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Bart Preneel

b. 1963

Belgian cryptographer

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About Bart Preneel

Born 1963. Bart Preneel is a Belgian university teacher, cryptographer, mathematician, engineer, author and computer scientist, known for Cryptanalysis, Cryptographic hash functions and One-way compression function.

Bart Preneel (born 15 October 1963 in Leuven, Belgium ) is a Belgian cryptographer and cryptanalyst. He is a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in the COSIC group.

He was the president of the International Association for Cryptologic Research in 2008–2013 and project manager of ECRYPT.

Education In 1987, Preneel received a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. a structure that converts a block cipher into a hash function, used e.g. in the hash function Whirlpool. He is one of the authors of the RIPEMD-160 hash function. He was also a co-inventor of the stream cipher MUGI which would later become a Japanese standard, and of the stream cipher Trivium which was a well-received entrant to the eSTREAM project.

He has also contributed to the cryptanalysis of RC4, SOBER-t32, MacGuffin, Helix, Phelix, Py, TPypy, the HAVAL cryptographic hash function, and the SecurID hash function.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Known for
Cryptanalysis, Cryptographic hash functions, One-way compression function, RIPEMD
Education
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Sint-Pieterscollege
Employers
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Awards
IACR Fellow
Also known as
B. Preneel

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Bart Preneel's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bart Preneel?

Belgian cryptographer

When was Bart Preneel born?

Bart Preneel was born on 15 October 1963 in Leuven.

What is Bart Preneel's occupation?

Bart Preneel is a university teacher, cryptographer, mathematician, engineer, author and computer scientist.

What is Bart Preneel known for?

Bart Preneel is known for Cryptanalysis, Cryptographic hash functions, One-way compression function and RIPEMD.

What nationality is Bart Preneel?

Bart Preneel is Belgian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Bart Preneel

· Wikidata: Q530074

· DBpedia: Bart Preneel

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