Sherman S.M. Chow NYU PhD Research Post-Graduate
	: : main s basic info s research interests s teaching experiences s industrial experiences s selected web programs s publications s professional activities  : : my HKU master level courses s Advanced Database Technologies s A&D of Enterprise Applications in UML s Software Quality Assurance s Computer & Network Security General Research Book Acronym Translation { KC Ring }		+ basic info S M C z Visiting Scholar (03/05-08/05) z 6 Information Security Institute, Queensland University of Technology z 6 Supervisors: Colin Boyd and Juan M. Gonzalez Nieto z 6 Funded by Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Award z Master of Philosophy in Computer Science z 6 Information Security and Cryptography Group z 6 Supervisors: Lucas Hui, S.M. Yiu and K.P. Chow z 6 Erdös Number: 3 (Victor K. Wei -> Peter C. Fishburn) z Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering z 6 at Dept of CS and Dept of EEE, HKU  + research interests S M C [ Pairing-based Cryptography  + industrial experiences S M C B Reuters (Programmer) B Environs (Parttime Programmer) B ] Database Access Control and Encryption System B SMCC (Freelance System Analyst) B ] Student Record System B ] Activity Enrolment System B ] Inventory Management System B Center of InfoSec & Crypto. (Research Assistant) B OE21 (Project Assistant)  + teaching experiences S M C $ Computer and Network Security (tutor/webmaster) $ M students from MPhil/MSc/PhD in CS/EEE $ M ~70/100 marks for teaching effectiveness $ Database Management Systems (tutor/webmaster) $ M ~ 300 students (year 2-4, 9 different curricula) $ M with >5000 newsgroups messages  + selected web programs S M C ] Online Diary / Organizer (Demo) ] Discussion Board ] Japanese Hirakana / Katakana Quiz ] Guestbook (View) | Guestbook (Sign)  + conference publications (LNCS: 30, ACM:2, IEEE: 2, IFIP:1, ISOC: 2, Others: 2, Total = 39) S M C Q Improving Privacy and Security in Multi-Authority Attribute-Based Encryption. In Somesh Jha, Angelos D. Keromytis, editors, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, CCS 2009, Chicago, IL, USA, pages 121-130. (Acceptance Rate: 58/315 = 18.4%). [ChaseC] Q Real Traceable Signatures. In Michael J. Jacobson, Jr., Vincent Rijmen, Rei Safavi-Naini, editors, Selected Areas in Cryptography, 16th International Workshop, SAC 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August 13-14, 2009, volume 5867 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 92-107. [C] Q Conditional Proxy Broadcast Re-Encryption. In Colin Boyd and Juan M. Gonzalez Nieto, editors, Information Security and Privacy: 14th Australasian Conference, ACISP 2009, Brisbane, Australia, July 1-3, 2009, volume 5594 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 327-342. (Acceptance Rate: 29/106 = 27.4%). [CWCZD] Q Removing Escrow from Identity-based Encryption. In Stanislaw Jarecki and Gene Tsudik, editors, Public Key Cryptography - PKC 2009, 12th International Conference on Practice and Theory in Public Key Cryptography, Irvine, California, USA, March 18-20, 2009, volume 5443 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 256-276. (Acceptance Rate: 28/112 = 25%). [C] Q Two-Party Computation Model for Privacy-Preserving Queries over Distributed Databases. 16th Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, NDSS 2009, San Diego, California, USA. (Acceptance Rate: 20/171=11.7%). [CLS] Q Timed-Release Encryption Revisited. In Joonsang Baek, Feng Bao, Kefei Chen, and Xuejia Lai, editors, Provable Security, 2nd International Conference, ProvSec 2008, Shanghai, China, Oct 30-Nov 1, 2008, volume 5324 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. pages 38-51. [CYiu] Q General Certificateless Encryption and Timed-Release Encryption. In Rafail Ostrovsky, Roberto De Prisco, Ivan Visconti, editors, Security and Cryptography for Networks, 6th International Conference, SCN 2008, Amalfi, Italy, Sep 10-12, 2008, volume 5229 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 126-143. [CRR] Q Proxy Re-Signatures in the Standard Model. In Tzong-Chen Wu, Chin-Laung Lei, Vincent Rijmen and Der-Tsai Lee, editors, Information Security, 11th International Conference, ISC 2008, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 15-18, 2008. volume 5222 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 260-276. Best Student Paper Award (Americas) (Acceptance Rate: 33/134 = 24.63%). [CP] Q Robust Receipt-Free Election System with Ballot Secrecy and Verifiability. 