RESEARCHERS

Marcos Kiwi [www]

He is Associate Professor at the Depto. de Ingeniería Matemática of the Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile. In 1990 he received a BS (in Engineering) and in 1991 an Engineering degree (in Mathematics) from the Universidad de Chile. In 1996 he obtained a Ph.D in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests are in the following areas:

  • Main: computational complexity theory.
  • Others: algorithms, cryptography, combinatorics, theory of automata.

Alejandro Hevia [www]

He is Instructor at the Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion of the Universidad de Chile. In 1998 he obtained his Engineering degree (in Computer Science) from the Universidad de Chile. In 2006 he received a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. His main research interest is applied cryptography.


SUMMER STUDENTS

Alvaro Balmaceda (Jan-Feb 2008; DCC, U. Chile): Upgrade of a anti-phishing administrative software.

Francisco Rodriguez (Jan-Feb 2008; DCC, U. Chile): Implementation of a system for searching web-based malware.

José Verschae (Jan-Feb 2007; DIM, U. Chile): Evaluation of linear cryptanalysis attacks of variants of AES.

Felipe Troncoso (Jan-Feb 2007; DCC, U. Chile): Implementation of a honeypot.

Andrés Ulloa (Jan-Feb 2005; DIE, U. Chile): Implementation of an audio crypto version of the one-time pad.


INTERNSHIPS

Patricio Jara (Mar-Aug 2008; U. de Michoacan, Mexico): Design of a pairing based accumulator.

Philippe Camacho (Apr-Aug 2004; U. Bordeaux, France): Secure electronic invoicing.


CASLab SUPERVISED ENGINEERING THESIS PROJECTS

Tomás Barros (2002; DCC, U. Chile): Documentos tributarios electrónicos.

Nota: Esta tesis recibió el premio Roberto Ovalle otorgada por el Instituto de Ingenieros de Chile al mejor (de toda una promoción) proyecto o memoria para obtener el título de Ingeniero Civil.

Sergio Miranda (Jun 2006 - Apr 2008; DCC, U. Chile): Implementación y evaluación de un sistema de votación electrónica, basado en técnicas criptográficas, para un Departamento de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas.