Alan Sherman
Encyclopedia
Alan Theodore Sherman is an associate professor of computer science at UMBC, director of the UMBC Center for Information Security and Assurance (CISA), and faculty advisor of the UMBC Chess club. Sherman is an editor for Cryptologia
, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi
.
in Mathematics from Brown University
in 1978, a Master's Degree
in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
from MIT in 1981, and a Ph.D.
degree in Computer Science
from MIT in 1987. Professor Sherman has research interests include security of voting systems, cryptology, information assurance, and discrete algorithms.
in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2009. In 1997 he received a Meritorious Service Award from the USCF for his contributions to college chess http://www.borderschess.org/UMBC.htm.
Cryptologia
Cryptologia is a journal in cryptography published quarterly since January 1977. Its remit is all aspects of cryptography, but there is a special emphasis on historical aspects of the subject. The founding editors were Brian J. Winkel, David Kahn, Louis Kruh, Cipher A. Deavours and Greg Mellen...
, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society is a non-profit honor society which was founded in 1886 at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a handful of graduate students. Members elect others on the basis of their research achievements or potential...
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Education
Sherman earned a Bachelor's degreeBachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in Mathematics from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
in 1978, a Master's Degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
from MIT in 1981, and a Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
degree in Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
from MIT in 1987. Professor Sherman has research interests include security of voting systems, cryptology, information assurance, and discrete algorithms.
Chess
Sherman has been the faculty advisor of the UMBC Chess Club since 1991, after playing in a student vs. faculty match http://www.borderschess.org/UMBC.htm. He recruits chess players worldwide with academic scholarships https://main.uschess.org/content/view/8327/446/. UMBC has been ranked among the best college teams, winning the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess ChampionshipPan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship
The Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship is the foremost intercollegiate team chess championship in the Americas...
in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2009. In 1997 he received a Meritorious Service Award from the USCF for his contributions to college chess http://www.borderschess.org/UMBC.htm.
Significant Academic Articles
- Fisher, K. and Carback, R. and Sherman, A., Punchscan: Introduction and System Definition of a High-Integrity Election System, Proceedings of the IAVoSS Workshop On Trustworthy Elections (WOTE'06), Cambridge, UK, June 2006.
- David ChaumDavid ChaumDavid Chaum is the inventor of many cryptographic protocols, including blind signature schemes, commitment schemes, and digital cash. In 1982, Chaum founded the International Association for Cryptologic Research , which currently organizes academic conferences in cryptography research...
, Carback, R., Clark, J., Essex, A., Popoveniuc, S., Ronald Rivest, Ryan, P., Shen, E., and Sherman, A., Scantegrity II: end-to-end verifiability for optical scan election systems using invisible ink confirmation codes, Proceedings of the conference on Electronic voting technology, p. 1-13, July 28–29, 2008, San Jose, CA. - Sherman, A. and McGrew, D., Key Establishment in Large Dynamic Groups Using One-Way Function Trees, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, v.29 n.5, May, 2003.
- Sherman, A., Kaliski, B. and Ronald Rivest, Is the Data Encryption Standard a group? (Results of cycling experiments on DES), Journal of Cryptology, v.1, n.1, 1998.
- Baldwin, R. and Sherman, A., How we solved the $100,000 Decipher Puzzle (16 hours too late), Cryptologia, XXIV:3, July, 1990.