| If you are not yet a student at Maryland, please do not e-mail me asking to be admitted to our graduate program. Admissions are decided by a committee, and individual faculty members cannot admit students on their own. Everything you need to know about admissions can be found on the information page for prospective graduate students. |
| If you are a student at Maryland: |
| I am always seeking motivated PhD students in computer science who are interested in studying cryptography and theoretical aspects of computer security. (To see what types of problems I work on, look at my research interests or read some of my papers.) If you are interested in working with me, I strongly recommend that you take a graduate course in cryptography, or CMSC 456 (undergraduate cryptography) with me. You can also read my textbook in lieu of taking the undergraduate course. |
| If you send me a generic email, you can be assured that I will ignore it. |
| I occasionally have suitable projects for Master's students or PhD students in other departments as well. However, please note that I do not fund students until they have worked successfully with me at least one semester. |
| I also occasionally have implementation projects available for talented undergraduates who have taken CMSC 414 or CMSC 456, or who are mathematically inclined. |
| Important: If you send me e-mail about the above, please put the phrase "graduate research" in the subject line. Otherwise, your email is likely to be mislabeled as spam and discarded. |