Jill Pipher
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Jill Pipher is president of the Association of Women in Mathematics (AWM, 2011–), and she is the first director of the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics
(ICERM, 2011–), an NSF
-funded mathematics institute based in Providence
, RI
.
She is currently a professor of mathematics at Brown University
. She received a B.A.
from UCLA in 1979 and a Ph.D.
from UCLA in 1985 under the direction of John B. Garnett
. She taught at the University of Chicago
(1985–1990) before taking a position at Brown in 1990, where she served as chair of the Mathematics Department from 2005 to 2008.
Pipher's work has been in harmonic analysis
, Fourier analysis, partial differential equations, and cryptography
. She has published more than 30 research articles and has coauthored a textbook on cryptography.
In 1996, Pipher, along with Jeffrey Hoffstein, Daniel Lieman and Joseph Silverman, founded NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.
to market their cryptographic algorithms, NTRUEncrypt
and NTRUSign
.
Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics
The Instituted for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics is the eighth National Science Foundation mathematical sciences research institute...
(ICERM, 2011–), an NSF
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
-funded mathematics institute based in Providence
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
, RI
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
.
She is currently a professor of mathematics at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. She received a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from UCLA in 1979 and 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...
from UCLA in 1985 under the direction of John B. Garnett
John B. Garnett
John Brady Garnett is an American mathematician at the University of California, Los Angeles, known for his work in harmonic analysis. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1966, under the supervision of Irving Glicksberg. He received the Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition...
. She taught at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
(1985–1990) before taking a position at Brown in 1990, where she served as chair of the Mathematics Department from 2005 to 2008.
Pipher's work has been in harmonic analysis
Harmonic analysis
Harmonic analysis is the branch of mathematics that studies the representation of functions or signals as the superposition of basic waves. It investigates and generalizes the notions of Fourier series and Fourier transforms...
, Fourier analysis, partial differential equations, and cryptography
Cryptography
Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...
. She has published more than 30 research articles and has coauthored a textbook on cryptography.
In 1996, Pipher, along with Jeffrey Hoffstein, Daniel Lieman and Joseph Silverman, founded NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.
Ntru Cryptosystems, Inc. is a provider of embedded security solutions. It was founded in 1996 by Joseph H. Silverman, Jeffrey Hoffstein, Jill Pipher and Daniel Lieman, four mathematicians at Brown University...
to market their cryptographic algorithms, NTRUEncrypt
NTRUEncrypt
The NTRUEncrypt public key cryptosystem, also known as the NTRU encryption algorithm, is a lattice-based alternative to RSA and ECC and is based on the shortest vector problem in a lattice...
and NTRUSign
NTRUSign
NTRUSign, also known as the NTRU Signature Algorithm, is a public key cryptography digital signature algorithm based on the GGH signature scheme. It was first presented at the rump session of Asiacrypt 2001 and published in peer-reviewed form at the RSA Conference 2003. The 2003 publication...
.