Other scientific activities
- I am President of the French chapter of IEEE in
information theory :
Transactions on Information Theory (since 1st June 2016).
- I am an elected member of College A of the National Council of Universities (CNU) for Section 25 Mathematics (thematic "mathematics for codes and cryptography") (Term 2024-2027).
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I am the Head of International Relations and Cooperation of the Department of Mathematics, University of Paris VIII (from 2022 to present).
- Seminar: I was in charge of the seminar protection
of information for six years (from 2006 to 2012).
- Member of international projects: I was member of
Office of Research and Sponsored Project "Special Functions for
Cryptography" in UAE University with C. Carlet and K. Abdukhalikov
(from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2016). Also, I was involved in
the European project SECODE for four years (2016-2019) in which the
partners are l'INRIA (France), Télécom Paristech (France),
Université Catholique de Louvain UCL (Belgium) and the Sabancı
University (Turkey). I was involved as an investigator in the UAEU
project on " Significant functions in coding theory and
cryptography" (2017-2019), with Kanat Abdukhalikov as a principal
investigator and with the participation of Cunsheng Ding. I am
involved as an investigator in the UAEU project on "Optimal Discrete
Functions for Information Security" (2020-2023) with Kanat
Abdukhalikov as a principal investigator and with the participation
of Cunsheng Ding.
- Member of national projects: I was involved in the
project ANR BOOLE
(Boolean functions) from September 2009 to August 2013 with UVSQ,
ENS, INRIA, University of Aix-Marseille II, University of Paris XI,
The University of Caen (and University Paris VIII), University of
Nantes, University of Provence and University Paris Diderot (Paris
VII). Also, I was involved as an extern member of the ANR "MANTA"
from September 2015 to August 2018. The main topics are: Algebraic
Geometry and Coding Theory. The partners were: INRIA, IMT (Institut
de Mathématiques de Toulouse) et Télécom Paris.
- I am a member and heading at Paris VIII the French ANR project titled "BARRACUDA" (algeBrA, pRoofs, pRotocols, Algorithms, Curves and sUrfaces for coDes and their Applications) coordinated by Alain Couvreur (of the INRIA Saclay Research Center, LIX Laboratory, CNRS UMR 7161, Ecole Polytechnique Campus).
- I am responsible on the French side (since 2022) of a Franco-Indian cooperation project entitled "A Development of Advanced Cryptographic Primitives using Multivariate Public Key Cryptography as an Aid to IoT and Blockchain Technology"; with the CEFIPRA (Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research, also called IFCPAR). On India side is Sumit Kumar Debnath, an expert in multivariate cryptography working in the Mathematics Department of the National Technical Institute, Jamshedpur. The project aims to develop advanced cryptographic primitives using multivariate public key cryptography to aid IoT and blockchain.
- Participation in the expertise of national and
international projects (ex. Research Foundation, Research Grants Council (RGC), Foundation Flanders (FWO), National Research Agency (ANR), projects (AAP "Appel `a projets"), etc. ).
Administration activities
- Interlocutor and responsible in Paris VIII of the Laboratory LAGA
(since 2017).
- Head (since 2021) of the research team at the
LAGA laboratory a>" Algebra, Geometry, Combinatorics, and
Applications to Cryptography and Coding” (AGC3)
- Head (since 2020) of the
Master in Arithmetic, Coding and Cryptology of
the diploma "Master Mathematics and Applications" at the
the University of Paris VIII.
- Member of Council of the Laboratory LAGA
(since 2018).
- I am responsible (from 1st January 2022 to present) for the international relations of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Paris VIII.
- Head of the research team MTII
"Mathematics for information and image processing"
(2017-2018) in the laboratory LAGA.
- Head of Master: I was heading the
Master's degree in Mathematics (Master's Mathematics
and Applications to Coding theory and
Cryptography) at the University of Paris VIII
since 2013.
- I was in charge (with C. Carlet) of the
Master MACC (Mathematics and Applications to
Coding theory and Cryptography) program of
mathematics from 2006 to 2009.
