Julia VanLandingham, SMSS Ph.D. candidate at Clemson University, will discuss recent changes in cryptography and modern encryption systems.
While means of encryption date back thousands of years, mathematical algorithms used by modern systems are shockingly recent. We will explore some of these modern systems, recent changes in cryptography, and an avenue of ongoing research. We will mainly feature lattice-based cryptography, but no prior knowledge of cryptography or lattices is required.
Julia VanLandingham was born and raised in Westerville, Ohio, where she then attended Otterbein University to earn a BS in mathematics and a BA in computer science. She is now in her fourth year in the Ph.D. program at Clemson University researching Number Theory with applications to cryptography. When not doing math, she loves to volunteer at local robotics competitions, go to Clemson baseball games and send cute animal videos to her mom.
Join us on Monday, April 14, at 3:10 p.m. in Hayes 109 to hear this exciting presentation from Julia VanLandingham, SMSS Ph.D. candidate at Clemson University. We hope to see you there!