Douglas Robert Stinson | |
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| Born | 1956 |
| Alma mater | University of Waterloo, Ohio State University |
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| Institutions | University of Manitoba, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Waterloo |
Douglas Robert Stinson (born 1956 in Guelph, Ontario) is a Canadian mathematician and cryptographer, currently a Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo.[1]
Stinson received his B.Math from the University of Waterloo in 1978, his M.Sc. from Ohio State University in 1980, and his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in 1981.[2] He was at the University of Manitoba from 1981 to 1989, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1990 to 1998. In 2011 he was named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[3]
Stinson is the author of over 300 research publications as well as the mathematics-based cryptography textbook Cryptography: Theory and Practice (ISBN 9781584885085).
- ^ "Cheriton School of Computer Science: Doug Stinson". University of Waterloo. 10 February 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ Doug Stinson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Royal Society of Canada Class of 2011 List of New Fellows (PDF), September 9, 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-26