| Purpose: | The COSIC research group provides a broad expertise in digital security and strives for innovative security solutions. |
| Leader Name: | Bart Preneel Ingrid Verbauwhede Vincent Rijmen Claudia Diaz Nele Mentens Fréderik Vercauteren Nigel Smart |
| Main Organ: | KU Leuven |
| Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography | |
| Abbreviation: | COSIC |
| Location: | Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, 3001 Heverlee (Leuven) |
The Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography research group, commonly called COSIC, is a research group at the Department of Electrical Engineering of KU Leuven, which is headed by Bart Preneel.[1]
Research and expertise in digital security:[2]
Applications:
One of the well-known successes is the selection of Rijndael as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Currently AES is used by millions of users in more than thousand products, such as the protection of US government information.
COSIC has participated in over 50 European research projects.[3]
COSIC is part of the Smart Applications and Innovation Services of imec.