Alan Sherman
Alan Sherman | |
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| Born | February 26, 1957 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brown University (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer security Information assurance Cryptology Algorithms |
| Thesis | Cryptology and VLSI: A Two-Part Dissertation (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ron Rivest |
| Website | www |
Alan Theodore Sherman (born February 26, 1957) is an American computer scientist. He is a professor of computer science at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), and director of the UMBC Center for Information Security and Assurance (CISA), and director of the UMBC Chess Program. Sherman is an editor for Cryptologia, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi.