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Date: Thursday, 21-Nov-96 23:21:03 GMTServer: NCSA/1.3MIME-version: 1.0Content-type: text/htmlLast-modified: Thursday, 14-Nov-96 01:01:31 GMTContent-length: 5294<html><head><META http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.0"http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l r (SS~~000 9 SS~~001 9 SS~~002 9SS~~003 9 SS~~004 9 SS~~005 9 SS~~006 9 SS~~007 9 SS~~008 9 SS~~009 9SS~~00A 9 SS~~100 1))'><title>Lewis McCarthy</title></head><body><h2> Lewis McCarthy<b> (<!WA0><a href="mailto:lmccarth@cs.umass.edu">lmccarth@cs.umass.edu</a>) </b></h2><p>I am a <!WA1><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/students.html">doctoral candidate</a> in the<!WA2><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~thtml">Theory Group</a> of the<!WA3><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/">Department of Computer Science</a> at<!WA4><a href="http://www.umass.edu/">the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (aka UMass)</a>. My research interests include<!WA5><a href="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/cryptography-faq/top.html">cryptography</a> (in particular, the design and analysis of key exchange and authentication protocols) and<!WA6><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~thtml/SC.html">symbolic computation</a>.My thesis advisor is <!WA7><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~landau/">Susan Landau</a>.<p>In May 1993 I received a B.S. with Distinction from the<!WA8><a href="http://www.cornell.edu/">Cornell University</a> <!WA9><a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/">Department of Computer Science</a>, and I had the distinct pleasure of visiting the department for the 1995-96academic year. <p>I have a <!WA10><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~lmccarth/low-security-key.txt">low security</a> <!WA11><a href="http://www.quadralay.com/www/Crypt/PGP/pgp01.html#101">PGP</a><!WA12><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~lmccarth/lmkey.asc">public key</a>.<p>As of September 23, 1996 at about 10:35 AM EST, I looked <!WA13><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/pics-96/400x400/lmccarth.jpg">like this</a> (400x400 JPEG). My hair is usually much shorter than it appears in thisphoto.<p><h2> 311/611 TA Work </h2>During the Fall 1996 semester I'm working as the TA for both CMPSCI 311(391) and CMPSCI 611. <!WA14><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~lmccarth/ta-fall-96.html">Click here for more information.</a> Please send course-related email to <!WA15><a href="mailto:lmccarth@elux3.cs.umass.edu">my EdLab account, lmccarth@elux3.cs.umass.edu</a>.<p><h2> Secure Mobility / Mobile Security </h2>This semester I'm taking <!WA16><a href="http://www-ccs.cs.umass.edu/krithi/home.html">Prof. Krithi Ramamritham</a>'s <!WA17><a href="http://www-ccs.cs.umass.edu/mobile.html">seminar on mobile computing</a>. <!WA18><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~specker">Alex Specker</a> and I are concentrating on research issues in mobile security (or,as I prefer to put it, secure mobility). We are compiling an eternally incomplete, partially annotated <!WA19><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~lmccarth/mobile/security-links.html">bibliography</a> of references to papers on security in mobile computing systems.<p><h2> Work in Symbolic Computation </h2>As part of my qualification for Ph.D. candidacy, I completed a<!WA20><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~lmccarth/synthesis.html">synthesis project</a>. My synthesis paper, <!WA21><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~lmccarth/symbolic/synthesis.ps">"Typing for Interactive Symbolic Computation"</a> (240kPostScript), explores the relative merits of the data typing schemes in the symbolic computation systems<!WA22><a href="http://www.macsyma.com/macsyma.html">Macsyma</a>, <!WA23><a href="http://www.maplesoft.com/Products/MapleV/MapleV.html">Maple</a>, and <!WA24><a href="http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/GAP/">GAP (Groups,Algorithms, and Programming)</a>, and suggests some alternatives.<p>Susan Landau and I are collaborating on an efficient implementation in Maple of the Landau/Miller `85 polynomial-time decision procedure for determining the solvability of a polynomial by radicals.<p><h2> Other Security-Related Activities</h2>I manage the <!WA25><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~lmccarth/coderpunks/charter.html">Coderpunks mailing list</a>, where the implementation of strong,robust, and practical cryptosystems is discussed. <p>I am a charter member of the<!WA26><a href="http://thumper.vmeng.com/rah/#DCSB">Digital Commerce Societyof Boston</a>, which sponsors a monthly speaking series at The Harvard Club.Here are Bob Hettinga's<!WA27><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~lmccarth/dcsb/directions.html">directions</a>to the Harvard Club.<p> <h2> Miscellaneous Crypto-Related Writing </h2><p>I pointed out some weaknesses of authorization schemes <!WA28><a href="http://www.hks.net/cpunks/codepunks-0/0137.html">based on password encryption with <b>crypt(3)</b></a>and<!WA29><a href="http://www.hks.net/cpunks/codepunks-0/0150.html">based on PGP signatures</a>that were proposed for Internet domain contact record changes in the<!WA30><a href="http://www.rs.internic.net">InterNIC</a><!WA31><a href="ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-gen-1.txt">Guardian Object Draft v.1</a>.<p><h2> Personal Links </h2>I'm also interested in <!WA32><a href="http://www.cs.umass.edu/~lmccarth/personal.html">some Web sites</a>unrelated to my research.<p><hr><!WA33><a href="mailto:lmccarth@cs.umass.edu">lmccarth@cs.umass.edu</a> maintainsWeb pages in the www.cs.umass.edu/~lmccarth hierarchy.<!WA34><a href="mailto:www-admin@cs.umass.edu">www-admin@cs.umass.edu</a> maintainsthe Computer Science department Web pages.<p>Last substantive update: November 13, 1996</body></html>⌨️ 快捷键说明
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