- Paulo S. L. M. Barreto
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name = Paulo S. L. M. Barreto
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residence = flagicon|BrazilSão Paulo
known_for =Cryptographic hash functions ,Pairing-based cryptography
occupation =Professor ,University of São Paulo
website = http://www.larc.usp.br/~pbarreto/Paulo S. L. M. Barreto (born 1965) is a
Brazil iancryptographer and one of the designers of the Whirlpool hash function and theblock cipher s Anubis andKHAZAD , together withVincent Rijmen . He has also co-authored a number of research works onelliptic curve cryptography andpairing-based cryptography , including theeta pairing technique, identity-based cryptographic protocols and the BN family of pairing-friendlyelliptic curve s. His paper "Efficient Algorithms for Pairing-Based Cryptosystems", jointly written withHae Y. Kim ,Ben Lynn and Mike Scott and presented at theCrypto 2002 conference, has been identified in March 2005 as a "Hot Paper", and in December 2005 as "Fast Breaking Paper", byThomson ISI 'sEssential Science Indicators , by virtue of being among the top one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) most cited papers and by having the largest percentage increase in citations in the Computer Science category.Barreto was born in Salvador, capital of the northeastern state of
Bahia ,Brazil . In 1987, he graduated in Physics at theUniversity of São Paulo . He subsequently worked atUnisys Brazil Ltd andScopus Tecnologia S/A as a software developer and then as chief cryptographer. Barreto received his Ph.D. degree in 2003. Currently he is assistant professor at the Department of Computer and Digital Systems Engineering, Escola Politécnica,University of São Paulo .External links
* [http://www.larc.usp.br/~pbarreto/ Home page]
* [http://paginas.terra.com.br/informatica/paulobarreto/pblounge.html The Pairing-Based Crypto Lounge]
* [http://paginas.terra.com.br/informatica/paulobarreto/hflounge.html The Hashing Function Lounge]
* [http://paginas.terra.com.br/informatica/paulobarreto/WhirlpoolPage.html The Whirlpool Hash Function]
* [http://www.esi-topics.com/nhp/2005/march-05-PauloBarreto.html Thomson ISI Essential Science Indicators]
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