Demo Data from EDBT 2026 / reviewers in the wild / expert
Maurício J. Ferreira
dblp:354/1973
· DBLP profile ↗
1ranked-venue papers
1as first author
1since 2021 · last 2026
0000-0003-1495-8327ORCID · reported
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Security and privacy · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Network and information security
1 paper |
Cryptographic primitives and cryptanalysis · 100% |
Topics — the 2 heaviest of 3, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cryptographic primitives and cryptanalysis › random number generation
quantum random number generator |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | Machine Learning Validation of a Physical Prime Random Number Generator · IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur. 2026 |
Cryptographic primitives and cryptanalysis
random number generation |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | Machine Learning Validation of a Physical Prime Random Number Generator · IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur. 2026 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
predictive machine learning · 1.0equiprobable binning · 1.0
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Machine Learning Validation of a Physical Prime Random Number GeneratorabstractRandom prime number generation is crucial for the implementation of several encryption and signature protocols in cryptographic applications. Recently, Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs) have emerged as a solution to obtain information-theoretically secure randomness, setting them apart from algorithmic generators. Nonetheless, their output is still prone to deterioration under a flawed implementation and thus requires continuous statistical validation. This process is uniquely challenging for prime number generators since they cannot be submitted to the traditional testing suites, which are primarily designed to test uniform pseudorandom sources. Here, we enable direct statistical testing of prime Random Number Generators (RNGs) by extending a validation framework based on an equiprobable binning of the prime distribution with a predictive machine learning model, which can independently learn correlations in the prime output. The validity of this framework is then verified through extensive cryptanalysis of a prime QRNG based on quadrature measurements of the vacuum state. The developed model successfully identifies flawed configurations of the prime QRNG for output lengths up to 128 bits. This assessment was additionally extended to a purely classical scheme derived from electronic noise measurements. Although no increase in the model’s predictive capacity is seen, our testing framework can nonetheless demonstrate that this classical source produces a conclusively biased prime distribution. In turn, the implemented QRNG remains resilient against this type of cryptanalysis. Maurício J. Ferreira, Nuno A. Silva, Armando N. Pinto, Nelson J. Muga |
IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur. | 1 |