Markus Kuhn

Markus G. Kuhn (born 1971 in Munich) is a German computer scientist, currently teaching and researching at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.^[1] A graduate of the University of Erlangen (Germany), he received his MSc at Purdue University (Indiana, US) and PhD at the University of Cambridge (England, UK). He is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

Kuhn's main research interests include computer security, in particular the hardware and signal-processing aspects of it, and distributed systems. He is known, among other things, for his work on security microcontrollers, compromising emanations, and distance-bounding protocols. He developed the Stirmark test for digital watermarking schemes, the OTPW one-time password system, and headed the project that extended the X11 misc-fixed fonts to Unicode.

In 1987 and 1988, he won the German national computer-science contest,^[2] and in 1989, he won a gold medal for the West German team at the International Olympiad in Informatics.^[3][4] In 1994, as an undergraduate student, he became known for developing several ways to circumvent the VideoCrypt encryption system, most notably the Season7 smartcard emulator.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002, he published a new method for eavesdropping CRT screens.^[5]

In 2010 Kuhn was asked to analyze the ADE-651, a device used in Iraq that was said to be a bomb-detecting device; he found that it contained nothing but an anti-theft tag and said that it was "impossible" that the device could detect anything whatsoever.^[6]

He is also known for some of his work on international standardization, such as pioneering the introduction of Unicode/UTF-8 under Linux.^[7].

See also

• EURion constellation

References

1. ^ The Blue Book - "The Computer Laboratory: an Introduction", University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, Oct 2006
2. ^ P. Heyderhoff: Bundeswettbewerb Informatik. Informatik Spektrum, Vol. 11, pp. 107-108, Springer-Verlag, 1988
3. ^ P. Heyderhoff: Informatik-Olympiade. Informatik Spektrum, Vol. 12, p. 235, Springer-Verlag, 1989
4. ^ Results of the IOI 1989
5. ^ Kuhn, M.G.: Optical time-domain eavesdropping risks of CRT displays. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2002
6. ^ Iraq backing for 'bomb detector'. BBC News 2010-01-24.
7. ^ UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux

External links

• Kuhn's home page

Persondata
Name	Kuhn, Markus G.
Alternative names	Kuhn, Markus
Short description	German computer scientist
Date of birth	1971
Place of birth	Munich
Date of death
Place of death