Associate Professorship of Coding and Cryptography

2025

Cost-Efficient Distributed Learning via Combinatorial Multi-Armed Bandits †

Egger, M., Bitar, R., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Gündüz, D., May 2025, In: Entropy. 27, 5, 541.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

FedGT: Identification of Malicious Clients in Federated Learning with Secure Aggregation

Xhemrishi, M., Ostman, J., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Amat, A. G. I., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security.

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FedGT: Identification of Malicious Clients in Federated Learning With Secure Aggregation

Xhemrishi, M., Ostman, J., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Amat, A. G. I., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 20, p. 2577-2592 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Generalizing the Augot-Finiasz PKE to Other Code Classes

Porwal, A., Baumeister, A., Weger, V., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Loidreau, P., 2025, Code-Based Cryptography - 12th International Workshop, CBCrypto 2024, Revised Selected Papers. Weger, V., Deneuville, J.-C. & Horlemann, A.-L. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 25-44 20 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15531 LNCS).

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How to lose some weight: a practical template syndrome decoding attack

Bitzer, S., Delvaux, J., Kirshanova, E., Maaßen, S., May, A. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Designs, Codes, and Cryptography.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2024

Capacity-Maximizing Input Symbol Selection for Discrete Memoryless Channels

Egger, M., Bitar, R., Wachter-Zeh, A., Gündüz, D. & Weinberger, N., 2024, 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2024 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 723-728 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings).

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1 Scopus citations

CLAY AND PRODUCT-MATRIX MSR CODES WITH LOCALITY

Gao, M., Holzbaur, L. & Wachter-Zeh, A., Oct 2024, In: Advances in Mathematics of Communications. 18, 5, p. 1480-1491 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Coding for Composite DNA to Correct Substitutions, Strand Losses, and Deletions

Walter, F., Sabary, O., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Yaakobi, E., 2024, 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2024 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 97-102 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings).

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3 Scopus citations

Correcting a Single Deletion in Reads from a Nanopore Sequencer

Banerjee, A., Yehezkeally, Y., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Yaakobi, E., 2024, 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2024 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 103-108 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings).

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Open Access

2 Scopus citations

Error-Correcting Codes for Nanopore Sequencing

Banerjee, A., Yehezkeally, Y., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Yaakobi, E., 1 Jul 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 70, 7, p. 4956-4967 12 p., 10478160.

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Open Access

5 Scopus citations

Linearized Reed-Solomon Codes with Support-Constrained Generator Matrix and Applications in Multi-Source Network Coding

Liu, H., Wei, H., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Schwartz, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

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LowMS: a new rank metric code-based KEM without ideal structure

Aragon, N., Dyseryn, V., Gaborit, P., Loidreau, P., Renner, J. & Wachter-Zeh, A., Apr 2024, In: Designs, Codes, and Cryptography. 92, 4, p. 1075-1093 19 p.

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2 Scopus citations

On the Expected Number of Views Required for Fixed-Error Sequence Reconstruction

Papadopoulou, V., Arvind Rameshwar, V. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2024, 2024 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2024. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 639-644 6 p. (2024 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2024).

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1 Scopus citations

Reducing Ciphertext and Key Sizes for MLWE-Based Cryptosystems

Maringer, G. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2024, 2024 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2024. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 187-192 6 p. (2024 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2024).

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Scalable and Reliable Over-the-Air Federated Edge Learning

Egger, M., Hofmeister, C., Kaya, C., Bitar, R. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2024, GLOBECOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 3932-3937 6 p. (Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM).

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Self-Duplicating Random Walks for Resilient Decentralized Learning on Graphs

Egger, M., Ayache, G., Bitar, R., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Rouayheb, S. E., 2024, GLOBECOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 2960-2965 6 p. (Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM).

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1 Scopus citations

Sequential Decoding of Multiple Sequences for Synchronization Errors

Banerjee, A., Lenz, A. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72, 11, p. 6660-6676 17 p.

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1 Scopus citations

Sparsity and Privacy in Secret Sharing: A Fundamental Trade-Off

Bitar, R., Egger, M., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Xhemrishi, M., 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19, p. 5136-5150 15 p.

