Francesco Sica

My research interests have since shifted to mathematical cryptology, namely the mathematics of digital encryption. This is a rapidly evolving field at the intersection of computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics and even physics, with the realization of quantum computing. Specifically, I am interested in elliptic curve cryptography, integer factorization and quantum resistant cryptography (in particular the De Feo-Jao SIDH key agreement protocol and multivariate cryptography).

Education

• PhD McGill University (1994 — 1998)
• Masters' Scuola Normale Superiore (1989 — 1993)
• BSc Università di Pisa (1988 — 1993)

Companies

• Assistant Professor Nazarbayev University (2012)
• Visiting Researcher University of Waterloo (2012 — 2012)
• Visiting Professor University of Calgary (2010 — 2011)
• Assistant Professor Mount Allison University (2003 — 2009)
• Researcher (Postdoc) UCL Crypto Group (2000 — 2003)
• Postdoc Université Catholique de Louvain (2000 — 2003)
• Research Fellow National University of Singapore (1998 — 2000)

Selected Publications

• Patrick Longa and Francesco Sica, Four-Dimensional Gallant-Lambert-Vanstone Scalar Multiplication, Journal of Cryptology, 27 (2) (2014), 248-283.
• Patrick Longa and Francesco Sica, Four-Dimensional Gallant-Lambert-Vanstone Scalar Multiplication, Proceedings of Asiacrypt 2012, Beijing, P. R. China, LNCS 7658, 718–739.
• Mathieu Ciet, Jean-Jacques Quisquater and Francesco Sica, Compact Elliptic Curve Representations, Journal of Mathematical Cryptology, 5 (1) (2011), 89–100.