- Member of Council UFR: I was
member of the Council of Unity of Formation and
research (UFR) at the University of Paris VIII
from 2006 to 2010.
- Budget: Charge of the budget of
the Department of Mathematics at the University of
Paris VIII from 2006 to 2009.
- Teaching and administrative training:
Charge teaching and administrative training in
cryptology between Thales and University Paris
VIII form 2008 to 2009.
- Member of the Recruitment Commission:
I'm a member (vice president) of the Recruitment
Commission for Mathematics at the University of Paris
VIII since 2008. This commission is in charge of
the recruitment of Assistant and Associate
Professors.
- Member of committee: I was a
member for 7 years (2011-2018) of the french
research coordination committee (Codes and
Cryptography), gathering more than 250
researchers.
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I am responsible (since January 1st, 2022) for international relations within the Department of Mathematics of the University of Paris VIII.
- I am a member (permanent guest) of the Council of Laboratoire LAGA in Paris 13 (since 2018).
I am a member of the council of the Paris VIII doctoral school n°224 Cognition, Language, Interaction at Paris 8 (since 2018).
- I am a member of the advisory committee of the mathematical sections of Paris VIII.
- I am a member (often responsible) of the monitoring committee for doctoral theses at Paris VIII.
Supervisions Ph.D Thesis
- Ph.D Thesis of Mrs Jian Liu (co-supervised with
Lusheng Chen), School of Mathematical Science-University
of Nankai-China) at the University of Paris VIII in the
China Scholarship Council framework (CSC), defended on May
29, 2015. Since her defence, she has held the position of associate professor at a university in China.
- Ph.D Thesis of Mr Bennenni Nabil (co-supervised
with K. Guenda) with the University of Sciences and Houari
Boumedienne USTHB technology, Algeria, supported on October
23, 2016. Since his defence, he has held the position of Associate professor in Algeria.
- Ph.D Thesis of Mr Ahmet Sinak (co-supervised with the
METU Applied Mathematics Institute, Ankara, Turkey)
(co-supervision with Ferruh Ozbudak) at the University of
Paris VIII defended on 08 September 2017. Since his defence, he has held the position of Associate Prof in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Science, Necmettin Erbakan University of Turkey.
Faculty of Science, Necmettin Erbakan University of Türkiye.
- Ph.D Thesis of Mr Amine Mrabet (in
co-supervision with the University of Tunis) (co-supervised
with Nadia Mrabet and Mohsen Machhout) defended on 08
November 2017. Since his defence, he has held the position of expert in cryptography for a leading company in France.
- PhD Thesis of Mr Junwei Wang (co-supervised with
Jean-Sébastien Coron, Matthieu Rivain and Pascal Pallier) at
the University of Paris VIII and the University de Luxembourg
defended on June 24, 2020. He was Awarded 2020 the Chinese Prize for “Best thesis” in the field. After his thesis, he became a cryptographic expert for a high-level company in France and obtained an important position at “Apple” in Paris, France.
- PhD Thesis of Mr Ashref Aloui at the University of
Paris VIII was defended on June 28, 2022. Since his thesis defence, he has held a senior executive position in the cryptography section of the Tunisian Ministry of Defense.
- Ph.D. Thesis of Mrs Liqin Qian at the University of Paris VIII (co-supervised with Xiwang Cao) and The Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China ("cotutelle"), defended on July 25, 2022. Since her thesis defence, she has held a postdoctoral position in a research laboratory in China. Since fall 2023, she is an associate professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, China.
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Ph.D. Thesis of Mr. Ruikai Chen at the University of Paris VIII. Four publications in progress, defended on June 18, 2024,. Since his defence, he has been a postdoc (commitment to become a permenant lecturer) at Guangzhou University, China.
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Ph.D. Thesis of Mr. Said Eddahmani at the University of Paris VIII. In progress, defence is planned for early 2025.
