David Freeman
David Freeman
Computer Science Department  
Stanford University
353 Serra Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-9045 USA  
Email: dfreeman@cs.stanford.edu
Office: 484 Gates Computer Science Building
Phone: (+1) 650.725.5043 

I am a postdoctoral scholar in the Applied Cryptography Group at Stanford University, under the supervision of Dan Boneh. From September 2008 I will be supported by a National Science Foundation Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.

Current Research

I am interested in number theory and arithmetic geometry with applications to cryptography. Specific interests include elliptic and hyperelliptic curve cryptography, pairing-based systems, and multi-party computation.

Amongst my current research projects are:

I received my Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. My dissertation is now available. My Ph.D. advisors were Ken Ribet (UC Berkeley) and Ed Schaefer (Santa Clara University).

From December 2008 to December 2009 I will be a postdoctoral fellow at CWI, Amsterdam and Leiden University under the supervision of Ronald Cramer. I will be supported by a National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship, with additional support from the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

Here are my curriculum vitae and travel schedule.


Publications, Presentations, and Preprints

Papers Published or Submitted

Conference Presentations

Other Papers


Courses and Teaching (at Berkeley)

In Fall 2007 I was a Graduate Student Instructor for Math 16a, taught by Jack Wagoner. Section web page.
In Fall 2005 I was a Graduate Student Instructor for Math 1a, taught by Vaughan Jones. Section web page.

I took (and passed) my qualifying exam on May 12, 2005. Here is my syllabus. In theory I know everything on it.

J'ai réussi à l'examen français du département des maths en 2003. Ich habe die Deutsche Prüfung der mathematischen Abteilung in 2006 bestanden.


Other activities


Last modified: Tue 10 Jun 2008