Josef PieprzykJosef Pieprzyk is a Professor, Chair of Computing, at Macquarie University. His main research interest focus is Cryptology and Computer Security and includes design and analysis of cryptographic algorithms (such as encryption, hashing and digital sigatures), secure multiparty computations, cryptographic protocols, copyright protection, e-commerce, web security and cybercrime prevention. Professor Pieprzyk is a member of the editorial boards for International Journal of Information Security, Journal of Mathematical Cryptology, International Journal of Applied Cryptography, Fundamenta Informaticae, Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, International Journal of Security and Networks and International Journal of Information and Computer Security. Professor Pieprzyk was instrumental in creation of both Auscrypt and ACISP conference streams. The Auscrypt stream was re-named as Asiacrypt and later included by IACR as one of the flagship conferences along with Eurocrypt and Crypto. The ACISP conference is the main cryptographic event in Australia and New Zealand. In 2008 he was the Program Chair of Asiacrypt 2008 (Melbourne, Australia). In 2010 he was serving the Program Chair of CT-RSA 2010 (San Francisco, USA). He is serving on many program committees of international conferences. Professor Pieprzyk published 5 books, edited 10 books (conference proceedings published by Springer-Verlag), 6 book chapters, and ~200 papers in refereed journals and refereed international conferences. Website: Josef Pieprzyk Read More Read Less