Yvo G. Desmedt

Dr. Yvo G. Desmedt (born 1956) is the Jonsson Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, and in addition Chair of Information Communication Technology at University College London. He was a pioneer of threshold cryptography[1] and is an International Association for Cryptologic Research Fellow. He also made crucial observations that were used in the cryptanalysis of the Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem[2] and observed properties of the Data Encryption Standard which were used by Eli Biham and Adi Shamir when they invented Differential Cryptanalysis.[3]

Dr. Yvo G. Desmedt
Yvo Desmedt in Wuyishan, China, 2007
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science, Cryptography
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Dallas, University College London
WebsiteDr. Yvo G. Desmedt

Education

Desmedt received his M.Sc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium in 1979. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Leuven, Belgium in 1984.[4]

Career

Dr. Yvo Desmedt has been the Jonsson Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas,[4] USA since August 2012. In addition he is also been Chair of Information Communication Technology in the Department of Computer Science at University College London, since August 2004.[5] In the Fall 2020 semester, a grievance procedure was started against Dr. Desmedt due to issues with The University of Texas at Dallas Collegium V grading policies.

His other professional activities include

  • Member of Cyber Security Research and Education Institute.[6]
  • Editor in Chief IET Information Security Journal[7]
  • Chair of the Steering Committee of:
    • International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security[8]
    • International Conference on Information Theoretic Security[9]
  • Member of the Steering Committee of the International Workshop on Practice and Theory in Public Key Cryptography (PKC)[10]

He has been active in research for over 30 years mainly in the field of cryptography, network security, critical infrastructure and computer security. His work has resulted in 29 peer-reviewed journal articles, 138 conference and workshop papers, 5 editorships, 25 reference works and 19 informal publications [11]

Awards and Honors
  • 100 Year Bell Telephone Belgium Prize, 1983[4]
  • IBM Belgium Prize for best PhD in Computer Science, 1985[4]
  • S.W.I.F.T. (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) Prize, 1985[4]
  • Center of Excellence in Information Security Education at Florida State University, 2000[12]
  • International Association of Cryptologic Research Fellow, 2010[13]

References
  1. Yvo Desmedt, Society and Group Oriented Cryptography: a New Concept, Proceedings of CRYPTO 1987, pp. 120-127
  2. Y. G. Desmedt, J. P. Vandewalle and R. J. M. Govaerts, "A Critical Analysis of the Security of Knapsack Public Key Algorithms," IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. IT-30, 1984, pp. 601-611.
  3. Yvo Desmedt, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Marc Davio, "Dependence of Output on Input in DES: Small Avalanche Characteristics", Proceedings of CRYPTO 1984, pp. 359--376.
  4. "Desmedt, Yvo - Department of Computer Science - The University of Texas at Dallas – Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science". cs.utdallas.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  5. "Yvo G. Desmedt's Home Page". www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  6. "Our People-Cyber Security Research and Education Institute-Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science-The University of Texas at Dallas". csi.utdallas.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  7. "IET Digital Library: Editorial board". digital-library.theiet.org. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  8. "CANS 2017 - Cryptology And Network Security, 16th International Conference". crypto.ie.cuhk.edu.hk. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  9. "ICITS 2017 - Home". www.inc.cuhk.edu.hk. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  10. "Public Key Cryptography (PKC)". www.iacr.org. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  11. "dblp: Yvo Desmedt". dblp.uni-trier.de. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  12. "NSF Award Search: Award#0243117 - Cyber Training and Education at Florida State University". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  13. "Yvo Desmedt, IACR Fellow". www.iacr.org. Retrieved 2018-02-15.


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