Chris Hall (cryptographer)
Encyclopedia
Christopher Hall is an American
cryptographer and mathematician
. He is one of the creators of the cryptosystem Twofish
. He obtained a Ph.D.
in Mathematics from Princeton University
in 2003, under Nick Katz
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
cryptographer and mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. He is one of the creators of the cryptosystem Twofish
Twofish
In cryptography, Twofish is a symmetric key block cipher with a block size of 128 bits and key sizes up to 256 bits. It was one of the five finalists of the Advanced Encryption Standard contest, but was not selected for standardisation...
. He obtained a Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in Mathematics from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 2003, under Nick Katz
Nick Katz
Nicholas Michael Katz is an American mathematician, working in the fields of algebraic geometry, particularly on p-adic methods, monodromy and moduli problems, and number theory...
.