Biography:Carlisle Adams

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Short description: Canadian cryptographer
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]

References

  1. Zorz, Mirko (March 5, 2003). "Interview with Carlisle Adams". Help Net Security. http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=403. Retrieved April 16, 2009. 
  2. "Signority: About Us". http://signority.com/about-us/. Retrieved 2014-01-08. 

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