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2 Scopus citations

Zero Knowledge Protocols and Signatures from the Restricted Syndrome Decoding Problem

Baldi, M., Bitzer, S., Pavoni, A., Santini, P., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Weger, V., 2024, Public-Key Cryptography – PKC 2024 - 27th IACR International Conference on Practice and Theory of Public-Key Cryptography, 2024, Proceedings. Tang, Q. & Teague, V. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 243-274 32 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 14602 LNCS).

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Open Access

3 Scopus citations

2023

An Analysis of the RankSign Signature Scheme with Rank Multipliers

Baumeister, A., Bartz, H. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2023, Code-Based Cryptography - 11th International Workshop, CBCrypto 2023, Revised Selected Papers. Esser, A. & Santini, P. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 1-13 13 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 14311 LNCS).

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Bounds on Mixed Codes with Finite Alphabets

Yehezkeally, Y., Kim, H. A., Puchinger, S. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2023, 2023 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 389-394 6 p. (2023 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2023).

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Open Access

1 Scopus citations

Codes Correcting Burst and Arbitrary Erasures for Reliable and Low-Latency Communication

Kas Hanna, S., Tan, Z., Xu, W. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2023, ICASSP 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings; vol. 2023-June).

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Coding and bounds for partially defective memory cells

Al Kim, H., Puchinger, S., Tolhuizen, L. & Wachter-Zeh, A., Dec 2023, In: Designs, Codes, and Cryptography. 91, 12, p. 4019-4058 40 p.

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1 Scopus citations

Concatenated Codes for Multiple Reads of a DNA Sequence

Maarouf, I., Lenz, A., Welter, L., Wachter-Zeh, A., Rosnes, E. & I Amat, A. G., 1 Feb 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 69, 2, p. 910-927 18 p.

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12 Scopus citations

Error-Correcting Codes for Nanopore Sequencing

Banerjee, A., Yehezkeally, Y., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Yaakobi, E., 2023, 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 364-369 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2023-June).

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3 Scopus citations

FuLeeca: A Lee-Based Signature Scheme

Ritterhoff, S., Maringer, G., Bitzer, S., Weger, V., Karl, P., Schamberger, T., Schupp, J. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2023, Code-Based Cryptography - 11th International Workshop, CBCrypto 2023, Revised Selected Papers. Esser, A. & Santini, P. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 56-83 28 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 14311 LNCS).

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5 Scopus citations

Function-Correcting Codes

Lenz, A., Bitar, R., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Yaakobi, E., 1 Sep 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 69, 9, p. 5604-5618 15 p.

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4 Scopus citations

Generic Decoding in the Cover Metric

Bitzer, S., Renner, J., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Weger, V., 2023, 2023 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 243-247 5 p. (2023 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2023).

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Generic Decoding of Restricted Errors

Bitzer, S., Pavoni, A., Weger, V., Santini, P., Baldi, M. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2023, 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 246-251 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2023-June).

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5 Scopus citations

Geometrical Properties of Balls in Sum-Rank Metric

Ott, C., Liu, H. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2023, WSA and SCC 2023 - 26th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas and 13th Conference on Systems, Communications, and Coding. VDE VERLAG GMBH, p. 78-83 6 p. (WSA and SCC 2023 - 26th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas and 13th Conference on Systems, Communications, and Coding).

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1 Scopus citations

Index-Based Concatenated Codes for the Multi-Draw DNA Storage Channel

Welter, L., Maarouf, I., Lenz, A., Wachter-Zeh, A., Rosnes, E. & Amat, A. G. I., 2023, 2023 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 383-388 6 p. (2023 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2023).

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5 Scopus citations

Insertion and Deletion Correction in Polymer-Based Data Storage

Banerjee, A., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Yaakobi, E., 1 Jul 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 69, 7, p. 4384-4406 23 p.

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4 Scopus citations

Interleaving of Polymorphic Gabidulin Codes: Dedicated to the memory of Ernst M. Gabidulin (1937-2021)

Li, W., Sidorenko, V. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2023, 2023 18th International Symposium on Problems of Redundancy in Information and Control Systems, REDUNDANCY 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 110-115 6 p. (2023 18th International Symposium on Problems of Redundancy in Information and Control Systems, REDUNDANCY 2023).

