Anja Lehmann           

I am a researcher in the security & privacy group at IBM Research – Zurich, where I work in the area of cryptography, information security and privacy. More specifically, I'm interested in the design of cryptographic protocols with provable security guarantees. See the publications section for recent research results.

I'm also interested in bringing new crypto and privacy techniques into the real world. Recent examples are our works on chameleon pseudonyms for desensitizing databases and password-based protocols that withstand offline attacks in case of server breaches. In the ABC4Trust, FutureID and FI-Ware projects, I was further working on the deployment of privacy-enhancing credentials, such as IBM's Identity Mixer, in real-world applications and infrastructures. 

Before joining IBM in 2010, I completed my PhD at Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany, supervised by Marc Fischlin. I joined IBM as a PostDoc and became a permanent research staff member in 2012.

I'm currently involved in a number of EU projects:

• Olympus (H2020, 2018-2021, Distributed and oblivious identity management, Role: Technical Lead and PI)
• ICT4CART (H2020, 2018-2021, Privacy-preserving ICT infrastructure, Role: Interim PI)
  
• USEIT (CHIST-ERA, 2017-2020, Security and privacy for IoT, Role: Interim PI)
• FutureTPM (H2020, 2018-2021, Quantum-resistant crypto for TPMs)

Scientific Service:

• Program Committees:
  
  • Present & Future: IEEE S&P 2020, RWC 2020, Crypto 2019, IEEE S&P 2019
  • Past: CCS 2018, CT-RSA 2018, POST 2018, RWC 2018, TCC 2017, Indocrypt 2017, CCS 2016, FC 2016, INFER 2016, CANS 2015, SAC 2015, FC 2015, IFIP Summer School 2017 & 2015, Open Identity Summit 2014 & 2013, PETS 2013, CSP EU Forum 2012, Crypto 2011
• Previous conferences:
  • Program Co-Chair: Security Standardisation Research Conference SSR 2018, IFIP Summer School 2016, ICITS 2015
  • General Co-Chair: Real-World Crypto 2018 (10.-12. January 2018, Zurich)
  • Publicity Co-Chair: CCS 2016
• Steering Committee: IFIP Summer School
• Management Committee Member: CryptoAction: Cryptography for Secure Digital Interaction
• Speaker at Summer Schools:
  • Summer School on Real-World Crypto and Privacy 2019, 2018
  • ECRYPT-NET School on Integrating Advanced Cryptography with Applications 2018
  • IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management 2017, 2015

News:

• Feb '19: Papers accepted at Eurocrypt'19, PKC'19 and PETS'19.
• Dec '18: I have joined the Crypto'19 and IEEE S&P'20 PC.
• Sep '18: Our paper "One TPM to Bind them All" has won the Pat Goldberg Memorial Best Paper Award 2017 (this was awarded to 6 out of 127 accepted papers).