The UAE is working to pioneer breakthroughs in post quantum cryptography and neuromorphic computing through an international partnership between Technology Innovation Institute’s (TII) Cryptography Research Centre (CRC), and Yale University. The two organisations have been tasked with managing different areas of the research in two projects.
One joint project is titled Post-Quantum Lightweight Crypto Hardware Accelerators and Trusted Execution Environment Designs, focusing on developing quantum-resistant crypto schemes. With post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) algorithms, the project aims to guarantee security when today’s public cryptographic gold standards, such as RSA* and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) become ineffective as a result of live quantum computing.
The project also explores post-quantum lightweight cryptography with a focus on highly-constrained devices. Constrained devices typically have specialised purposes and are part of the Internet of Things (IoT). Some of the constraints they are under may include the need to communicate with the cloud with very little power and over long periods of time, without maintenance.
The neuromorphic computing joint project titled Energy-based Probing for Robust and Explainable Spiking Neural Networks is inspired by the brain. It aims to create energy-efficient hardware for information processing that is capable of highly sophisticated tasks.
The project examines spiking neural networks (SNNs), which have become popular as an energy-efficient alternative for implementing standard artificial intelligence tasks. Spikes or binary events drive communication and computation in SNNs that are close to biological neuronal processing and offer the benefit of event-driven hardware operations.
The central focus of the collaboration is to explore the design space of the energy-accuracy-robustness- explainability trade-off and to design the hardware and software necessary to create functional intelligent systems.
Dr Najwa Aaraj, Chief Researcher at Cryptography Research Centre, said: “At the Cryptography Research Centre, we are creating a knowledge-driven ecosystem powered by likeminded scientists and researchers – all focused on designing breakthrough solutions in different areas of cryptography.”
Jakub Szefer, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Priya Panda, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, from Yale University, said: “By working collaboratively with Cryptography Research Centre, we have an opportunity to apply shared expertise across post-quantum cryptography and neuromorphic computing research. We are optimistic that this partnership will yield effective research outcomes for greater impact.”
The Technology Innovation Institute is the applied research pillar of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC). The institute has seven initial dedicated research centres, focused on quantum computing, autonomous robotics, cryptography, advanced materials, digital security, directed energy and secure systems.
*RSA are the initials of the three inventors of public-key encryption technology developed by RSA Data Security.
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