15th Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, NDSS 2008, San Diego, California, USA, pages 81-94. (Acceptance Rate: 21/118=17.8%). [CLW] Q Running on Karma: P2P Reputation and Currency Systems. In Feng Bao, San Ling, Tatsuaki Okamoto, Huaxiong Wang and Chaoping Xing, editors, Cryptology and Network Security, 6th International Conference, CANS 2007, Singapore, December 8-10, 2007, volume 4856 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 146-158. (Acceptance Rate: 17/68=25%). [C] Q Batch Pairing Delegation. In Atsuko Miyaji, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Kai Rannenberg, editors, Advances in Information and Computer Security, Second International Workshop on Security, IWSEC 2007, Nara, Japan, Oct 29-31, 2007 , volume 4752 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 74-90 (Acceptance Rate: 30/112 = 26.79%). [TCS] Q Token-Controlled Public Key Encryption in the Standard Model. In Juan Garay, Arjen K. Lenstra, Masahiro Mambo and Rene Peralta, editors, Information Security, 10th International Conference, ISC 2007, Valpara?, Chile, Oct 9-12, 2007, volume 4779 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 315-332 (Acceptance Rate: 29/116 = 25%). [C] Q Strongly-Secure Identity-based Key Agreement and Anonymous Extension. ISC 2007, pp. 203-220. [ Cited by ProvSec07 ] [CChoo] Q Anonymous Identification and Designated-Verifiers Signatures from Insecure Batch Verification. In Javier Lopez, Pierangela Samarati and Jose L. Ferrer, editors, Public Key Infrastructure, Fourth European PKI Workshop: Theory and Practice, EuroPKI 2007, Balearic Islands, Spain, June 28-30, 2007, volume 4582 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 203-219. [CW] Q An Efficient Signcryption Scheme with Key Privacy. EuroPKI 2007, pp. 78-93. [LYWDC] Q Security Mediated Certificateless Signatures. In Jonathan Katz and Moti Yung, editors, Applied Cryptography and Network Security, 5th International Conference, ACNS 2007, Zhuhai, China, June 5-8, 2007, volume 4521 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 459-477 (Acceptance Rate: 31/260 = 11.92%). [YCHG] Q Escrowed Linkability of Ring Signatures and its Applications. In Phong Q. Nguyen, editor, 1st International Conference on Cryptology in Vietnam - Vietcrypt 2006, Hanoi, Vietnam, September 25-28, 2006, volume 4341 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 175-192 (Acceptance Rate: 24/78 = 30.77%). [CSY] Q Identity-based Strong Multi-Designated Verifiers Signatures. In Andrea S. Atzeni and Antonio Lioy, editors, Public Key Infrastructure, 3rd European PKI Workshop: Theory and Practice, EuroPKI 2006, Torino, Italy, June 19-20, 2006, volume 4043 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 257-259. [C] Q Short Linkable Ring Signatures Revisited. EuroPKI 2006, pp. 101-115. [ Cited by Viet06, Indo06 ] [ACST] Q Security-Mediated Certificateless Cryptography. In Moti Yung, Yevgeniy Dodis, Aggelos Kiayias and Tal Malkin, editors, Public Key Cryptography - PKC 2006, 9th International Workshop on Theory and Practice in Public Key Cryptography, New York, USA, April 24-26, 2006, volume 3958 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 508-524 (Acceptance Rate: 34/124 = 27.42%). [ Cited by USP Master Thesis ] [CBG] Q Ring Signature without Random Oracles. In Ferng-Ching Lin et al., editors, ACM Symposium on InformAtion, Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS'06), Taipei, Taiwan, March 21-24, 2006 pp. 297-302 (Acceptance Rate: 32/186 = 17.2%). Also appear at Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2005/317. [ Cited by 05/304, SecUbiq06, IWSEC06-1, 2, Indo06 ] [CLWY] Q Short E-Cash. In Subhamoy