COSIC Professor Nigel Smart wins #RSAC 2026 Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics!
https://www.rsaconference.com/library/press-release/rsac-set-to-honor-mathematics-awards

COSIC researcher Alireza Aghabagherloo presented “Evaluating the Robustness of RL-based Autonomous Intersection Control to Data Integrity Attacks” at the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (#PerCom) 2026.

This week we co-organized the NII Shonan Meeting in Kanagawa (Japan) on "Provable Security for Trustworthy Embedded Systems against Physical Attacks - From Theory to Practice".
https://shonan.nii.ac.jp/seminars/236/

Curious about the #WhisperPair vulnerabilities in Google’s Fast Pair protocol - impacting hundreds of millions of Bluetooth devices? Join the authors next week for a free COSIC seminar on March 26 to learn more.
https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/?post_type=tribe_events

Save the date!
The COSIC Course on Cryptography and Cybersecurity will take place in Heverlee (Leuven, Belgium) from 22–25 June 2026. A unique, expert‑driven program covering the foundations and latest developments in crypto & cybersecurity.
Website and registration coming soon!

COSIC researcher Martin Zbudila presented "#MOZAIK: A Privacy-Preserving Analytics Platform for IoT Data Using MPC" at #RWMPC in Taiwan.
https://www.mpcalliance.org/rwmpc-2026
Paper in the Journal of Network and Systems Management: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10922-025-10021-6
Preprint:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02245

🎉 Proud moment for COSIC! Prof. Nigel Smart has received the #RSAC 2026 Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics for his groundbreaking work in #MPC, Threshold #Cryptography & foundational crypto research. Congratulations, Nigel! 👏
https://www.rsaconference.com/library/press-release/rsac-set-to-honor-mathematics-awards

COSIC researcher Mahdi Sedaghat presented Post-Quantum Readiness in EdDSA Chains at FC 2026 in St. Kitts.
#fc2026 #cryptography #fc
https://fc26.ifca.ai/program.html

Chitrak Das is visiting us for the next 6 months!
"I chose this group to bridge the gap between abstract mathematical concepts and their practical implementation in global digital infrastructure. My goal is to apply rigorous analysis to the Ethereum ecosystem, contributing to the long-term safety and reliability of decentralized networks and learn as much practical stuff as possible on the way." #choosecosic

Welcome to Ankan Ghosh, a visitor working on Android malware detection.
"COSIC stands as a global benchmark for cryptographic and cybersecurity research. I chose COSIC not just for its heritage, but to contribute to the next generation of breakthroughs."
#choosecosic