<s>
The	O
Computer	O
Security	O
and	O
Industrial	O
Cryptography	O
research	O
group	O
,	O
commonly	O
called	O
COSIC	B-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
a	O
research	O
group	O
at	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Electrical	O
Engineering	O
of	O
KU	O
Leuven	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
headed	O
by	O
Bart	O
Preneel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
well-known	O
successes	O
is	O
the	O
selection	O
of	O
Rijndael	B-Algorithm
as	O
the	O
Advanced	B-Algorithm
Encryption	I-Algorithm
Standard	I-Algorithm
(	O
AES	B-Algorithm
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
AES	B-Algorithm
is	O
used	O
by	O
millions	O
of	O
users	O
in	O
more	O
than	O
thousand	O
products	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
protection	O
of	O
US	O
government	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
COSIC	B-General_Concept
has	O
participated	O
in	O
over	O
50	O
European	O
research	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
COSIC	B-General_Concept
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Smart	O
Applications	O
and	O
Innovation	O
Services	O
of	O
imec	O
.	O
</s>
