Scott Vanstone
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One of the founders of Certicom, Dr. Scott Vanstone is also a Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Vanstone devotes much of his research to the efficient implementation of the elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) for the provision of information security services in handheld computers, smart cards, wireless devices, and integrated circuits. He is the EVP Strategic Technology for Certicom and oversees all research, which has generated over 350 patents for the company. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Certicom.
Dr. Vanstone has published more than 175 research papers and a number of books on topics such as cryptography, coding theory, finite fields, finite geometry, and combinatorial designs. He is a co-author of the Handbook of Applied Cryptography and more recently, A Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography. Dr. Vanstone also holds the NSERC/Pitney Bowes Senior Chair of Cryptography at the University of Waterloo. In 1998, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Sciences.
Scott Vanstone has a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Waterloo and recently received the University's prestigious award for Excellence in Research.
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- Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone (1996). Handbook of Applied Cryptography. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-8523-7.
- Darrel Hankerson, Alfred J. Menezes and Scott Vanstone (2004). Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-95273-X.
- Alfred Menezes, Ian Blake, Shuhong Gao, Ron Mullin, Scott Vanstone, and Tomik Yaghoobian (1993). Applications of Finite Fields. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 0-7923-9282-5.
