Markus Kuhn (computer scientist)
Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox scientist Markus Guenther Kuhn (born 1971) is a German computer scientist, currently working at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge and a fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.<ref>The Blue Book – "The Computer Laboratory: an Introduction", University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, Oct 2006 Template:Webarchive</ref><ref name="googlescholar">Template:GoogleScholar</ref><ref name="microsoft">Template:AcademicSearch</ref><ref name="dblp">Template:DBLP</ref><ref name="scopus">Template:Scopus</ref>
EducationEdit
Kuhn was educated at University of Erlangen (Germany), he received his Master of Science degree at Purdue University and PhD at the University of Cambridge.
ResearchEdit
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 1994, as an undergraduate student, he became known for developing several ways to circumvent the VideoCrypt encryption system, most notably the Season7 smartcard emulator.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2002, he published a new method for eavesdropping CRT screens<ref name="Kuhn2002" /> and in 2003 he went on to publish mitigations such as "Tempest fonts".<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
In 2010, Kuhn was asked to analyse 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
He is also known for some of his work on international standardisation, such as pioneering the introduction of Unicode/UTF-8 under Linux.<ref>UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux</ref>
Awards and honoursEdit
In 1987 and 1988, he won the German national computer-science contest,<ref>P. Heyderhoff: Bundeswettbewerb Informatik. Informatik Spektrum, Vol. 11, pp. 107–108, Springer-Verlag, 1988</ref> and in 1989, he won a gold medal for the West German team at the International Olympiad in Informatics.<ref>P. Heyderhoff: Informatik-Olympiade. Informatik Spektrum, Vol. 12, p. 235, Springer-Verlag, 1989</ref><ref>Results of the IOI 1989 Template:Webarchive</ref>