Professor Ed Dawson
Research Director, Information Security Institute
Queensland University of Technology
e.dawson@qut.edu.au
Qualifications
Degree Institution Field Date
BSc University of Washington Mathematics 1969
DipEd University of Washington Education 1970
MA University of Sydney Mathematics 1974
MLitStu University of Queensland Mathematics 1981
MSc University of Queensland Mathematics 1985
PhD Queensland University of
Technology
Cryptology 1991
Academic/Research Positions Held
Position Organisation Period
Research Director,
Information Security Institute
Queensland University of Technology 2005 – Present
Professor of Cryptology,
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology 2000 – Present
Director,
Information Security Research Centre
Queensland University of Technology 1997 - 2004
Deputy Director,
Information Security Research Centre
Queensland University of Technology 1996 - 1997
Acting Director,
Information Security Research Centre
Queensland University of Technology 1993 - 1995
Associate Professor,
Information Security Research Centre
Queensland University of Technology 1992 - 2000
Snr Lecturer,
School of Mathematics
Queensland University of Technology 1991 - 1992
Lecturer, School of Mathematics Queensland Institute of Technology -
Queensland University of Technology
1975 - 1991
Statement of Research Interests & Experience
Over the last twenty years I have published more than two hundred research papers in various aspects of
cryptology. I have been involved in numerous collaborative industrial research projects, contract research
and consultancy projects in various applications of cryptology, particularly related to secure electronic
commerce and mobile communications. I have supervised to completion 20 PhD and 6 Masters by thesis.
Currently, I am supervising 5 PhD students. I have been awarded several research grants, including over
$1,000,000 in ARC projects in the last six years and over $1,000,000 in collaborative industrial projects. I
am a node leader of the ARC Network “Research Network for a Secure Australia” in information security.
Ten Representative Publications
1. 1991 Goldburg, B., Dawson, E. and Sridharan, S., "Automated Cryptanalysis of Analog Speech
Scramblers" in Advances in Cryptology: Proceedings of EUROCRYPT 91, edited by D. Davies,
Springer-Verlag, 1991, pp. 422 - 430.
2. 1993 Dawson, E., Mahmoodian, E. and Rahilly, A., "Orthogonal Arrays and Ordered Threshold
Schemes", The Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, Volume 8, Sept., pp 27-44.
Updated August 2007
3. 1996 Dawson, E. And Clark. A., “Discrete Optimisation: A Powerful Tool for Cryptanalysis?” Invited
paper Proceedings of PRAGOCRYPT’96, Prague, October, 1996, pp.425-451.
4. 1998 Millan, W., Clark, A. and Dawson, E., “Heuristic Design of Cryptographically Strong Balanced
Boolean Functions” Proceedings of Eurocrypt’98, Springer-Verlag, 1998, LNCS Volume 1403, pp.489-
499
5. 2000 Golic J.Dj., Salmasizadeh, M., and Dawson, E., “Fast Correlation Attacks on the Summation
Generator” in Journal of Cryptology, Vol.13, No.2, Spring 2000, pp.245-262
6. 2000 Dawson, E., Millan, W. and Simpson, L., “Designing Boolean Functions for Crytographic
Applications”, (Invited Speaker) Proceedings of General Algebra Conference (AAA58), Vienna,
Austria, June 3-6, 1999, Verlag Johannes Heyn, 2000, pp.1-22)
7. 2000 Dawson, E., “Security Issues for the Next Generation Mobile Networks” (Invited Speaker)
Proceedings of 5th CDMA International Conference (CIC 2000), Korea, November, 2000, Vol.I,
pp.205-230.
8. 2002 Dawson, E., Viswanathan, K. and Boyd, C., “Compliant Cryptologic Protocols” in
International Journal of Information Security (IJIS), Vol.1, No.3, November 2002, pp.189-202
9. 2004 Peng, K., Boyd, C., Dawson, E. and Viswanathan, K., “A Correct, Private and Efficient Mix
Network” proceedings of PKC 2004, Singapore, 1-4 March, 2004, Springer-Verlag, LNCS 2947, 2004,
pp.439-454
10. 2005 Peng, K., Dawson, E. and Boyd, C., “Simple and Efficient Shuffling with Provable Correctness
and ZK Privacy” proceedings of CRYPTO 2005, Santa Barbara, USA, 14-18 August, 2005, Springer-
Verlag, 2005, LNCS Vol. 3621, pp.188-204 (ISBN:3-540-28114-2)
Professional Memberships & Related Matters
Professor Dawson has been on the program committee for over forty international conferences. He has been
Organising Chair and Program Chair of several leading conferences.
· In 1995 Organising Chair and Program Co-Chair of Cryptography: Policy and Algorithms
Conference
· In 1998 General Chair and Program Co-Chair of ACISP’98 (Australasian Conference on
Information Security and Privacy)
· In 2000 General Chair and Program Co-Chair of ACISP 2000
· In 2001 General Chair of ASIACRYPT’2001
· In 2005 General Chair of ACISP 2005
· In 2005 Program Co-Chair of MYCRYPT 2005
· In 2007 Program Co-Chair of ISPEC 2007
· In 2007 General Co-Chair of ACISP 2007
Professor Dawson acts as referee for numerous journals. He is a member of the following editorial boards.
· International Journal of Information Security
· The Australasian Journal of Combinatorics
· Computers and Security
· Journal of Mathematical Cryptology
Professor Dawson has been an active member of several professional societies.
· Member of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia since 1980, and Treasurer from
1991-2001
· Member of the International Association for Cryptologic Research since 1989, chairperson of
ASIACRYPT Steering Committee from 2001-2004 and member of the Board of Directors from
2000-2001, 2003-2005
· Fellow of the International Combinatorial Association since 1992
· Member of IEEE since 1990
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