Florian Hirner

I’m a third-year PhD student at Graz University of Technology, part of the CryptoEngineering group at ISEC. My research focuses on developing new methodologies to accelerate cryptographic protocols such as Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) on hardware platforms. I’m also interested in exploring high-performance computing architectures that use FPGA and ASIC platforms with DDR or HBM memory.

Research topics:

• Post-quantum signature schemes (MAYO, UOV)
• Zero-Knowlege Proof systems (Groth16, Orion)

Teaching:

• Digital System Design

Supervision of MSc students:

1. Florian Krieger (2023)
2. Michael Streibl (2024)
3. Constantin Piber (2024)

Additional:

• Artifact Reviewer (TCHES'2025)
• Reviewer (TCAD'2024)
• Subreviewer (TCHES, DAC, DATE, TCAD)