Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm,a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme,one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.
The Max Planck Institute for Informatics is a research institute in computer science with a focus on algorithms and their applications in a broad sense. It hosts fundamental research as well a research for various application domains.
Saarland University is a public research university located in Saarbrücken,the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in six faculties that cover all major fields of science. In 2007,the university was recognized as an excellence center for computer science in Germany.
The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) is a computer science research institute co-located in Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern,Germany. The institute is chartered to conduct basic research in all areas related to the design,analysis,modelling,implementation and evaluation of complex software systems. Particular areas of interest include programming systems,distributed and networked systems,embedded and autonomous systems,as well as crosscutting aspects like formal modelling and analysis of software systems,security,dependability and software engineering. It joins over 80 other institutes run by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft,which conduct world-class basic research in medicine,biology,chemistry,physics,technology and the humanities.
Marc Rotenberg is president and founder of the Center for AI and Digital Policy,an independent non-profit organization,incorporated in Washington,D.C. Rotenberg is the editor of The AI Policy Sourcebook,a member of the OECD Expert Group on AI,and helped draft the Universal Guidelines for AI. He teaches the GDPR and privacy law at Georgetown Law and is coauthor of Privacy Law and Society and The Privacy Law Sourcebook (2020). Rotenberg is a founding board member and former chair of the Public Interest Registry,which manages the .ORG domain.
Virgil Dorin Gligor is a Romanian-American professor of electrical and computer engineering who specializes in the research of network security and applied cryptography.
Susan Landau is an American mathematician,engineer,cybersecurity policy expert,and Bridge Professor in Cybersecurity and Policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She previously worked as a Senior Staff Privacy Analyst at Google. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and a visiting scholar at the Computer Science Department,Harvard University in 2012.
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act was a proposed law in the United States which would allow for the sharing of Internet traffic information between the U.S. government and technology and manufacturing companies. The stated aim of the bill is to help the U.S. government investigate cyber threats and ensure the security of networks against cyberattacks.
Jonathan Katz is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland who conducts research on cryptography and cybersecurity. In 2019–2020 he was a faculty member in the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University,where he held the title of Eminent Scholar in Cybersecurity. In 2013–2019 he was director of the Maryland Cybersecurity Center at the University of Maryland.
The National Cyber Security Hall of Fame, founded by Larry Letow and Rick Geritz,was established in 2012 to recognize the contributions of key individuals in the field of cyber security;its mission statement is,Respect the Past –Protect the Future. According to its website,it is designed to honor the innovative individuals and organizations which had the vision and leadership to create the fundamental building blocks for the cybersecurity Industry. The organization also highlights major milestones in the industry's 40-year history through a timelineArchived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine representation,which includes inductees and their corresponding accomplishments.
Casimier Joseph Franciscus "Cas" Cremers is a computer scientist and a faculty member at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbruecken,Germany.
Roger Dingledine is an American computer scientist known for having co-founded the Tor Project. A student of mathematics,computer science,and electrical engineering,Dingledine is also known by the pseudonym arma. As of December 2016,he continues in a leadership role with the Tor Project,as a project Leader,Director,and Research Director.
Anupam Joshi is the Oros Family Professor and Acting Dean of the UMBC College of Engineering and Information Technology in the University of Maryland Baltimore County,Baltimore,MD,USA. He is also the Director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity.
Gene Tsudik is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of California,Irvine (UCI).
Bernt Schiele is a German computer scientist. He is Max Planck Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and professor at Saarland University. He is known for his work in the field of computer vision and perceptual computing.
The Department of Computer Science is a department of the Technische Universität Darmstadt. With a total of 36 professorships and about 3,700 students in 12 study courses,the Department of Computer Science is the largest department of the university. The department shapes the two research profile areas "Cybersecurity (CYSEC)" and "Internet and Digitization (InDi)" of the university.
The Center for Research on Computation and Society is a research center at Harvard University that focuses on interdisciplinary research combining computer science with social sciences. It is based in Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. It is currently directed by Milind Tambe.
Prabhat Mishra is a Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. Prof. Mishra's research interests are in hardware security,quantum computing,embedded systems,system-on-chip validation,formal verification,and machine learning.
Carmela González Troncoso is a Spanish telecommunication engineer and researcher specialized in privacy issues,and an LGBT+ activist. She is currently a tenure track assistant professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and the head of the SPRING lab. Troncoso gained recognition for her leadership of the European team developing the DP-3T protocol that aims at the creation of an application to facilitate the tracing of COVID-19 infected persons without compromising on the privacy of citizens. Currently she is also member of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force in the expert group on Digital Epidemiology. In 2020,she was listed among Fortune magazine's 40 Under 40.
Edward G. Amoroso is an American computer security professional,entrepreneur,author,and educator based in the New York City area. His research interests have centered on techniques and criteria for measuring trustworthy software development. the application of these methods to secure software development for critical projects in the defense and aerospace industries,and redefining trust parameters for improved security in the cloud.
