Felix Krieg, M.Sc.

Code-based Cryptography

The use of quantum computers exposes classical cryptographic systems, which are based on the difficulty of prime factorization, to vulnerabilities that can be attacked.
A prominent alternative, which appears robust even in a quantum computer-dominated world, are error correction code-based systems.

At the moment I am working on the McEliece cryptosystem based on Goppa codes. The asymmetric encryption scheme based on the McElice cryptosystem is one of the Fourth Round Candidate Algorithms of NISTs Post Quantum Cryptography project.

My current research interests are:

• Algebraic codes
• Code-based cryptography
• Machine learning in the context of digital communication