Summary:
NIST mathematician Carl Miller discusses the dual impact of quantum technology on cryptography. While quantum physics poses a threat to current cryptographic solutions, it also enables new quantum-based security applications.
Miller focuses on two quantum cryptography applications:
1. Device-independent quantum random number generation – recently achieved experimentally and a major success in the field
2. Quantum coin-flipping – an original problem that has driven significant theoretical work
Despite their similarities, these two applications have followed very different development paths.
Carl Miller completed his PhD in Mathematics at Berkeley in 2007 before transitioning into quantum information science. He is currently a Fellow at the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) at the University of Maryland and a Mathematician in the Computer Security Division at NIST.
Source: https://www.nist.gov/itl/itl-speakers-bureau-carl-miller
Keywords: quantum, cryptography, technology, security
