Contact Information
Jens-Peter Kaps
Associate Professor
Office: Engineering Building, Room 3222
Phone: (703) 993-1611
Fax: (703) 993-1601
Email: jkaps'at'gmu.edu
Public Key ID: 088D 1D49 F3FD 1851
Web: http://people-ece.vse.gmu.edu/~jkaps
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
During the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 semesters, Dr. Kaps is a visiting professor at Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. While there, he is working with the UCLouvain Crypto Group on exciting projects related to Side-Channel analysis.
Fall 2026 Teaching
- ECE 447 Microcontrollers
- ECE 547 Applied Cryptography
Research Interests
- Cryptographic Engineering
- Lightweight Cryptography
- Post-Quantum Cryptography
- Side-channel and fault attacks and analysis
- Tools for Side-channel and fault attacks
- Efficient implementation of cryptographic algorithms
- Cryptography for IoT devices
Dr. Kaps is Co-Director of the Cryptographic Engineering Research Group at GMU. A short description of his main research interests can be found on his research page.