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Ph.D. Thesis of Mr. Virginio Fratianni at the University of Paris VIII. In progress since September 2022. Paris VIII (ministerial scholarship).
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PhD thesis (CIFRE) of Mrs Noémie Akpaki, the University of Paris VIII and the THALES group. In progress (since November 2024).
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PhD thesis (CIFRE) of Mrs Maria Slim at the University of Paris VIII and the ORANGE group. In progress (since November 2024).
Supervisions of Master Thesis
Since 2006, I have supervised nearly 100 internship projects in
License 3 and Master 1. Below is the list of my supervision at Master 2
level (knowing that our students are invited to carry out end-of-study
internships in companies):
- Master Thesis of Mozhgan Taghizadehtabarsi in coding
theory defended on 17 September 2014.
- Master Thesis of Edgar Ndie in Boolean functions
defended on 1st September 2017.
- Master Thesis of Omar Diankha Boolean functions and
Side Channel Attacks defended on 1st September 2019.
- Master Thesis in Cybersecurity and cyber defense of
Guillaume Avillaneda defended in January 2020.
- Master Thesis in Cybersecurity and cyber defense of
Jordan Berfroi defended in January 2020.
- Master Thesis in Cybersecurity and cyber defense of
Jean-Vincent Blossier defended in January 2020.
- Master Thesis in Cybersecurity and cyber defense of
Jean-Thierry Calvet defended in January 2020.
- Master Thesis in Cybersecurity and cyber defense of
Charles Dubos defended in January 2020.
- Master Thesis of Mohamed Hassen Tazairt defended on
December 2020.
- Master Thesis of Roosevelt Essono Assoumou defended
in December 2020.
- Master Thesis of Kone Ibrahima defended on December
2020.
- Master Thesis of Nourelhouda Aouni defended on
December 2020
- Master Thesis of Sarah Lemboub defended on December
2020.
- Master's thesis by Gaye Baye Bara Laye defended in December 2020 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master's thesis of Badreddine Chah defended in December 2020 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master Thesis of Juba Ait Salem defended in December 2020 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master’s thesis by Grigor Hakobyan defended in December 2020 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master Thesis of Laetitia Debesse defended in March 2021 (ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris).
- Master Thesis of Elsa Brou defended in June 2021 (Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris).
- Master Thesis of Marouane El Fadli defended in June 2021 (Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris).
- Master's thesis of Nail Baaziz defended in June 2021 (Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris).
- Master Thesis of Edme Quentin Master's degree defended in June 2022 (University of Versailles-University Paris Saclay).
- Master Thesis of Saussay Nicolas defended in June 2022 (University of Versailles-University Paris Saclay).
- Master Thesis of Roboubi Keivan defended in June 2022 (University of Versailles-University Paris Saclay).
- Master's thesis by Virginio Fratianni defended in July 2022 (the University of Orsay-University Paris Saclay and University Padova).
- Master Thesis of Alexey Nazarov's Master's degree defended in June 2022 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master Thesis of the Master Adam Hacham defended in June 2022 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master Thesis of Thoussa Vigneswaran defended in June 2022 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master Thesis of Cheikh Tidiane Sakho defended in June 2022 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master Thesis of Cissokho Karamba defended in June 2022 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master Thesis of Ahmad Yaghi defended in June 2022 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master Thesis of Doan-Quan Nguyen defended in June 2022 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master's thesis of Abdelkader Oullami defended in June 2022 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master's thesis of Baba Cissokho defended in november 2023 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master's thesis of Diankatu Mavambu defended in nnovember 2023 (University of Paris VIII).
- Master's thesis of Kaci Amaouche defended in november 2023 (University of Paris VIII and the compagny "ComThings", Nice).
- Master's thesis of Yassine Ozaim defended in november 2023 (University of Paris VIII and University of Luxembourg).
