Public-Key Cryptography over Elliptic Curves

Prof Rudolf Mather

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Fri Mar 28 15:10:00 NZDT 2008 in Room 031, Erskine Building

Abstract

In this talk, we first introduce some basic public-key protocols based on the discrete logarithm and the Diffie-Hellman problem. We then carry the principles over to elliptic curves and the according algebraic structure. We will emphasize (and visualize) basic operations and applications.

Biography

Rudolf Mathar received his Diploma and PhD degree in mathematics from RWTH Aachen University in 1978 and 1981, respectively. Previous positions include a research fellowship at Augsburg University and a lecturer position at the European Business School. In 1989, he joined the Faculty of Natural Sciences at RWTH Aachen as a Professor of Stochastics and Computer Science. He has held the International IBM Chair in Computer Science at Brussels Free University in 1999. In 2001 and 2008, he was invited as Erskine Fellow to Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2002, he was the recipient of the Vodafone D2 Innovation Award. In 2004 he was appointed head of the Institute for Theoretical Information Technology in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at RWTH Aachen University. He is presently serving as vice-chair of technical committee 5.1 of the German Information Theoretical Association (VDE/ITG). He is an associate editor of the European Transactions on Telecommunciations, and serves as a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation. He is co-founder of two spin-off enterprises, TNC and Brown-IPOSS Ltd. His research interests include mobile communication systems, planning and optimization of mobile networks, radio network information theory and access control, as well as stochastic modeling, applied probability and optimization.