Victor Shoup Explained

Victor Shoup
Thesis Title:"Removing Randomness from Computational Number Theory"
Thesis Year:1989
Doctoral Advisor:Eric Bach
Known For:Cramer–Shoup cryptosystem

Victor Shoup is a computer scientist and mathematician. He obtained a PhD in computer science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1989, and he did his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.[1] He is a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, focusing on algorithm and cryptography courses. He is currently a Principal Research Scientist at Offchain Labs and has held positions at AT&T Bell Labs, the University of Toronto, Saarland University, and the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory.[2]

Shoup's main research interests and contributions are computer algorithms relating to number theory, algebra, and cryptography. His contributions to these fields include:

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720020632/http://as.nyu.edu/object/victorshoup.html Victor Shoup
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120716205532/http://www.win.tue.nl/wsk/eidma/courses/minicourses/shoup/shoup.html 5-day minicourse on Public Key Cryptography
  3. Web site: FCD 18033-2 Encryption algorithms — Part 2: Asymmetric ciphers . Victor . Shoup . December 6, 2004 . October 15, 2018.