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Markus Kuhn
Markus Kuhn
Born	Markus Guenther Kuhn; 1971 (age 52–53); Munich, West Germany
Alma mater	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Purdue University; Wolfson College, Cambridge;
Known for	EURion constellation
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science; Computer security; Tamper resistance
Institutions	University of Cambridge; Purdue University; University of Erlangen-Nuremberg;
Thesis	Compromising emanations: eavesdropping risks of computer displays (2002)
Doctoral advisor	Ross J. Anderson
Doctoral students	Steven Murdoch
Website	www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/

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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.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Education

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.

Research

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.^[15]

In 2002, he published a new method for eavesdropping CRT screens^[3] and in 2003 he went on to publish mitigations such as "Tempest fonts".^[16]

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.^[17]

He is also known for some of his work on international standardisation, such as pioneering the introduction of Unicode/UTF-8 under Linux.^[18]

Awards and honours

In 1987 and 1988, he won the German national computer-science contest,^[19] and in 1989, he won a gold medal for the West German team at the International Olympiad in Informatics.^[20]^[21]

References

^ Markus Kuhn author profile page at the ACM Digital Library
^ Kuhn, M. G. (1998). "Cipher instruction search attack on the bus-encryption security microcontroller DS5002FP". IEEE Transactions on Computers. 47 (10): 1153–1157. doi:10.1109/12.729797.
^ ^a ^b Kuhn, M. G. (2002). "Optical time-domain eavesdropping risks of CRT displays". Proceedings 2002 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. pp. 3–4. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.7.5870. doi:10.1109/SECPRI.2002.1004358. ISBN 978-0-7695-1543-4. S2CID 2385507.
^ Hancke, G. P.; Kuhn, M. G. (2005). "An RFID Distance Bounding Protocol". First International Conference on Security and Privacy for Emerging Areas in Communications Networks (SECURECOMM'05). p. 67. doi:10.1109/SECURECOMM.2005.56. ISBN 978-0-7695-2369-9. S2CID 435025.
^ Petitcolas, F. A. P.; Anderson, R. J.; Kuhn, M. G. (1999). "Information hiding-a survey". Proceedings of the IEEE. 87 (7): 1062. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.333.9397. doi:10.1109/5.771065.
^ Kuhn, M. G. (2011). "Compromising emanations of LCD TV sets". 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility. pp. 931–936. doi:10.1109/ISEMC.2011.6038442. ISBN 978-1-4577-0812-1. S2CID 47153474.
^ Markus Kuhn at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ Murdoch, Steven James (2008). Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge.
^ References Kuhn, M. (1971, January 1). Retrieved from Sicherheitsanalyse eines Mikroprozessors mit Busverschlusselun
^ The Blue Book – "The Computer Laboratory: an Introduction", University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, Oct 2006 Archived 4 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Markus Kuhn publications indexed by Google Scholar
^ Markus Kuhn publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
^ Markus G. Kuhn at DBLP Bibliography Server
^ Markus Kuhn's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
^ Kuhn, Markus (19 June 1994). "MS-DOS Videocrypt smart card emulator".
^ Kuhn, Markus G. (December 2003). "Compromising emanations: eavesdropping risks of computer displays" (PDF). Technical Report (577). Cambridge, United Kingdom: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ISSN 1476-2986. UCAM-CL-TR-577. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
^ "Iraq backing for 'bomb detector'". BBC News. 24 January 2010.
^ UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux
^ P. Heyderhoff: Bundeswettbewerb Informatik. Informatik Spektrum, Vol. 11, pp. 107–108, Springer-Verlag, 1988
^ P. Heyderhoff: Informatik-Olympiade. Informatik Spektrum, Vol. 12, p. 235, Springer-Verlag, 1989
^ Results of the IOI 1989 Archived 28 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[acm-1] Markus Kuhn author profile page at the ACM Digital Library

[2] Kuhn, M. G. (1998). "Cipher instruction search attack on the bus-encryption security microcontroller DS5002FP". IEEE Transactions on Computers. 47 (10): 1153–1157. doi:10.1109/12.729797.

[Kuhn2002-3] Kuhn, M. G. (2002). "Optical time-domain eavesdropping risks of CRT displays". Proceedings 2002 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. pp. 3–4. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.7.5870. doi:10.1109/SECPRI.2002.1004358. ISBN 978-0-7695-1543-4. S2CID 2385507.

[4] Hancke, G. P.; Kuhn, M. G. (2005). "An RFID Distance Bounding Protocol". First International Conference on Security and Privacy for Emerging Areas in Communications Networks (SECURECOMM'05). p. 67. doi:10.1109/SECURECOMM.2005.56. ISBN 978-0-7695-2369-9. S2CID 435025.

[5] Petitcolas, F. A. P.; Anderson, R. J.; Kuhn, M. G. (1999). "Information hiding-a survey". Proceedings of the IEEE. 87 (7): 1062. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.333.9397. doi:10.1109/5.771065.

[6] Kuhn, M. G. (2011). "Compromising emanations of LCD TV sets". 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility. pp. 931–936. doi:10.1109/ISEMC.2011.6038442. ISBN 978-1-4577-0812-1. S2CID 47153474.

[mathgene-7] Markus Kuhn at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[murdochphd-8] Murdoch, Steven James (2008). Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge.

