Contact

Andreas Peter (Dipl.-Math., M.A.St.)
PhD Student
Security Engineering Group
Computer Science Department
Technische Universität Darmstadt & CASED

Address: CASED, Mornewegstr. 32, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany (4th floor, room 4.3.29)

Phone: +49-6151-16-70845

Fax: +49-6151-16-72051

Email: peter(-at-)seceng.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de

 

Short CV

• since 2009: Research Assistant in the Security Engineering Group, Computer Science Department, Technische Universität Darmstadt
• 2011: Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics (M.A.St.), University of Cambridge (UK)
• 2009: Diploma in Mathematics (minor subject: Computer Science), Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
• 2008: Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics (CASM or Part III of the Mathematical Tripos), University of Cambridge (UK)

Research Interests

• functional encryption
• homomorphic encryption
• private information retrieval
• differential privacy
• (algebraic and algorithmic) number theory
• (hyper-) elliptic curves
• pairing-based cryptography and curve cryptography

Publications

Articles in Refereed Conferences and Workshops

• Oblivious Outsourced Storage with Delegation with M. Franz, B. Carbunar, R. Sion, S. Katzenbeisser, M. Sotakova and P. Williams
  Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC), 2011
  [Springer]
• Redactable Signatures for Tree-Structured Data: Definitions and Constructions with C. Brzuska, H. Busch, Ö. Dagdelen, M. Fischlin, M. Franz, S. Katzenbeisser, M. Manulis, C. Onete, B. Poettering and D. Schröder
  8th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS), 2010
  [pdf]

Journal Articles

• Group Homomorphic Encryption: Characterizations, Impossibility Results, and Applications with F. Armknecht and S. Katzenbeisser
  Designs, Codes and Cryptography (DESI), 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s10623-011-9601-2
  [Springer]

Theses

• The Arithmetic of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Curves with Applications to Pairing-Based Cryptography (Diploma Thesis)
  OOPS, 2009
  [pdf]

Technical Reports

• Group Homomorphic Encryption: Characterizations, Impossibility Results, and Applications with F. Armknecht and S. Katzenbeisser
  Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2010/501
  [pdf]

Workshop Proceedings

• Tagungsband zum 13. Kryptotag (Proceedings of the 13. Kryptotag) with S. Katzenbeisser
  tuprints - Dokumenten- und Publikationsservice der TU Darmstadt: 2371
  [pdf]

Talks

• 15. Kryptotag -  Homomorphic Encryption with a Double Decryption Mechanism based on Elliptic Curves over Rings, December 2011 at University of Oldenburg, Germany
  [pdf] (full)
• WEWoRC 2011 - Group Homomorphic Encryption and Beyond, July 2011 at Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
  
• ISG Research Seminar - A Cleaner View on IND-CCA1 Secure Homomorphic Encryption using SOAP, January 2011 at Royal Holloway University of London, UK
  [pptx] (full)
• Research Seminar "IT Security" - A Cleaner View on IND-CCA1 Secure Homomorphic Encryption using SOAP, January 2011 at TU Darmstadt, Germany
  [pptx] (full)
• Student Track in Summer School 2010 on Applied Cryptographic Protocols - A Cleaner View on IND-CCA1 Secure Homomorphic Encryption using SOAP, September 2010 on Mykonos, Greece
  [pdf] (overview)
• Oberseminar Algebra - Pairings in Curve Cryptography, February 2009 at University of Oldenburg, Germany
  [pdf]

Teaching Assistance

Theses supervised:

• Privacy-Preserving Architecture for Forensic Image Recognition
  Bachelor Thesis by Thomas Hartmann, October 2011, TU Darmstadt

• A New Homomorphic Cryptosystem with a Double Trapdoor Decryption Mechanism
  Bachelor Thesis by Nicola S. Fujara, October 2011, TU Darmstadt
  

Courses supervised:

Wintersemester 2011/2012:

• Einführung in Trusted Systems (TU Darmstadt)
• Seminar "Privacy by Design" (TU Darmstadt)

Sommersemester 2011:

• Privacy Enhancing Technologies (TU Darmstadt)

Wintersemester 2010/2011:

• Einführung in Trusted Systems (TU Darmstadt)

Wintersemester 2009/2010:

• Einführung in Trusted Systems (TU Darmstadt)

Awards and Honours

• 2011: Stipend for the Sao Paulo Advanced School of Cryptography, Campinas (Brazil)
• 2010: CASED/ECRYPT Stipend for Summer School on Applied Cryptographic Protocols, Darmstadt (Germany)
• 2010: Faculty Award for the most outstanding diploma thesis in mathematics, Oldenburg (Germany)
• 2009: ECRYPT Stipend for Winter School on Mathematical Foundations in Cryptography, Lausanne (CH)
• 2008 - 2009: Peter Waskönig Scholarship, Oldenburg (Germany)
• 2007 - 2008: Cambridge European Trust, Cambridge (UK)
• 2007 - 2008: Professor Peter Brown Memorial Award, Clare Hall (Cambridge, UK)
• 2007: OLB/EWE Award, Oldenburg (Germany)

Reviews and Other Activities

• External Reviewer for GI Sicherheit 2012, ACM CCS 2011, CANS 2011, INSCRYPT 2011, WEWoRC 2011, WPES 2009, Advances in Mathematics of Communications (AMC) (Journal)
• Organizer of 13. Kryptotag, 2010