Alex Biryukov

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Alex Biryukov's Degrees

• PhD Computer Science Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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Why Is Alex Biryukov Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Alex Biryukov is a cryptographer, currently a full professor at the University of Luxembourg. His notable work includes the design of the stream cipher LEX, as well as the cryptanalysis of numerous cryptographic primitives. In 1998, he developed impossible differential cryptanalysis together with Eli Biham and Adi Shamir. In 1999, he developed the slide attack together with David Wagner. In 2009 he developed, together with Dmitry Khovratovich, the first cryptanalytic attack on full-round AES-192 and AES-256 that is faster than a brute-force attack. In 2015 he developed the Argon2 key derivation function with Daniel Dinu and Dmitry Khovratovich. Since 1994 Alex Biryukov is a member of the International Association for Cryptologic Research.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Alex Biryukov?

Alex Biryukov is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Santa Barbara
• Weizmann Institute of Science
• KU Leuven
• University of Luxembourg
• Technion – Israel Institute of Technology