(At my thesis defense, 18th of December 2001).
Short resume:
In December 2001 I defended my Ph.D. thesis (successfully).
2004-:
In January 2004 I joined the
Bundesdruckerei (the German federal print) that is located in Berlin.
Here I work on the cryptographic and interoperable features of the new Machine Readable Traveldocuments
that are equipped with a contactless high security controller to store biometric data.
It is especially worth noticing that the German passport will make use of elliptic curves!
I currently live and work in Berlin.
2001-2003:
In July 2001 I joined the Crypto Competence Center of
Business
Unit Identification, Philips Semiconductors.
I am currently working and living in Hamburg, Germany.
1998-2001:
Ph.D. student at the Institute
for Experimental Mathematics,
University of Essen,
Germany.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Frey.
1998:
Staatsexamen in mathematics, physics, University
of Göttingen, Germany.
1997:
Diploma in mathematics, University
of Göttingen, Germany.
Research interests:
Number theoretical cryptography,
especially elliptic and hyperelliptic curves,
finite fields
My thesis deals with the interpretation of discrete logarithm
problems in the
(cohomological) language of Brauer groups.
Here you can download the ps-file
of my thesis.
Publications:
Antoine Joux, Kim Nguyen:
Separating DH and DCDH in cryptographic
groups,
submitted to Journal of Cryptology.
Here you can find my private homepage (german only, sorry).
Contact:
Kim.Nguyen_3@philips.com