Louis Goubin

• French citizen
• Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at University of Versailles-St-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Employment

• 2021: Promoted to Distinguished Professor (classe exceptionnelle 2ème échelon) by the National Council of Universities (CNU).
• 2014: Promoted to Distinguished Professor (classe exceptionnelle 1er échelon).
• 2009: Promoted to Full Professor (1ère classe).
• 2008-...: Head of the Cryptology and Information Security Group at UVSQ (PRiSM Laboratory until 2015, and now LMV Laboratory, UMR CNRS-UVSQ 8100).
• 2004-: Professor of Computer Science at University of Versailles-St-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
• 2001-2004: Head of the "Cryptography Research & Advanced Security" group, Schlumberger / Axalto.
• 1996-2001: Cryptography Expert, Bull CP8.
• 1997-1999: Maths Professor at CNED (French "Centre national d'enseignement a distance"): training for the French Agrégation de Mathematiques.
• 1995-1996: Military Service: Maths Professor at EMMST (École Militaire, Paris, France).
• 1993-1995: Teaching and Research Assistant in Mathematics at Paris XI University (Orsay, France).

Education

• 2003: Paris VII University (France)
• "Habilitation a Diriger des Recherches" diploma (Title: "Théorie et Pratique de la Cryptologie sur Carte à Microprocesseur"). Advisor: Professor J. Stern.
• 1992-1995: Paris XI University (Orsay, France):
• PhD Thesis in Pure Mathematics (Title: "Sommes d'exponentielles à coefficients multiplicatifs"). Advisor: Professor H. Daboussi
• 1989-1993: École Normale Supérieure (Paris, France):
• September 1992: DEA "Modelization and mathematical methods applied to economy" (Paris I Sorbonne, École Polytechnique), first class honours.
• October 1991: DEA in Pure Mathematics, Paris XI University (Orsay, France), with honours.
• July 1991: Agrégation de Mathematiques (Rank 13).
• 1987-1989: Lycée Louis-Le-Grand (Paris, France):
• Admitted to École Polytechnique and École Normale Superieure.
• 1984-1987: Lycée Henri-Wallon (Valenciennes, France):
• 1987: Baccalauréat with major in maths and physics, first class honours.

Awards

• 2021-2025: PEDR (Prime d'Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche)
• 2021: Recipient of the CHES Test of Time Award
• 2017-2021: PEDR (Prime d'Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche)
• 2013-2017: PES (Prime d'Excellence Scientifique)
• 2010: Best Paper Award at CHES 2010: joint work with Alexandre Berzati and Cécile Canovas-Dumas.
• 2009-2013: PES (Prime d'Excellence Scientifique)
• 1987: Third accessit (Maths) and "Mention régionale" (Physics) of the Concours Général.

Interests

• Protection of cryptographic algorithms against physical attacks
• Cryptographic protocols for privacy protection
• Multivariate cryptography: new schemes, cryptanalysis
• Stream ciphers
• Elliptic curves, pairings
• Obfuscation and white-box cryptography
• Hash functions: design and analysis