{"id":5857,"date":"2025-09-04T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/?post_type=news&#038;p=5857"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:55:36","slug":"cryptography-meets-culture-yrks-2025-at-kit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/news\/cryptography-meets-culture-yrks-2025-at-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptography Meets Culture: YRKS 2025 at KIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n  data-category=\"block\"\n  data-component=\"b-content-small\"\n  class=\"h-pt-0 none h-pb-xl none\"\n>\n  <div class=\"m-content m-content--3-4\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n                                  <div class=\" col-11 offset-1 col-lg-10 col-xl-8 col-xl2-7 offset-xl-2\">\n        <div class='m-content__wrapper s-base s-base'>\n          <p>On September 2nd and 3rd, 2025, the Young Researcher Crypto Seminar (YRKS) took place in the Senate Hall at KIT.<\/p>\n<p>42 PhD students from 16 universities across multiple countries came together to exchange ideas on current research topics in cryptography. The seminar was organized for the third time by the research group \u201c<em>Cryptography and IT Security\u201d<\/em>, led by Prof. J\u00f6rn M\u00fcller-Quade. The group is part of \u201c<em>KASTEL \u2013 Institute of Information Security and Dependability\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Over two days, participants engaged in expert talks, lively discussions, and scientific exchange on various aspects of cryptography.<\/p>\n<p>A special highlight was the group\u2019s evening visit to the \u201cSchlosslichtspiele\u201d light show in Karlsruhe, which this year celebrates KIT\u2019s 200th anniversary under the theme <em>\u201cThe Shining Lights of Science.\u201d<\/em> The international guests were deeply impressed, and the entirely positive feedback reflected the success of both the academic program and the cultural experience.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section\n  data-category=\"block\"\n  data-component=\"b-image\"\n  class=\"h-pt-0 none h-pb-xl none\"\n>\n  <div class=\"m-image m-image--center\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n       \n            \n      <div class=\"m-image__col col-12 col-lg-9 offset-lg-1\">\n        <div class='m-image__wrapper'>\n          \n<picture class=\"a-image \" data-type=\"jpeg\">\n  <div class=\"a-image__w\">\n    \n                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ehrenhof-712x712.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"712\" media=\"(max-width: 712px)\" >\n                                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ehrenhof-960x670.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"670\" media=\"(max-width: 960px)\" >\n                                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ehrenhof-1280x865.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"865\" media=\"(max-width: 1280px)\" >\n                  \n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"a-image__tag\" src=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ehrenhof-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1442\" data-from=\"-7\" data-to=\"7\" data-start=\"top bottom\" data-end=\"bottom top\" data-swiper-parallax=\"0\">\n  <\/div>\n<\/picture>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section\n  data-category=\"block\"\n  data-component=\"b-image\"\n  class=\"h-pt-0 none h-pb-xl none\"\n>\n  <div class=\"m-image m-image--center\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n       \n            \n      <div class=\"m-image__col col-12 col-lg-9 offset-lg-1\">\n        <div class='m-image__wrapper'>\n          \n<picture class=\"a-image \" data-type=\"jpeg\">\n  <div class=\"a-image__w\">\n    \n                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schlosslichtspiele-712x712.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"712\" media=\"(max-width: 712px)\" >\n                                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schlosslichtspiele-960x670.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"670\" media=\"(max-width: 960px)\" >\n                                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schlosslichtspiele-1280x865.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"865\" media=\"(max-width: 1280px)\" >\n                  \n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"a-image__tag\" src=\"https:\/\/kastel-labs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Schlosslichtspiele-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1442\" data-from=\"-7\" data-to=\"7\" data-start=\"top bottom\" data-end=\"bottom top\" data-swiper-parallax=\"0\">\n  <\/div>\n<\/picture>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 2nd and 3rd, 2025, the Young Researcher Crypto Seminar (YRKS) took place in the Senate Hall at KIT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","news-category":[100],"topic":[175],"class_list":["post-5857","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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