- Master's thesis of of Noémie Akpak defended in September 30, 2024 at the university of Paris VIII University and the THALES group
- Master's thesis of Maria Slim defended in September 30, 2024 at the university of Paris VIII University and the ORANGE group
- Master's thesis of Romuald Linon defended in September 30, 2024 at the university of Paris VIII.
- Master's thesis of Siyuan Chen. Start in 2024 (Paris VIII University and Univessity of Orsay Paris Saclay defended in September 30, 2024 at the university of Paris VIII.
- Master's thesis of Khadidja Mebrek defended in September 30, 2024 at the university of Paris VIII.
- Master's thesis of
Senny Fadera defended in September 30, 2024 at the university of Paris VIII.
Member of Ph.D thesis's defense
- Ph.D. Thesis of Rafael Fourquet, entitled "List decoding
codes of Reed-Muller and application to cryptanalysis ",
defended on November 3 2011, Paris VIII (examiner).
- Ph.D. Thesis of Jean-Pierre Flori, entitled "Boolean
functions, algebraic curves and multiplication complex ",
defended on February 03, 2012, Telecom Paris (examiner).
- Ph.D. Thesis of Chérif Mihoubi "Cyclic codes
ternary rate 1/2 ", defended on 21 December 2012, Telecom
Paris (examiner).
- Ph.D. Thesis of Lin Sok, entitled "Code, Lattices and
functions boolean ", defended September 20, 2013, Telecom
Paris (referee).
- PhD thesis of Stéphanie Dib entitled "Distribution of
non-linearity of boolean functions ", defended on 11
December 2013, University of Marseilles (rapporteur).
- PhD thesis of Deng Tang, entitled "Boolean functions for
diagrams cryptographic by streams and blocks, defended on 01
July 2014, University of Paris VIII (examiner).
- PhD thesis of Valentin Suder entitled "Differential Properties
of permutations and application in cryptography
symmetric ", defended on November 5, 2014, INRIA
Paris-Rocquencourt and Paris 6 University, France
(examiner).
- Ph.D. thesis of Brahim Merabe, entitled "Security
criteria of Boolean functions against algebraic attacks on
flow diagrams and by blocks ", defended on January 12, 2015,
University of Boumediene, Algeria (referee)
- Ph.D. Thesis of Soukayna Qarboua "Quaternary
approach functions cryptographic, boolean functions and Tu
conjecture and Deng "defended on 23 June 2016, Telecom
Brittany / ITI (referee).
- Ph.D. The thesis of Samir Hodzic entitled "Characterization
of generalized bent functions and some other related topics
to cryptography ", defended on August 10 2017, Koper,
Slovenia (referee).
- Ph.D. thesis of Pierrick Méaux, entitled "Hybrid
fully homomorphic framework ", defended on December 08
2017, ENS, INRIA, Paris, France (examiner).
- Ph.D. The thesis of Nicolas Marrière, entitled
"Cryptanalysis ciphers by blocks with method variances ",
defended on 20 December 2017, Cergy, France (guest).
- Ph.D thesis of Nishant Sinha entitled ``
Analysis of symmetric ciphers " defended on August 31 2018,
Roorkee, India (referee).
- PhD Thesis of Bhupendra Singh entitled `` On
rotation symmetric Boolean functions " defended in May 2019,
India (referee).
- PhD Thesis of Yann Rotella entitled``
Mathematics discrete applied to symmetric cryptography
" defended September 19, 2018, INRIA, Paris, France
(examiner)
- Ph.D thesis of Thanh-Hung Dang, entitled
"Complexity scalar of type algorithms Chudnovsky from
multiplications in finite fields" defended on May 25 2020,
Luminy, Marseille, France (referee).
- PhD Thesis of Maamar Oulad, entitled
“Optimizations of Channel Attacks Hidden ", defended on
September 08, 2020, Paris, France (guest).
- PhD Thesis of Violetta Weger, entitled
“Information Set Decoding in the Lee Metric and the Local to
Global Principle for Densities " defended on 17 November
2020, Zurich (referee).
