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

• 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)
  • module leader and lecturer in the Advanced Cryptography (OPT8) module, in the Distance Learning MSc in Information Security course, the online version of our MSc programme
  • co-teaching the Advanced Cipher Systems (MT5462) module in the MSc in Mathematics of Cryptography and Communications course (Autumn Term)
• I am the Director of Graduate Studies (DoGS) of the Department of Mathematics and Information Security Group. This role essentially means that I am the main point of contact for and responsible for looking after the academic welfare of the postgraduate students in the department. I am also in charge of PhD admissions to both the department of Mathematics and the ISG. If you would like to obtain more information about joining our PhD programme, feel free to get in touch via email (but do visit first either the Maths Dept. PhD page or the ISG PhD page).

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