Occupation cryptographer Name Scott Vanstone | Role Cryptographer Education University of Waterloo | |
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Full Name Scott Alexander Vanstone Born September 14, 1947 ( 1947-09-14 ) Known for elliptic curve cryptography, founder of Certicom Died March 2, 2014, Milton, Canada Books Handbook of Applied Cryptography | ||
Scott Vanstone Award Lecture; Rump Session
Scott A. Vanstone was a cryptographer who co-authored the Handbook of Applied Cryptography. He was on faculty at the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Mathematics and was a member of the school's Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research. He was also the founder of Certicom. In 1998, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Sciences. Vanstone had a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Waterloo and received the university's award for Excellence in Research. He died on March 2, 2014 after a short illness.
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