collaborative research projects


Orange Labs are involved in various European and French collaborative projects.

The ECRYPT Network of Excellence in Cryptology

ECRYPT — European Networkof Excellence for Cryptology — is a 4-year network of excellence funded within the Information Societies Technology (IST) Programme of the European Commission's Sixth Framework Program (FP6). ECRYPT was launched on February 1st, 2004. Its objective is to intensify the collaboration of European researchers in information security, and more in particular in cryptology and digital watermarking.

It involves 32 partners and is coordinated by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

The French research project SAPHIR

SAPHIR (Security and Analysis of Innovative and Recent Hashing Primitives) is a 3-year French RNRT project studying recent advances in the area of cryptographic hash functions. It was launched on March 10, 2006. It involves the following partners:

  • France Telecom R&D (coordinator)
  • LIENS – Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'École Normale Supérieure
  • DCSSI – Central Information Systems Security Division
  • Gemalto
  • Cryptolog

The French research project SAVE

SAVE (Sécurité et Audit du Vote Electronique) is a 3-year French ANR project studying all security aspects of e-voting systems. It was launched on June 12, 2007. It involves the following partners:

  • France Telecom R&D (coordinator)
  • LIENS – Laboratoire d'informatique de l'ENS
  • Cryptolog
  • INT
  • Supélec

The French research project PACE

PACE (Pairings and Advances in Cryptography for E-cash) is a 4-year ANR project which goal is to use the new and powerful bilinear pairing tool to solve remaining problems in electronic cash and related cryptographic tools. It was launched on February 6, 2008. It involves the following partners:

  • France Telecom R&D (coordinator)
  • LIENS – Laboratoire d'informatique de l'ENS
  • NXP Semiconductors France
  • Gemalto
  • LIX Ecole Polytechnique
  • Université de Caen
  • Cryptolog

The French research project MAC

MAC (Algebraic Methods for Cryptography) is a 3-year ANR project. Its objective is to study the problems at the interface of cryptography and symbolic calculus. The project involves the following partners:

  • France Telecom R&D
  • LIP6 &ndash Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'Université Paris 6
  • ENSTA (coordinator)

The French research project RFID-AP

RFID-AP (RFID Authentication and Privacy) is a 3-year ANR SESUR project. Its goal is to study practical aspects of solutions for low-cost tag authentication and data privacy. The project involves the following partners:

  • CEA LETI (coordinator)
  • Eurecom
  • France Telecom R&D
  • INRIA Grenoble