World-leaders in Cryptography: Gene Tsudik

About this episode

The episode features Gene Tsudik, a leading expert in cryptography and computer science, discussing his research and contributions to the field.

Gene is a Distinguished and ICS Alumni Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) where he has been since 2000. His research covers areas of security, privacy, and cryptography. From 1991 to 1996, he was a researcher at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory and then at the Information Science Institute until 2000. He is a Fulbright scholar and a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE, AAAS, and IFIP. From 2009 to 2015, he was the editor-in-chief of the ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (TOPS). Over the years, Gene has received a number of awards, including the ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award, the 2020 IFIP Jean-Claude Laprie Award, the 2023 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award, and a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=WLvuu74AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

People in this episode

Host: Professor Bill Buchanan OBE

Guest: Gene Tsudik

Topics covered

• cryptography
• security
• privacy
• computer science
• academic research

Keywords

• cryptography
• security
• privacy
• computer science
• academic awards
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of California, Irvine, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Information Science Institute, ACM, IEEE, AAAS, IFIP, ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security

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