Cryptography METU Middle East Technical University

Overview

Objectives

The Cryptography program at METU Middle East Technical University conducts research in areas such as design, evaluation, and implementation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols. CG's theoretical work on cryptographic algorithms and protocols are based on discrete mathematics. The major focus of the research will be in applied and theoretic cryptography. 

CG's research areas can be broadly categorized as follows: Design and analysis of pseudorandom sequences, Elliptic and Hyperelliptic curve cryptography, Computational number theory, Coding theory, Computational methods in quadratic fields, algorithms for finite abelian groups. In view of the research interest of the cryptography group, the objectives of the Cryptography Graduate Program can be summarized as follows:

• To conduct a graduate program leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Cryptography;
• To provide a mathematical treatment to the practical aspects of conventional and public-key cryptography;
• To introduce mathematical tools for serious practitioner in need of the latest techniques and algorithms;
• To evolve into an internationally recognized center for research in cryptography and related areas of information security.