QRNG Entropy as a Service(EaaS) Platform for Quantum-Safe Entropy and key Delivery

Report (2023)

Random numbers [1] are widely used in numerical computing, statistical simulation, random sampling, etc. The security of random numbers is getting more attention. In addition to random numbers ... [more ▼]

Random numbers [1] are widely used in numerical computing, statistical simulation, random sampling, etc. The security of random numbers is getting more attention. In addition to random numbers, information and network environment security [2] are also very important in real life, such as the generation of verification code for login, QR code for online payment, etc. All random numbers that involve important identity information must have extremely high security to protect personal privacy from being leaked or illegally stolen. At present, the mechanism for generating random numbers by computers is at risk of being attacked which is subject that the generated random numbers may be predicted in some cases. Random number generation (RNG) [3] has always been one of the biggest problems. The problem with classic random number generators, i.e., pseudorandom number generators, consists in the possibility to know the deterministic process of pseudorandom generation by unwanted persons. This may result, in the case of cryptography, in compromising a myth of security. Another problem may be the incorrect handling of the generated sequence—mostly in cryptographic uses, the generated random sequence is applied once. Its multiple usage may lead to a security breach (e.g., in the case of the OTP cipher, a sufficiently long key should be truly random and used once in that protocol, otherwise it will be possible to break the code). [less ▲]

LUQCIA project Milestone 1 Report

Report (2022)

SNT Team finalized the provider selection for QKD equipment to be installed. The selection process included the request for equipment quotation from Toshiba Europe and Aurea technologies. • Due to ... [more ▼]

SNT Team finalized the provider selection for QKD equipment to be installed. The selection process included the request for equipment quotation from Toshiba Europe and Aurea technologies. • Due to maturity, availability, and proofness, the team selected the Cerberis XCR platform provided by the company ID Quantique. Additionally, IDQ devices allow the user to perform research and his own developments in an open architecture. • The procurement process started at the beginning of 2022, and due to the total amount, it took until the last week of June to retrieve the equipment at UniLu premises. The procurement process required a formal derogation process to avoid public tendering. The justification for the derogation was the lack of other providers of QKD equipment that allows performing development and research while at the same time providing a finalized prototype that can be used as a starting point for the custom developments. • The current delays in the supplier’s chain have created a delay in finishing some procurements of auxiliary equipment related to the Lab. • The team started the physical space request from the University Logistics to have the place to deploy the QKD experiments. The space in the JFK building is an underground room of around 70 square meters. The space on the MSO building in Esch-Sur-Alzette will be a standard office space with fibre optic connectivity. • The team has been evaluating if installing a temperature control system in the JFK lab is required. For this purpose, we have been taking temperature measurements since the beginning of the year. In any case, the vendor specifications state that there are no stringent requirements in terms of temperature control other than an average room temperature. (10 to 30 Degrees in specs).University Logistics accomplished maintenance activities in the Lab facilities on JFK, basically to the floor and the electrical and communication network. The JFK Quantum Lab settlement is accomplished: the deployment of optical network fibre from the Lab to the JFK Data centre, server installation and mount rack setup. • The team has been evaluating if installing a temperature control system in the JFK lab is required. For this purpose, we have been taking temperature measurements since the beginning of the year. In any case, the vendor specifications state that there are no stringent requirements in terms of temperature control other than an average room temperature. (10 to 30 Degrees in specs). • The team is accomplishing the first experiments on the in-situ quantum link. The experiments include the basic setup of one pair of QKD devices, the “network setup,” and the “Quantum Channel Setup.” • The team has accomplished the preliminary configuration and testing on 3 pairs of QKD devices and presented the testing report in Technical Report 1: Integration and testing results which include the initial device setting in the log file and statistic testing result. • The second training provided by IDQ was presented physically in early November. The next milestone is implementing the Evedropping and provide the testing result. [less ▲]

AI SMEs IN INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

in SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THE AIR FORCE – AFASES 2022 (2022)

SMEs form the pile in the Romanian overall economy, creating a huge sum of the <br />job and added benefit within the nation, which makes them important in this context. IoT and <br />cloud are processing ... [more ▼]

SMEs form the pile in the Romanian overall economy, creating a huge sum of the <br />job and added benefit within the nation, which makes them important in this context. IoT and <br />cloud are processing Romanian but the difficulties encountered during the adoption of those <br />systems by Romanian SMEs. <br />Nevertheless, current literature will not heavily concentrate on SMEs and their particular <br />challenges nor will it include a lot of situation studies focusing upon maturity amounts of <br />impaired computing and IoT technologies. <br />The outcome of this research seeks to contribute to the field of IoT and maturation models by <br />adding more research that is specific to SMEs in Romania. The particular insights created by the <br />conclusions of this thesis goal to help SMEs and researchers in assessing maturity levels and <br />dealing with the challenges connected to the adoption of either IoT or cloud computing <br />technologies. [less ▲]

A Novel Data Packing Technique for QC-LDPC Decoder Architecture applied to NAND flash controller

in Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (2019)

Unequal Protection Approach for RLL-constrained LDPC Coded Recording System Using Deliberate Flipping

in Proceedings of 2017 International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC) (2017)

On soft iterative decoding for ternary recording systems with RLL constraints

Poster (2010)

In this paper, we investigate the soft iterative decoding technique for ternary recoding systems with run-length-limited (RLL) constraints. We employ a simple binary-to-ternary RLL encoder following the ... [more ▼]

In this paper, we investigate the soft iterative decoding technique for ternary recoding systems with run-length-limited (RLL) constraints. We employ a simple binary-to-ternary RLL encoder following the LDPC (low density parity check) encoder. In the decoder, the iteratively passing of soft information between the LDPC decoder and a detector is used, where the detector is constructed for a combination of the RLL encoder, PLM (pulse length modulation) precoder and the partial response channel. We provide two different decoding algorithms. For one of the decoding algorithm, we are able to obtain bit-error-rate performance which is inferior to the comparable system without considering the RLL constraint for the high sign-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime and is better for the low-to-moderate SNR regime. [less ▲]