Dr. Veronika Kuchta
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Science Building (SE43), Room 200
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
Tel: +1 561-297-3671
Education
PhD in Applied Cryptography, University of Surrey, United Kingdom, 2016
Diploma (equiv. MSc) in mathematics, Heidelberg University, Germany, 2010 
Research Interests
Cryptography, post-quantum cryptography, number theory, public-key and symmetric cryptography
Research Description
I earned a Diploma degree in Mathematics from Heidelberg University, Germany, in 2010. I then pursued my PhD in applied cryptography at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom, completing it in 2016. From 2016 to 2018, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Université libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Between 2018 and 2020, I served as a research fellow at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
In December 2020, I joined the University of Queensland’s School of Mathematics and Physics (Brisbane, Australia) as a lecturer (equiv. Assistant Prof.) in mathematical cryptography, a position I held until July 2022. Since November 2022, I have been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, USA.
My research focuses on various aspects of mathematical cryptography, including post-quantum cryptography and its practical applications in real-world scenarios.
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I am the co-organizer of FAU Math Days (learn more about it here).
Past events:
AMC8 - Middle School Math Day: January 25th, 2025
FAU Math Day (for high school students): February 8th, 2025
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Team competition slides for all past Math Days are available here:
Files
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Crypto Teens in South Florida Summer Camp
I am the director of the Cryptoteens in South Florida Summer Camp. It is a five - day camp for high-school students who want to discover the technology and the science behind cryptography.
This year's summer camp is happening on August 4-8, 2025. More information about how to register and what to expect you can find here .
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Recent Publications
1) Xinxin Fan, Veronika Kuchta, Francesco Sica, Lei Xu, Speeding Up Multi-Scalar Multiplications for Pairing-Based zkSNARKs. In Journal of Cryptology (to appear)
2) Ron Steinfeld, Amin Sakzad, Muhammed F. Esgin, Veronika Kuchta, Mert Yassi, Raymond K. Zhao, LUNA: Quasi-Optimally Succinct Designated-Verifier Zero-Knowledge Arguments from Lattices. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, CCS 2024.
3) Yuexi Xu, Zhenyuan Li, Naipeng Dong, Veronika Kuchta, Zhe Hou and Dongxi Liu Formal Verification Techniques for Post-Quantum Cryptography: A Systematic Review. In 28th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS 2024) – Proceedings.
4) Maxime Buser, Rafael Dowsley, Muhammed F. Esgin, Clémentine Gritti, Shabnam Kasra Kermanshahi, Veronika Kuchta, Jason T. LeGrow, Joseph K. Liu, Raphaël C.-W. Phan, Amin Sakzad, Ron Steinfeld, Jiangshan Yu: A Survey on Exotic Signatures for Post- Quantum Blockchain: Challenges & Research Directions. In ACM Computing Surveys 2023 (Journal)
5) Muhammed F. Esgin, Oguzhan Ersoy, Veronika Kuchta, Julian Loss, Amin Sakzad, Ron Steinfeld, Xiangwen Yang, Raymond K. Zhao: A New Look at Blockchain Leader Election: Simple, Efficient, Sustainable and Post-Quantum. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security, ASIA CCS 2023.
Full list of all publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7724-2601