- PhD thesis of Pratap Kumar Behra entitled "Construction of strong S-boxes for block ciphers" defended on August 2021, Madras, India (referee).
- Ph.D. thesis of Dan Zhang entitled "Design of sequences with good
correlation properties", defended on August 26, 2021, in Bergen, Norway (referee).
- Ph.D. thesis of Mohammed Zitouni entitled "Etudes et implémentation des algorithmes de couplages sur les courbes hyper-elliptiques sur les corps premiers"
defended on September 14, 2021, in Paris, France (examiner).
- PhD thesis of Wei Cheng entitled "What Can Information Guess?", defended on December 10, 2021, Telecom Paris, Institute Polytechnic of Paris, France (examiner).
- PhD thesis of Asma Chaouch entitled "Efficient implementation of the arithmetic Adapted Modular Number System (AMNS)" defended on December 15, 2021,
Toulon, France (referee).
- PhD thesis of Charul Rajput entitled "On some constructions of locally recoverable codes" defended on February 24, 2022, Roorkee, India (referee). .
- PhD thesis of Rene Rodriguez entitled "Minimal binary linear codes" defended on December 2, 2022, Koper, Slovenia (referee). .
- Ph.D. thesis of Bastien Pacifico entitled "
Construction polynomiale d’algorithmes de multiplication de type Chudnovsky de complexité bilinéaire linéaire", defended on December 15, 2022, Institute mathematics of Aix Marseille, France (examiner).
- Ph.D. thesis of Hamid Boukerrou entitled "Synthèse de nouveaux automates à états finis décrits par une représentation matricielle: application à la cryptographie", defended on April 4, 2023, University of Nancy, France (examiner).
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PhD thesis of Chloé Gravouil entitled "Boolean Fault-Resistant Masking and White-Box ability of Lightweight Cryptography", IRMAR,
defended on June 27, 2023, University of Rennes, France (examiner).
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PhD thesis of Yi Liu
Thèse de doctorat de Yi Liu intitulée “Security Assessment Against Side-Channel Attacks: Insights from an Information-Theoretic Perspective” soutenue le 15 Novembre 2023, Télécom Paris Saclay, France (examiner).
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PhD thesis of Vidya Sagar entitled "Constructions of linear codes with nice parameters" defended in November 2023, New Delhi, India (referee).
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PhD thesis of Abhishek Roy entitled "Constructions of $1$-D sequences and $2$-Array with flexible lengths for applications", Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, defended in March 2024, India (referee).
intitulée "Constructions of 1-D sequences and 2-Array with flexible lengths for applications" at the Indien ``
institute of Technology" (IIT) Patna, defended in March 2024, India (Refree).
- PhD thesis of Ridhima Thakral entitled
"LCD and LCP of codes over some finite rings", soutenue en Avril 2024, university Chandigarh, India (Referee).
- PhD thesis of Stejpan Picek entitled "Boolean Functions and S-boxes in Cryptography: Properties and Constructions", defended on october, 25, 2024 at l'university of Paris VIII (examinar).
Educational activities
- Author of book: Joint author of the book
"Mathematics L2" Pearson Education, 2007 (Chapter
"Quotients rings and finite fields" and Chapter
complement "From finite fields to error-correcting
codes").
- Jury member of a national competition:
competition Mathematics A (Algebra and Analysis) from
2005 to 2014
- Corrective books: book "oral
competitions Central School / Supelec School/ Mine
School/ Polytechnic School"; a collection of Ellipses and
book "Mathematics L1"; collection Pearson Education.
- Scientific document examiner: "An
analysis of scientific papers" in Mathematics for
Polytechnic competitions in 2011.
- Framing of training courses: framing of
almost 50 training courses Master in Mathematics and
information theory from 2006 to 2009.
- Oral examinations in preparatory classes:
preparation for the oral competition in Mathematics (2nd
year class preparatory MP, PSI*, MP*, PC* and 1st year
of preparatory class MPSI, Fenelon, Jansson de Sailly and ISEP) for 28 years.