Supervised Projects/Theses

PhD Theses, advisor

• Ruggero Morselli: Lookup Protocols and Techniques for Anonymity
• Chiu-Yuen Koo: Studies on Fault-Tolerant Broadcast and Secure Computation
• Omer Horvitz: Expressiveness of Definitions and Efficiency of Constructions in Computational Cryptography

PhD Theses, committee member (selected)

• Seny Kamara (Johns Hopkins, Computer Science): Computing Securely with Untrusted Resources
• Min-Ho Shin: Fast, Scalable, Peer-to-Peer Lookup Services for Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
• Walid Gomaa: Model Theory and Complexity Theory
• Charles Clancy: Dynamic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Networks
• Greg Bard (Applied Math): Algorithms for Solving Linear and Polynomial Systems of Equations over Finite Fields with Applications to Cryptanalysis
• Tsz Wo Sze: On Solving Univariate Polynomial Equations over Finite Fields and Some Related Problems

Master's Theses, advisor

• Julie Staub (Applied Math): An Analysis of Chaum's Voter-Verifiable Election Scheme
• Prathap Sridharan (Applied Math): A Survey of the Attack on MD5

Undergraduate Projects, advisor

• Paul Seymer: Implementation of an Efficient Password-Authenticated Key Exchange Protocol as a Browser Plug-in
• Daniel Ramsbrock: Magnetic Swipe Card System Security: A Case Study of the University of Maryland
  [Note: at the request of the University of Maryland Office of Information Technology, this is a redacted version of the original thesis which omits some details present in the original. Please contact me for further information.]