SSR 2016: Security Standardisation Research

Invited Speakers

John Kelsey, Cryptographer, NIST

John Kelsey is a cryptographer at NIST.  His interests include random number generation, design and analysis of hash functions and block ciphers, electronic voting security, and practical applications of cryptography to solve real-world problems.  John has been working in cryptography for over 20 years.  He has worked on standards for logging, electronic voting, random number generation, and cryptographic hashing.    

William Whyte, Chief Scientist, Security Innovation

William Whyte is responsible for the strategy and research behind the Security Innovation's activities in vehicular communications, security and cryptographic research.

Before joining Security Innovation, William was the Chief Technology Officer of NTRU Cryptosystems. He previously served as Senior Cryptographer with Baltimore Technologies in Dublin, Ireland.

William is chair of the IEEE 1363 Working Group for new standards in public key cryptography and has served as technical editor of two published IEEE standards, IEEE Std 1363.1-2008 and IEEE Std 1609.2-2006, as well as the ASC X9 standard X9.98.

William holds a PhD from Oxford University on Statistical Mechanics of Neural Networks and a B.A. from Trinity College.

Fun Fact: William's spends a lot of time at his local rink, watching his daughter play hockey - 5 nights a week to be exact! Hockey has made such a big impact on both of them that William has begun writing and illustrating stories all set in the world of girl's hockey.