ECRYPT listed five core research areas, termed "virtual laboratories": symmetric key algorithms (STVL), public key algorithms (AZTEC), protocol (PROVILAB), secure and efficient implementations (VAMPIRE) and watermarking (WAVILA).
[1] Considering the budget of a large intelligence agency to be about US$300 million for a single ASIC machine, the recommended minimum key size is 84 bits, which would give protection for a few months.
This document, dated 11 January 2013, provides "an exhaustive overview of every computational assumption that has been used in public key cryptography.
"[2] The "Vampire lab" produced over 80 peer-reviewed and joined authored publications during the four years of the project.
This final document looks back on results and discusses newly arising research directions.