Scott Vanstone papers, 1974-2009
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- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Documents
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BIOGRAPHY
Scott Vanstone studied at the University of Waterloo as an undergraduate and graduate student earning his B. Math, his M. Math, and his Ph.D. (1974) in Combinatorics and Optimization. He joined the faculty of the Department of Mathematics at St. Jerome's in 1974 and later was cross-appointed to the Combinatorics and Optimization department at the University of Waterloo.
During his years on campus, Professor Vanstone chaired the department of Mathematics at St. Jerome's, chaired St. Jerome's College Council, and supervised several Ph.D. students. He gave many guest lectures, published numerous research papers and several books.
He co-founded the University of Waterloo's cybersecurity company, Certicom, in 1985 (formerly Cryptech, then Mobius Enryption) and served as its Chief Cryptographer until the company was sold to Research in Motion in 2009. He was the first holder of the newly-created Mobius Chair in Cryptography in 1995, consulted for the Department of Communication and the Communications Research Centre in Ottawa, co-founded the Data Encryption Group at University of Waterloo which evolved into the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (1998) and served as its Executive Director,and was the Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Designs, Codes and Cryptography" from 1990 to 1999. Professor Vanstone also co-founded the annual workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography in 1997, served on the Board of Director of the International Association for Cryptographic Research and was elected a Fellow of the organization in 2011. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Sciences.
Awards:
Award for Excellence in Research, University of Waterloo, 2004;
Award for Mathematics from RSA Security;
Catalyst Award for Lifetime Achievement in Innovation from the Premier of Ontario, 2009;
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, 2010;
Vanstone Lecture Hall in the new academic building at St. Jerome's was named in his honour, 2016.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The records for Professor Scott Vanstone include a copy of his curriculum vita, a copy of the Course Notes for Introductory Concepts of Optimization which he co-authored with R.G. Dunkley, a copy of the 1998-2002 Report of the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research, copies of a few of his journal articles, some newspaper articles, and a magazine article.- Notes
- The dates of the records are not inclusive. The range is the late 1970's, some 1980's and 2000's.
Accruals: No further accruals are expected. - Date of Publication
- 1977
- Personal Name(s)
- Vanstone, Scott
- Corporate Name(s)
- St. Jerome's University
- Collection
- St. Jerome's College records
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4694162748394 Longitude: -80.5456582647705
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- Physical Description
- 4 cm. of textual records
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- SJU Archives
- Location of Original
- 2-2-2-A65
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- Permission of the Librarian
- Contact
- St. Jerome's University LibraryEmail:sjuarchives@uwaterloo.ca
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St. Jerome's University is located in Waterloo, Ontario, and is situated in the University of Waterloo. It was founded as St. Jerome's College in 1865 by the Congregation of the Resurrection. In 1959, it was granted university status and changed its name to the University of St. Jerome's College. It has been federated with the University of Waterloo since 1960. In 1998, the name was officially changed to St. Jerome's University.
