Prof. Orr Dunkelman is a full professor at the Computer Science Dept. in the University of Haifa. His research interests cover cryptography, with emphasis on cryptanalysis, privacy, with emphasis on biometric data, and computer security. He has served as the head of the Sub-center for Biometrics and its Applications here at the Center for Cyber, Law and Policy, and is a co-founder of the center (and was the center’s vice-director). He served on the board of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), as a delegate to the ISO/IEC SC27 WG2 and WG3 (as an expert in cryptography and computer security), and he is a co-founder of the “Privacy Israel” NGO. Currently he serves as the chair of the Fast Software Encryption steering committee, and as a visiting professor at the Technical University of Berlin.
During his academic career, Prof. Dunkelman published more than 130 papers in international venues, including the introduction of new cryptanalytic techniques, best known cryptanalysis results against specific ciphers (such as AES), as well as attacks against biometric protection mechanisms. As part of his analysis work, he is also a co-designer of multiple cryptographic schemes such as the HAIFA framework for hash functions, the KATAN and KTANTAN block ciphers, and the SHAvite-3 hash function. He served on almost 100 program committees (including EUROCRYPT, CRYPTO, ASIACRYPT, and Usenix), and as a program chair of 6 conferences (including EUROCRYPT 2022 and FSE 2009). He won numerous awards such as the Krill prize (2014) and Best Paper Awards (e.g., Crypto 2012 and FSE 2012).