Chris Peikert
Chris Peikert is a cryptographer whose research includes lattices, coding theory, algorithms, and computational complexity. His academic materials identify lattice-based cryptographic schemes as a particular focus.
Lattices and security
Peikert's work studies cryptosystems whose security is based on the apparent difficulty of lattice problems. His publications include work on Learning With Errors and ring-based variants.
Research and teaching
He received a Ph.D. from MIT in 2006 and has taught and published in cryptography and information security. His research record includes collaborations on foundational lattice constructions.
Enduring relevance
As standards and implementations consider post-quantum migration, lattice cryptography has become an important subject for both theoretical analysis and practical engineering.
Timeline
- 2006Receives a Ph.D. from MIT, according to his academic profile.
- 2010Co-authors work on ideal lattices and Learning With Errors over rings.
- 2014Presents a tutorial on lattice cryptography for the Internet at PQCrypto.
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 2000s-Present
- Known for
- Lattice-based cryptography; Ring-LWE research; Post-quantum cryptography
- Tags
- cryptography, lattices, post-quantum-cryptography, ring-lwe, research