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:

• Spring 2012: MA/CS 109 -- The Art and Science of Quantitative Reasoning
• Fall 2011: Introduction to Computer Science II -- CAS CS 112
• 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

Conference program committees (please submit good papers and/or come):

• CHES 2012 (deadline: Mar 5)
• Previously: Crypto 2011 (deadline: Feb 17) 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.

---