The university of manchester

Activities and Societies: Project Leader with Read International; Student Ambassador Developed understanding across a wide area of mathematics, and gained the ability to apply these ideas to real world problems. Modules were studied in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, algebra, probability, and statistics.

Royal holloway, university of london

Studied the fundamental mathematical concepts of modern cryptography including standard cryptographic algorithms (e.g. RSA, AES). I also developed knowledge of cryptographic hash functions and their security against large brute force attacks.Investigated the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, primarily through consideration of their time complexity. The design techniques included divide and conquer and dynamic programming.For my dissertation project I researched the… Show more Studied the fundamental mathematical concepts of modern cryptography including standard cryptographic algorithms (e.g. RSA, AES). I also developed knowledge of cryptographic hash functions and their security against large brute force attacks.Investigated the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, primarily through consideration of their time complexity. The design techniques included divide and conquer and dynamic programming.For my dissertation project I researched the cryptanalysis of RSA via implementation of the General Number Field Sieve, the current state of the art factoring algorithm. This required understanding of the complex mathematics upon which the algorithm is based alongside implementation of the algorithm in Python. Show less

University of york

Activities and Societies: Department Rep: Organise departmental training seminars which enable current academics to share their top tips, skills, and experience. I am also a member of several departmental committees which enables dialogue between the department and PhD students. Researching the security and perceived usability of manual key fingerprint verification protocols in secure messaging applications. My specific focus is user differences between visual and verbal comparisons and the influence of a user’s own personal information processing preference on their performance. In this scenario, human error leads to potential implementation of a person-in-the-middle attack.Developed my written communication skills, with the findings of my first study… Show more Researching the security and perceived usability of manual key fingerprint verification protocols in secure messaging applications. My specific focus is user differences between visual and verbal comparisons and the influence of a user’s own personal information processing preference on their performance. In this scenario, human error leads to potential implementation of a person-in-the-middle attack.Developed my written communication skills, with the findings of my first study published at a peer-reviewed conference. Also presented my results to my peers both within the department and at an external conference, including fielding any questions from the audience.Participated in relevant training to continue to develop my academic knowledge and the skills required to aid my career development. Show less

Football Section Head Coach

Associated with Lee Livsey