Merlin Fruchon - Doctorant

About Me

I am a second-year PhD student under the supervision of Anne Canteaut.

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Research Interests

I'm currently working on a fixed-key analysis of differential properties of symmetric primitives.

Education

2023/2024 : Master Parisien de Recherche en Informatique (MPRI), Paris
2020-2024 : Cycle Ingénieur Polytechnicien, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau
2018-2020 : Classes préparatoires MPSI-MP*, Lycée Pierre de Fermat, Toulouse

Contact

Email : prenom [dot] nom [at] inria [dot] fr
Office : B316
Adress :
Centre de recherche Inria de Paris
EPI Cosmiq
48 rue Barrault
CS 61534
75647 PARIS CEDEX 13
France

Publications

International Conferences

Understanding Unexpected Fixed-Key Differential Behaviours: How to Avoid Major Weaknesses in Lightweight Designs
Anne Canteaut and Merlin Fruchon, Asiacrypt 2025.
In Melbourne, Australia, December 2025.

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Talks

New perspectives in differential cryptanalysis of SPNs . Journées Codage et Cryptographie - JC2 2025 . In Pornichet, France, on March 2025.
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Teaching

For the past two years, I have been in charge of weekly tutorials at UVSQ (Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France)

Complementary course in algorithmic for master students (MIN17102, September 2024)
Cryptography for master students (MIN15122, October-December 2024)
Complementary course in algorithmic for master students (MIN17102, September 2025)
Introduction to programming for first-year bachelor students (IN100N, October-December 2025)

Coding stuff

Here is my github !

I'm also contributing to the sboxUv2 library.