In-silico generation of random bit streams

J 2020

In-silico generation of random bit streams

CACCIA, M., L. MALINVERNO, L. PAOLUCCI, C. CORRIDORI, E. PROSERPIO et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

In-silico generation of random bit streams

Autoři

CACCIA, M., L. MALINVERNO, L. PAOLUCCI, C. CORRIDORI, E. PROSERPIO, A. ABBA, A. CUSIMANO, W. KUCEWICZ, P. DOROSZ, M. BASZCZYK, M. ESPOSITO a Petr ŠVENDA (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2020, 0168-9002

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.455

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14330/20:00118581

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta informatiky

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164480

UT WoS

000576959300005

Klíčová slova anglicky

Random number generation; Silicon Photomultipliers; Cryptography

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 5. 11. 2021 15:00, RNDr. Pavel Šmerk, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPM) are rapidly approaching a significant maturity stage, making them a well recognised platform for the development of evolutionary and novel solutions in a wide range of applications for research and industry. However, they are still affected by stochastic terms, notably a high Dark Count Rate (DCR), limiting their use when single photo-electron pulses convey the required information, for instance in chemiluminescence or fluorescence analysis of biological samples. In such applications, randomness of the spontaneous generation of carriers triggering the avalanche and the rate of occurrences is significantly decreasing the sensitivity of the system against solutions based, for instance, on traditional photo-multiplier tubes. However, unpredictability of the "dark" pulses has a potential value in domains connected to encryption and, in general terms, cybersecurity. "Random Power' is a project approved within the ATTRACT call for proposals (https://attract-eu.com), having as a main goal the generation of random bit streams by properly analysing the time sequence of the Dark Pulses. The principle has been proven using laboratory equipment and its value assessed applying the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) protocols, complemented by other test suites. The advantages against competing techniques have been thoroughly analysed and the development of a dedicated board, integrating the system in a low cost, low power, scalable design is on-going. The principle, protected by a patent application entered its international phase by the time of writing (application no.102018000009064, deposited at the Office of the Minister of Economic Development, as required by the Italian law; international PCT extension no.PCT/IB2019/058340 deposited in October 2019) will be described, together with the results obtained so far, the current development stage including an FPGA embedded Time-To-Digital Converter (TDC) and future perspectives.

Citovat

CACCIA, M., L. MALINVERNO, L. PAOLUCCI, C. CORRIDORI, E. PROSERPIO, A. ABBA, A. CUSIMANO, W. KUCEWICZ, P. DOROSZ, M. BASZCZYK, M. ESPOSITO a Petr ŠVENDA. In-silico generation of random bit streams. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2020, roč. 980, č. 164480, s. 1-7. ISSN 0168-9002. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164480.

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N2  - Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPM) are rapidly approaching a significant maturity stage, making them a well recognised platform for the development of evolutionary and novel solutions in a wide range of applications for research and industry. However, they are still affected by stochastic terms, notably a high Dark Count Rate (DCR), limiting their use when single photo-electron pulses convey the required information, for instance in chemiluminescence or fluorescence analysis of biological samples. In such applications, randomness of the spontaneous generation of carriers triggering the avalanche and the rate of occurrences is significantly decreasing the sensitivity of the system against solutions based, for instance, on traditional photo-multiplier tubes. However, unpredictability of the "dark" pulses has a potential value in domains connected to encryption and, in general terms, cybersecurity. "Random Power' is a project approved within the ATTRACT call for proposals (https://attract-eu.com), having as a main goal the generation of random bit streams by properly analysing the time sequence of the Dark Pulses. The principle has been proven using laboratory equipment and its value assessed applying the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) protocols, complemented by other test suites. The advantages against competing techniques have been thoroughly analysed and the development of a dedicated board, integrating the system in a low cost, low power, scalable design is on-going. The principle, protected by a patent application entered its international phase by the time of writing (application no.102018000009064, deposited at the Office of the Minister of Economic Development, as required by the Italian law; international PCT extension no.PCT/IB2019/058340 deposited in October 2019) will be described, together with the results obtained so far, the current development stage including an FPGA embedded Time-To-Digital Converter (TDC) and future perspectives.
ER  -

CACCIA, M., L. MALINVERNO, L. PAOLUCCI, C. CORRIDORI, E. PROSERPIO, A. ABBA, A. CUSIMANO, W. KUCEWICZ, P. DOROSZ, M. BASZCZYK, M. ESPOSITO a Petr ŠVENDA. In-silico generation of random bit streams. \textit{Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment}. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2020, roč.~980, č.~164480, s.~1-7. ISSN~0168-9002. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164480.

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