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'''Carlisle M. Adams''' is a cryptographer and [[computer security]] researcher. Formerly senior cryptographer at [[Entrust]],<ref>{{cite web | first = Mirko | last = Zorz | title = Interview with Carlisle Adams | url = http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=403 | date = March 5, 2003 | work = Help Net Security | accessdate = April 16, 2009}}</ref> he is currently a professor at the [[University of Ottawa]]. His notable work includes the design (with [[Stafford Tavares]]) of the [[block cipher]]s [[CAST-128]] and [[CAST-256]]. He also helped organize the first [[Selected Areas in Cryptography]] (SAC) workshop in 1994.
'''Carlisle M. Adams''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] cryptographer and [[computer security]] researcher. Formerly senior cryptographer at [[Entrust]],<ref>{{cite web | first = Mirko | last = Zorz | title = Interview with Carlisle Adams | url = http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=403 | date = March 5, 2003 | work = Help Net Security | accessdate = April 16, 2009}}</ref> he is currently a professor at the [[University of Ottawa]]. His notable work includes the design (with [[Stafford Tavares]]) of the [[block cipher]]s [[CAST-128]] and [[CAST-256]], whose [[S-box]]es are based on the non-linear properties of [[bent function]]s. He also helped organize the first [[Selected Areas in Cryptography]] (SAC) workshop in 1994. He is also the security advisor of the [[Ottawa]]-based [[electronic signature]] company [[Signority]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://signority.com/about-us/ | title=Signority: About Us | accessdate=2014-01-08 }}</ref>

Adams received his [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] degree in [[computing]] and [[information science]] from [[Queen's University]] with a 1985 thesis on the [[McEliece cryptosystem]]. His 1990 [[electrical engineering]] [[Ph.D.]] thesis was on the design of [[substitution-permutation network]]s.


== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~cadams/ Carlisle Adams's page at uOttawa]
* [http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~cadams/ Carlisle Adams's page at uOttawa]


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Latest revision as of 07:55, 1 April 2024

Carlisle M. Adams
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Guelph (B.Sc.)
Queen's University (M.Sc, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsCryptology, Computer security
InstitutionsUniversity of Ottawa

Carlisle M. Adams is a Canadian cryptographer and computer security researcher. Formerly senior cryptographer at Entrust,[1] he is currently a professor at the University of Ottawa. His notable work includes the design (with Stafford Tavares) of the block ciphers CAST-128 and CAST-256, whose S-boxes are based on the non-linear properties of bent functions. He also helped organize the first Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) workshop in 1994. He is also the security advisor of the Ottawa-based electronic signature company Signority.[2]

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  1. ^ Zorz, Mirko (March 5, 2003). "Interview with Carlisle Adams". Help Net Security. Retrieved April 16, 2009.
  2. ^ "Signority: About Us". Retrieved 2014-01-08.

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