[9] References Kuhn, M. (1971, January 1). Retrieved from Sicherheitsanalyse eines Mikroprozessors mit Busverschlusselun

[10] The Blue Book – "The Computer Laboratory: an Introduction", University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, Oct 2006 Archived 4 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[googlescholar-11] Markus Kuhn publications indexed by Google Scholar

[microsoft-12] Markus Kuhn publications indexed by Microsoft Academic

[dblp-13] Markus G. Kuhn at DBLP Bibliography Server

[scopus-14] Markus Kuhn's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)

[15] Kuhn, Markus (19 June 1994). "MS-DOS Videocrypt smart card emulator".

[16] Kuhn, Markus G. (December 2003). "Compromising emanations: eavesdropping risks of computer displays" (PDF). Technical Report (577). Cambridge, United Kingdom: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ISSN 1476-2986. UCAM-CL-TR-577. Retrieved 29 October 2010.

[17] "Iraq backing for 'bomb detector'". BBC News. 24 January 2010.

[18] UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux

[19] P. Heyderhoff: Bundeswettbewerb Informatik. Informatik Spektrum, Vol. 11, pp. 107–108, Springer-Verlag, 1988

[20] P. Heyderhoff: Informatik-Olympiade. Informatik Spektrum, Vol. 12, p. 235, Springer-Verlag, 1989

[21] Results of the IOI 1989 Archived 28 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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-'''Markus Guenther Kuhn''' (born 1971) is a [[Germany|German]] [[computer science|computer scientist]], currently teaching and researching at the [[University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory]].<ref>[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/DeptInfo/Overview/ The Blue Book] - "The Computer Laboratory: an Introduction", University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, Oct 2006</ref><ref name="googlescholar">{{GoogleScholar|4FSAZOsAAAAJ}}</ref><ref name="microsoft">{{AcademicSearch|1399760}}</ref><ref name="dblp">{{DBLP|id=Kuhn:Markus_G=}}</ref>
+'''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>[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/DeptInfo/Overview/ The Blue Book] – "The Computer Laboratory: an Introduction", University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, Oct 2006 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204065322/http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/DeptInfo/Overview/ |date=4 February 2007 }}</ref><ref name="googlescholar">{{GoogleScholar|4FSAZOsAAAAJ}}</ref><ref name="microsoft">{{AcademicSearch|1399760}}</ref><ref name="dblp">{{DBLP|name=Markus G. Kuhn}}</ref><ref name="scopus">{{Scopus|id=8900011300}}</ref>
 ==Education==
-Kuhn was educated at [[University of Erlangen-Nuremberg|University of Erlangen]] ([[Germany]]), he received his [[Master of Science]] degree at [[Purdue University]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] at the [[University of Cambridge]]. He is a Fellow of [[Wolfson College, Cambridge]].
+Kuhn was educated at [[University of Erlangen-Nuremberg|University of Erlangen]] (Germany), he received his Master of Science degree at [[Purdue University]] and PhD at the [[University of Cambridge]].
 ==Research==
-Kuhn's main research interests include [[computer security]], in particular the hardware and signal-processing aspects of it, and [[distributed system]]s. He is known, among other things, for his work on [[Secure cryptoprocessor|security microcontrollers]], [[TEMPEST|compromising emanations]], and [[distance-bounding protocol]]s. 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]].
+Kuhn's main research interests include [[computer security]], in particular the hardware and signal-processing aspects of it, and [[distributed system]]s. He is known, among other things, for his work on [[Secure cryptoprocessor|security microcontrollers]], [[Tempest (codename)|compromising emanations]], and [[distance-bounding protocol]]s. 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,<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>[http://www.oi.edu.pl/ioires/c_ioi89.html Results of the IOI 1989]</ref> 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>{{Cite web | title=MS-DOS Videocrypt smart card emulator | url=http://www.textfiles.com/hacking/CABLE/season7.txt | date=1994-06-19 | author=Markus Kuhn }}</ref>
+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>{{Cite web | title=MS-DOS Videocrypt smart card emulator | url=http://www.textfiles.com/hacking/CABLE/season7.txt | date=19 June 1994 | first=Markus | last=Kuhn }}</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>{{cite journal |last= Kuhn |first= Markus G. |author-link= Markus Kuhn (computer scientist) |date=December 2003|title= Compromising emanations: eavesdropping risks of computer displays |journal=Technical Report |issue= 577|publisher= University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory |location= Cambridge, United Kingdom |issn= 1476-2986 |id= UCAM-CL-TR-577 |url= http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-577.pdf |access-date= 2010-10-29}}</ref>
-In 2002, he published a new method for eavesdropping CRT screens.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1109/SECPRI.2002.1004358}}</ref>
-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.<ref>{{vancite news |work=BBC News |title=Iraq backing for 'bomb detector' |date=2010-01-24 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/8477601.stm }}</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>{{cite news |work=BBC News|title=Iraq backing for 'bomb detector' |date=24 January 2010 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/8477601.stm }}</ref>
-He is also known for some of his work on international standardization, such as pioneering the introduction of [[Unicode]]/[[UTF-8]] under [[Linux]].<ref>[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux]</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>[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux]</ref>
+==Awards and honours==
+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>[http://www.oi.edu.pl/ioires/c_ioi89.html Results of the IOI 1989] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628212422/http://www.oi.edu.pl/ioires/c_ioi89.html |date=28 June 2007 }}</ref>
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