


Kristin Lauter
Principal Researcher and Partner Research Manager
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Kristin Lauter is a Principal Researcher and Partner Research Manager for the Cryptography and Privacy Research group at Microsoft Research. Her research areas are number theory and algebraic geometry, with applications to cryptography. She is particularly known for her work on homomorphic encryption, elliptic curve cryptography, and for introducing supersingular isogeny graphs as a hard problem into cryptography. She served as President of the Association for Women in Mathematics from 2015 –2017.
Lauter was elected to the 2015 Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society “for contributions to arithmetic geometry and cryptography as well as service to the community.” In 2017, she was selected as a Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class. She was…
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Kristin E. Lauter elected as a Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Kristin E. Lauter is being recognized for the development of practical cryptography and for leadership in the mathematical community.

Lauter featured as world changer in the book, The Genius of Women
The Genius of Women shares Kristin Lauter's work to support and inspire women in math by launching Research Networks for Women in all areas of math (pg 275-278).

Where cryptography and quantum computing intersect
Last week I spent time at the American Institute of Mathematics in San Jose, working with a group of 20 or so mathematicians and computer scientists on questions related to quantum arithmetic, at…

Second homomorphic encryption standardization workshop delivers the goods
What an exciting two days at the Second Homomorphic Encryption Standardization Workshop at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More than 70 participants from…

Cryptographer's challenge: Keeping genetic secrets while advancing genetic research
Posted by Allison Linn Kristin Lauter is solving a problem you may not even know you have: She's working to keep your most personal data private and secure. We're not talking about your bank account balance or even your Social…

Private AI Bootcamp: Microsoft researchers share knowledge on cryptography, security, and privacy with PhD students
The fields of cryptography and machine learning (ML) are evolving at a rapid pace and are each complex in their own ways. The Cryptography and Privacy Research Group at Microsoft Research has led the way in creating a new research…