Lattice cryptography: A new unbreakable code

Computer science researchers are creating a new standard with lattice cryptography for a post-Moore's law world, where quantum computing is standard and traditional algebraic security methods would be easily broken. While traditional cryptography methods have relied on algebra, lattice cryptography utilizes the geometric realm–going in different dimensions in many different directions. The result is a much more difficult to crack system that provides greater security for everyone. Christopher Peikert, the Patrick C Fischer Development Professor of Theoretical Computer Science and associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has research interests including cryptography, lattices, coding theory, algorithms, and computational complexity. To learn more, visit his group's website - http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~cpeikert/ ----- Watch more videos from Michigan Engineering and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/michiganengineering The University of Michigan College of Engineering is one of the world’s top engineering schools. Michigan Engineering is home to 12 highly-ranked departments, and its research budget is among the largest of any public university. http://engin.umich.edu Follow Michigan Engineering: Twitter: https://twitter.com/umengineering Facebook: https://facebook.com/michigan.engineering Instagram: https://instagram.com/michiganengineering Contact Michigan Engineering: https://engin.umich.edu/about/contact/ *This video is an update to a previous version that incorrectly referred to conventional cryptography as relying on the factoring of prime numbers, instead of factoring of numbers that are the product of two large primes.