Nigel Smart (Cryptographer)
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Nigel Smart is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bristol
and a current holder of the Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award.
He is best known for his work in Elliptic curve cryptography
, especially work on the ECDLP. He has also worked on Pairing-based cryptography
contributing a number of algorithms such as the SK-KEM and the Ate-pairing
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
and a current holder of the Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award.
He is best known for his work in Elliptic curve cryptography
Elliptic curve cryptography
Elliptic curve cryptography is an approach to public-key cryptography based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields. The use of elliptic curves in cryptography was suggested independently by Neal Koblitz and Victor S...
, especially work on the ECDLP. He has also worked on Pairing-based cryptography
Pairing-based cryptography
Pairing-based cryptography is the use of a pairing between elements of two cryptographic groups to a third group to construct cryptographic systems. If the same group is used for the first two groups, the pairing is called symmetric and is a mapping from two elements of one group to an element from...
contributing a number of algorithms such as the SK-KEM and the Ate-pairing