carlos cid

I am a Reader in Information Security at the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London

academic interests

My main (current) academic interests:

• Symmetric Key Cryptology: block ciphers and stream ciphers
• Asymmetric Key Cryptology: multivariate cryptosystems and non-commutative cryptography
• Applications of Computational Algebra in Cryptology
• Economics of Information Security
• Information Security (various topics)

academic activities

• I am the Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Cyber Security at Royal Holloway. The CDT is hosted by the Information Security Group, and will provide multidisciplinary training to three successive annual cohorts of around 10 students each, starting in October 2013.
  We are currently recruiting for the 2013 cohort, and are looking for outstanding graduates to fill 10 well-funded doctoral scholarships in Cyber Security to start in October 2013; see here for more information about the positions.
• Teaching activities in 2012/2013:
  • module leader and lecturer in the Security Testing Theory and Practice (IY5610) module, in the MSc in Information Security course (Spring Term)
  • co-teaching the Advanced Cipher Systems (MT5462) module in the MSc in Mathematics of Cryptography and Communications course (Autumn Term)

phd students

current students:

• Viet Pham (applications of game theory in information security)
• Robert Fitzpatrick (lattice-based cryptography)
• Gordon Procter (symmetric cryptography)

former students:

• Martin Albrecht (2007-2010) — Thesis: Algorithmic Algebraic Techniques and their Application to Block Cipher Cryptanalysis
• Ciaran Mullan (2008-2011) — Thesis: Some Results in Group-Based Cryptography

programme committee

• SAC 2013 – Selected Areas in Cryptography, Burnaby, British Columbia (Canada), 14-16 Aug 2013
• 14th IMA International Conference on Cryptography and Coding, Oxford (UK), 17-19 Dec 2013

other professional activities

• I am member of the Editorial Board of Designs, Codes and Cryptography, a journal focusing mainly on the mathematical aspects of design theory, coding theory and cryptography
• I often work as independent consultant in the areas of cryptology (e.g. algorithm evaluation), network and mobile communications security. For enquiries regarding possible jobs or for information about previous assignments, please contact me via the email