I am an associate professor of Computer Science at Boston University in the College of Arts and Sciences. My main research interest is cryptography; I am a member of the BU Security Group.

Research:

• Papers
• Implementation of RSA-based Sequential Aggregate Signatures
• Implementation of PinSketch (including sublinear BCH encoding/decoding) and IJS Sketch
• Implementation of authenticated database index structures

Postdoc:

• Adam O'Neill

Ph.D. Students:

• Current:
  • Benjamin Fuller
• Degree Completed:
  • Scott Russell
  • Nenad Dedić
  • Chun-Yuan Hsiao
  • Bhavana Kanukurthi

Teaching:

• Fall 2012: CAS CS 538 -- Fundamentals of Cryptography (see also Lecture notes for Fundamentals of Cryptography that I developed).
• Past:
  • CS 937 (same as MIT 6.889) -- New Developments in Cryptography (co-taught with several people in Spring 2011)
  • MA/CS 109 -- The Art and Science of Quantitative Reasoning (co-developed and co-taught with Professors Hall, Kolaczyk, and Bestavros, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011)
  • Advanced Cryptography -- CAS CS 548 (Spring 2006)
  • Fundamentals of Cryptography -- CAS CS 538 (Fall 2010, 2008, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001) (lecture notes)
  • Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms -- CAS CS 330 (Fall 2005, Spring 2005, 2004, 2003)
  • Introduction to Computer Science II -- CAS CS 112 (Spring 2002, 2007, Fall 208, 2011)
  • Graduate Initiation Seminar -- GRS CS 697, co-taught with Professor Ibrahim Matta

I am an editor or program committee member for the following (please submit good papers and/or come):

• Information and Computation
• Eurocrypt 2013 (deadline: October 24, 2012)
• Previously: CHES 2012, Crypto 2011, Crypto 2010, SCN 2008, TCC 2008, ICALP 2007, Track C, PKC 2006, CRYPTO 2005, ISC 2005, TCC 2005, SCN 2004, ACISP 2004, ACNS 2003

How to contact me

A few tips on making math-heavy presentations in PowerPoint and importing PowerPoint pictures back into LaTeX.

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