Carlisle Adams

Carlisle M. Adams
Citizenship	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Guelph (B.Sc.) Queen's University (M.Sc, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Cryptology, Computer security
Institutions	University of Ottawa

Carlisle M. Adams is a Canadian cryptographer and computer security researcher. Formerly senior cryptographer at Entrust, he is currently a professor at the University of Ottawa. His notable work includes the design (with Stafford Tavares) of the block ciphers CAST-128 and CAST-256, whose S-boxes are based on the non-linear properties of bent functions. He also helped organize the first Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) workshop in 1994. He is also the security advisor of the Ottawa-based electronic signature company Signority.

External links

• Carlisle Adams's page at uOttawa