2009
- Permutationspolynome in der Kryptographie (Diploma Thesis)
Talks
| 02.12.2011 | 15. Kryptotag | Oldenburg | "MinRank Attacks revisited" |
| 29.06.2011 | CMMSE | Benidorm (Spain) | "Theoretical Analysis and Run Time Complexity of MutantXL" |
| 05.11.2010 | 13. Kryptotag | Darmstadt | "Analysis of XL and its variants" |
| 03.12.2009 | Institutsseminar | TU Dresden | "Multivariate Kryptosysteme" |
| 22.10.2009 | HGI-Kolloquium | Ruhr-Uni Bochum | "Permutations among the HFE Polynomials" |
| 02.07.2009 | Diplomverteidigung | TU Dresden | "Permutationspolynome in der Kryptographie" |
Teaching
WiSe 2011/2012
- Übung zu Quantenalgorithmen (mehr...)
SoSe 2011
- Übung zu SAGE (mehr...)
WiSe 2010/2011
SoSe 2010
- Übung zu Diskrete Mathematik II (mehr...)
- Seminar Kryptographie und algorithmische Zahlentheorie (mehr...)
SoSe 2006 - WiSe 2008/2009
- Übung zu Mathematik für Informatiker I-IV

