Welcome

The Chair of Applied Cryptography (ChaAC) was founded in September 2016 under supervision of Prof. Dr. Dominique Schröder at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). ChaAC is part of the Nuremberg Campus of Technology (NCT).

The overarching object of ChaAC is the development and analysis of cryptographic techniques, schemes and protocols that help to address a variety of IT security and privacy problems.

Category: Disseration, General
Category: Disseration, General

The defense of Dominic Deuber’s dissertation titled “Cryptocurrencies within the conflicting tension between law and IT security” will take place on 31 March 2023 at 3:00 PM CEST.

This is a hybrid event, taking place at Fürther Str. 246c, 90429 Nürnberg, and online via Zoom.

You can join the Z...

Category: General, Talks
Category: General, Talks

On 27. March 2023 at 1 pm, Tobias Büttner will present his master thesis titled “Security of Helium’s Native Blockchain Protocol and its Proof of Coverage”.

You can join the Zoom meeting using the following details:

https://fau.zoom.us/j/69837338832?pwd=WUxvcTh6ZDkzYzdhck9lTEJTWlVhUT09

Meet...

Category: General, Talks
Category: General, Talks

On 22. Dezember 2022 at 5pm, Koffi Tino Gnagniko will present his bachelor thesis titled „Thora protocol enhanced with SALRS to ensure payers and payees privacy“.

You can join the Zoom meeting using the following details:

https://fau.zoom.us/j/65767077997?pwd=c2ZMV29WK3lpUlZqMTJiY1B4VGliZz09
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Category: General, Talks
Category: General, Talks

On 9 December 2022 at 10am, Christoph Striecks from the Australian Institute of Technology (AIT) will give a talk on forward security.

Location: big seminar room at our chair (Fürther Str 246c/Entry 5/ 2. floor)

"Forward security is an essential design goal of modern cryptographic protocols wi...