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| Phillip Rogaway | |
|---|---|
| Name | Phillip Rogaway |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Cryptography, Computer Science |
| Workplaces | University of California, Davis |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Luby |
| Known for | Authenticated encryption, provable security, social responsibility in cryptography |
Phillip Rogaway is an American cryptographer and computer scientist noted for foundational work in symmetric-key cryptography, authenticated encryption, and for outspoken advocacy about the social responsibilities of cryptographers. He is a professor at the University of California, Davis and a widely cited researcher whose work bridges theoretical computer science and applied security practices.
Rogaway was born in the United States and pursued undergraduate and graduate studies that connected him with leading institutions and figures in computer science and cryptography. He earned degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and completed doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under advisors connected to the development of modern coding theory and randomized algorithms. During his formative years he engaged with research communities associated with the International Association for Cryptologic Research, the ACM, and the IEEE, interacting with contemporaries from institutions such as Stanford University, Harvard University, and Princeton University.
Rogaway joined the faculty at the University of California, Davis, building a research group that collaborated with scholars from MIT, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, ETH Zurich, and Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy. He has served on program committees for conferences like CRYPTO, EUROCRYPT, ASIACRYPT, USENIX Security Symposium, and IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. His academic appointments included visiting positions and collaborations with researchers at Microsoft Research, Google Research, IBM Research, Bell Labs, and regional centers such as INRIA and the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing.
Rogaway's research established rigorous approaches to symmetric encryption, mode design, and provable security, influencing standards developed by organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the IEEE Standards Association. He contributed to the formalization of notions like authenticated encryption, integrity protection, and mode of operation analyses related to AES deployments and block cipher usage. His collaborations included work with researchers from Tadayoshi Kohno's network, Dan Boneh, Silvio Micali, Rivest, Adleman, and others who shaped modern public-key cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs. He advanced theories connecting cryptographic primitives to notions in complexity theory, random oracle model, and provable security frameworks used by conferences such as STOC and FOCS.
Rogaway has received accolades from professional societies including the Association for Computing Machinery and the IEEE Computer Society, and recognition at major conferences such as CRYPTO and EUROCRYPT. His papers have been awarded best paper distinctions at venues like ASIACRYPT and cited in award citations alongside laureates from Turing Award recipients and winners of the Gödel Prize. He has been invited to deliver keynote lectures at institutions including the International Cryptology Conference, the Royal Society, and national academies such as the National Academy of Sciences symposia on cybersecurity.
At University of California, Davis, Rogaway taught courses attracting students from departments linked to information theory, electrical engineering, and mathematics. He supervised doctoral candidates who later took faculty positions at Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University, and industry research labs including Google, Apple, and Facebook. His mentees have contributed to projects related to TLS, IPsec, Signal Protocol, and secure hardware initiatives involving collaborations with Intel and ARM.
Rogaway is known for public commentary on the ethical responsibilities of technologists, engaging with audiences at venues such as DEF CON, Black Hat USA, RSA Conference, and panels convened by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He has critiqued policies of governmental actors including debates in the United States Congress and interactions with agencies like the National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning surveillance and encryption backdoors. His writings intersect with civil liberties organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and scholarly debates at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Center for Democracy & Technology.
Rogaway authored and co-authored influential papers on authenticated encryption, mode design, and provable security that are frequently cited in the bibliographies of works by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, Leonard Adleman, Silvio Micali, Dan Boneh, Mihir Bellare, Tadayoshi Kohno, Kaisa Nyberg, Colin Percival, and researchers from NIST and IETF working groups. His publications appeared in proceedings of CRYPTO, EUROCRYPT, ASIACRYPT, USENIX Security Symposium, and journals associated with the ACM Transactions on Information and System Security and the Journal of Cryptology. The concepts and constructions he developed are taught in courses at MIT, Stanford University, ETH Zurich, University of Cambridge, and referenced in standards from IETF working groups on TLS and IPsec.
Category:Cryptographers Category:University of California, Davis faculty