Low-complexity cryptography: bridging the gap between theory and practice

One of the main challenges cryptography has to deal with today is the protection of private data in an era in which gathering and selling data has become a lucrative business. The situation is additionally complicated by the threat of an all-powerful quantum computer which would break much of currently deployed cryptography. My research aims to use cryptographic primitives which have a very low-complexity structure together with dedicated high-end tools towards constructing practical and quantum-safe privacy-preserving protocols.