Peter Landrock

Peter Landrock (born August 20, 1948 in Horsens) is a Danish cryptographer and mathematician. He is known for his contributions to data encryption methods and codes. He has been visiting professor at Oxford University, Leuven University and Princeton University.

Background and career Landrock obtained a diploma in mathematics and physics in 1972 from the University of Aarhus. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1974 for his research on elementary abelian and dihedral defect groups, under George Isaac Glauberman and Richard Dagobert Brauer. In 1975, Landrock became associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Aarhus University, then full Professor. From 1982 until 1983, Landrock was visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

By 1996 he had joined the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University as Research Program Organizer, and since 1997, Landrock has been senior member of the Wolfson College, Cambridge University.

Cryptography Landrock was President of the International Association for Cryptologic Research from 1992 to 1995 In 1996 he was one of the organizers of a research programme in Cryptography at the Newton Institute at University of Cambridge.

Landrock contributed to more than twenty entries to the Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security including articles on PKCS, SSH, public key infrastructure and certificate authorities. His research focus since the late 1980s included subject areas as Key management systems, EMV and Card Payment Solutions and Authentication.

He has lectured on cryptography at more than 150 Universities. The European Patent Office recognized that Landrock's “inventions have helped secure electronic voting systems and electronic passport solutions”.

Awards and recognition In 1991 Landrock was awarded the Danish Data Security Prize, and in 2004, Landrock received the BIT Price for engineering entrepreneurship from the Danish Engineers.

His achievements with Cryptomathic were recognised by the World Economic Forum in 2003 and he received the VISA Smart Start Award for the work on Chip and Pin.