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Key-Recovery Fault Injection Attack on the Classic McEliece KEM

Pircher, S., Geier, J., Danner, J., Mueller-Gritschneder, D. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2023, Code-Based Cryptography - 10th International Workshop, CBCrypto 2022, Revised Selected Papers. Deneuville, J.-C. (ed.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 37-61 25 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 13839 LNCS).

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1 Scopus citations

Linearized Reed-Solomon Codes with Support-Constrained Generator Matrix

Liu, H., Wei, H., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Schwartz, M., 2023, 2023 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 7-12 6 p. (2023 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2023).

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3 Scopus citations

Maximal-Capacity Discrete Memoryless Channel Identification

Egger, M., Bitar, R., Wachter-Zeh, A., Gündüz, D. & Weinberger, N., 2023, 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 2248-2253 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2023-June).

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2 Scopus citations

Private Aggregation in Wireless Federated Learning with Heterogeneous Clusters

Egger, M., Hofmeister, C., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Bitar, R., 2023, 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 54-59 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2023-June).

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1 Scopus citations

Randomized Decoding of Linearized Reed-Solomon Codes Beyond the Unique Decoding Radius

Jerkovits, T., Bartz, H. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2023, 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 820-825 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2023-June).

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Open Access

Secure Over-the-Air Computation Using Zero-Forced Artificial Noise

Masny, L. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2023, 2023 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 221-226 6 p. (2023 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2023).

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3 Scopus citations

Single-Deletion Single-Substitution Correcting Codes

Smagloy, I., Welter, L., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Yaakobi, E., 1 Dec 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 69, 12, p. 7659-7671 13 p.

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3 Scopus citations

Sparse and Private Distributed Matrix Multiplication with Straggler Tolerance

Egger, M., Xhemrishi, M., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Bitar, R., 2023, 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 2535-2540 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2023-June).

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3 Scopus citations

The Noisy Drawing Channel: Reliable Data Storage in DNA Sequences

Lenz, A., Siegel, P. H., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Yaakobi, E., 1 May 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 69, 5, p. 2757-2778 22 p.

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2 Scopus citations

2022

Adaptive Private Distributed Matrix Multiplication

Bitar, R., Xhemrishi, M. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 1 Apr 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 68, 4, p. 2653-2673 21 p.

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15 Scopus citations

A Power Side-Channel Attack on the Reed-Muller Reed-Solomon Version of the HQC Cryptosystem

Schamberger, T., Holzbaur, L., Renner, J., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Sigl, G., 2022, Post-Quantum Cryptography - 13th International Workshop, PQCrypto 2022, Proceedings. Cheon, J. H. & Johansson, T. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 327-352 26 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 13512 LNCS).

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9 Scopus citations

Clustering-Correcting Codes

Shinkar, T., Yaakobi, E., Lenz, A. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 1 Mar 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 68, 3, p. 1560-1580 21 p.

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8 Scopus citations

Computational Code-Based Privacy in Coded Federated Learning

Xhemrishi, M., Graell I Amat, A., Rosnes, E. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2022, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 2034-2039 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2022-June).

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2 Scopus citations

Covering Properties of Sum-Rank Metric Codes

Ott, C., Liu, H. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2022, 2022 58th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (2022 58th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton 2022).

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5 Scopus citations

Distributed Matrix-Vector Multiplication with Sparsity and Privacy Guarantees

Xhemrishi, M., Bitar, R. & Wachter-Zeh, A., 2022, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1028-1033 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2022-June).

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8 Scopus citations

Efficient Distributed Machine Learning via Combinatorial Multi-Armed Bandits

Egger, M., Bitar, R., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Gündüz, D., 2022, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1653-1658 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2022-June).

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3 Scopus citations

Equivalence of Insertion/Deletion Correcting Codes for d-dimensional Arrays

Stylianou, E., Welter, L., Bitar, R., Wachter-Zeh, A. & Yaakobi, E., 2022, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 814-819 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2022-June).

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1 Scopus citations

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