Colin Boyd

I am a Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology at Queensland University of Technology in Australia. I am also Deputy Director of the Information Security Institute here at QUT.

Contact Information

Physical: Room 704, 126 Margaret Street
Postal: Information Security Institute, 126 Margaret Street, GPO Box 2434, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Q4001 Australia
Vocal: Telephone: +61 7 3138 9549
Paper: Fax: +61 7 3221 2384
Electronic mail
PGP: Public Key

Research

My particular research interests are in secure cryptographic protocols though I also have an interest in many area of computer and communications security and also in cryptographic algorithms. Find the latest crytpography news from the IACR. A great source for the latest news in computer security is the electronic newsletter Cipher. If you are looking for cryptography literature I recommend starting at Helger Lipmaa's Cryptology Pointers. An incomplete list of my own publications is available.

If you are interested in security proofs for key establishment protocols you may like to refer to the Protocols Lounge maintained by ISI PhD student M. Choudary Gorantla (based on a previous lounge by Raymond Choo).

Conferences

These are some forthcoming events I am associated with in some way.

Journals

I am on the editorial board of the following journals. Please consider submitting your high quality research work to one of these.

Teaching

In Semester 1, 2008 I am teaching ITB/N732. Unit materials are available on QUT Blackboard.

Students may email me at any time to make an appointment at a convenient time. You may also drop by if you are in the building; if I am free I will be pleased to talk to you.

Other Interests

I used to play a lot of chess when I was younger but I am currently in retirement (probably temporary). I can sometimes be found lurking on the Free Internet Chess Server.

Last modified: 28th March 2008

Colin Boyd