Carlisle Adams
Carlisle M. Adams | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Guelph (B.Sc) Queen's University (M.Sc, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cryptology, Computer security |
| Institutions | University of Ottawa |
Carlisle M. Adams is a 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. He also helped organize the first Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) workshop in 1994.
Adams received his 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 networks.
References
- ^ Zorz, Mirko (March 5, 2003). "Interview with Carlisle Adams". Help Net Security. Retrieved April 16, 2009.
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