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David Pointcheval

b. 1970

French cryptographer

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About David Pointcheval

Born 1970. David Pointcheval is a French cryptographer, researcher and computer scientist.

David Pointcheval is a French cryptographer. He is currently the Chief scientific officer (CSO) of Cosmian (on leave from CNRS), a French deeptech company in public cloud security. He is a Senior Researcher at CNRS, and the former head of the Computer Science Department and Cryptography Laboratory at the École normale supérieure. He is mainly known for his contributions in the area of provable security, including the Forking lemma, the Pointcheval-Stern signature algorithm, and his contributions to Password-authenticated key agreement.

Biography

An alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure, David Pointcheval obtained his Ph.D. in 1996 from the University of Caen Normandy. In 1998, he joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research, working within the Computer Science department of École Normale Supérieure. Since then, his research has focused mostly on asymmetric cryptography and Provable security, of which he was one of the pioneers. He has authored more than 100 international publications, and co-invented a dozen patents. He was awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant in 2015. In 2021 he received the RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Cryptographer, researcher, computer scientist
Nationality
Education
École Normale Supérieure
Positions held
Director
Awards
CNRS silver medal

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped David Pointcheval's

Frequently asked questions

Who is David Pointcheval?

French cryptographer

When was David Pointcheval born?

David Pointcheval was born on 1 June 1970 in La Ferté-Macé.

What is David Pointcheval's occupation?

David Pointcheval is a cryptographer, researcher and computer scientist.

What nationality is David Pointcheval?

David Pointcheval is French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: David Pointcheval

· Wikidata: Q23876388

· DBpedia: David Pointcheval

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