Final Steps of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography
                                Standardization (Keynote Abstract)
                                Meltem Sonmez Turan1
                                1
                                     NIST

                                Keywords
                                Cybersecurity, Cryptography standardization, Lightweight Cryptography, Ascon cryptographic
                                protocol




                                Topic
                                This talk includes an overview of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization
                                process and explains the evaluation of the finalists, the selection of Ascon as the winner
                                and the final steps in the standardization process.


                                Biography
                                Dr. Meltem Sonmez Turan is a mathematician in the Computer Security Division
                                of National Institute of Standards and Technology. Meltem co-leads the Lightweight
                                Cryptography Standardization project at NIST. Her research interests include symmetric
                                cryptography, random number generation and circuit complexity.




                                  C&ESAR’23: Computer & Electronics Security Application Rendezvous, Nov. 21-22, 2023, Rennes,
                                France
                                GLOBE https://www.linkedin.com/in/meltem-sonmez-turan-847b024 (M. S. Turan)
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