Gene Itkis

The courses I have taught or am teaching now include:

CS558 - Network Security
CS235 - Algebraic Algorithms
CS113 - Combinatorial Structures
CS538 - Cryptography
CS330 - Algorithms
CS112 - Intro to CS II with C++
CS113 - Intro to CS I&II with C++ (no longer offered)
CS591 - Seminar on Internet Security

I am interested in various research topics in the area of information security and applied cryptography. Of particular interest to me is fault-tolerant cryptography - how cryptography can protect itself against compromises and key-exposures.

See my papers and/or CV (web- or printer- friendlier version) for details (here are also intuitive explanations for some of my earlier work and also citations of my papers - over 950 as of May 2009).

Between my post-doc and subsequent return to academia I worked for NDS - a company which used smart-cards to provide security for various applications (largely pay-TV).
While in the industry I was also actively involved in the work related to content protection. In particular, I contributed to the Intellectual Property Management and Protection (IPMP) work within MPEG-4 standard.

A reading group on Network Security and Cryptography will run under ACeS auspices. Please check that page and/or talk to me (in particular, see the ACeS mailing list info).

I am always looking for volunteer good speakers - contact me if you would like to give a presentation in this Series and/or would like to suggest someone who could do that.