Topics for Bachelor Students
- Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage
Record linkage is a crucial step in many database applications. At the same time, record linkage can be a privacy issue. To what degree is it possible to support record linkage while maintaining a well-specified and quantifiable amount of privacy for the user?
Topics for Master Students
- Proofs of Storage
In recent years, the idea of hash-based cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, has taken off. A disadvantage of Bitcoin is the dependency on cryptographic "proofs of work", which are, de facto, a "proof of power consumption" and CO2-emission. Thus, we study environmentally more friendly alternatives, such as "proofs of storage".