Maitra, C. E. Veni Madhavan and Ramarathnam Venkatesan, editors, Progress in Cryptology - INDOCRYPT 2005, 6th International Conference on Cryptology in India, Bangalore, India, December 10-12, 2005, volume 3797 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 332-346 (Acceptance Rate: 31/148 = 20.9%). [ Cited by ACISP06, Indo06 ] [ACS] Q Generic Construction of (Identity-based) Perfect Concurrent Signatures. In Sihan Qing , Wenbo Mao, Javier Lopez and Guilin Wang, editors, Information and Communications Security, 7th International Conference, ICICS 2005, Beijing, China, December 10-13, 2005, volume 3783 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 194-206 (Acceptance Rate: 41/235 = 17.4%). Revised version is available at Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2006/361. [ Cited by ISC06, ICICS06, NCU MS Thesis, IEICE07 ] [CS] Q Security Analysis of Three Cryptographic Schemes from Other Cryptographic Schemes. In Dengguo Feng, Dongdai Lin and Moti Yung, editors, SKLOIS Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, CISC 2005, Beijing, China, December 15-17, 2005. volume 3822 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 290-301 (Acceptance Rate: 34/196 = 17.3%). [CCL] Q Identity Based Delegation Network. In Ed Dawson and Serge Vaudenay, editors, 1st International Conference on Cryptology in Malaysia, Mycrypt 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sepetember 28 - 30, 2005, volume 3715 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 99-115 (Acceptance Rate : 19/90 = 21.1%). [CLHY] Q Efficient Identity Based Ring Signature. In John Ioannidis, Angelos Keromytis and Moti Yung, editors, Applied Cryptography and Network Security, 3rd International Conference, ACNS 2005, New York, USA, June 7-10, 2005, volume 3531 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 499-512 (Acceptance Rate: 35/156 = 22.4%). Also appear at Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2004/327. [ Cited by RST, FSU MSc Thesis, ISC06, IWSEC06-1, 2, Viet06 ] [CYH] Q Identity Based Ring Signature: Why, How and What Next. In David Chadwick and Gansen Zhao, editors, Public Key Infrastructure, 2nd European PKI Workshop: Research and Applications, EuroPKI 2005, Canterbury, England, June 30 - July 1, 2005, Revised Selected Papers, volume 3545 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 144-161. [ Varied Abstract ] [CLHY] Q Two Improved Partially Blind Signature Schemes from Bilinear Pairings. In Colin Boyd and Juan M. Gonzalez Nieto, editors, Information Security and Privacy: 10th Australasian Conference, ACISP 2005, Brisbane, Australia, July 4-6, 2005, volume 3574 of of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 316-328 (Acceptance Rate = 45/185 = 24.3%). Full version at Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2004/108. [ Cited by CIS05-1, 2, AsiaCrypt06 ] [CHYC] Q Role Activation Management in Role Based Access Control. ACISP 2005, pp. 358-369. [LCHY] Q An e-Lottery Scheme using Verifiable Random Function. In O. Gervasi et al., editors, 3rd Workshop on Internet Communications Security (WICS) of Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2005, International Conference, Singapore, May 9-12, 2005, Proceedings, Part III, volume 3482 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 651-660 (Acceptance Rate: 14/47 = 29.8%). [ Varied Abstract | Cited by Yale PhD Thesis ] [CHYC] Q Identity Based Threshold Ring Signature. In Choonsik Park and Seongtaek Chee, editors, Information Security and Cryptology - ICISC 2004, 7th International Conference, Seoul, Korea, December 2-3, 2004, Revised Papers, volume 3506 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 218-232 (Acceptance Rate: 34/194 = 17.5%). Also appear at Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2004/179. [ Cited by 04/377, RST, FSU MSc Thesis, ICSNC06, DCC06, 2, Viet06, AMS MathMono 232 ] [CHY] Q Secure Hierarchical Identity Based Signature and its Application. In Javier Lopez, Sihan Qing and Eiji Okamoto, editors, Information and Communications Security, 6th International Conference, ICICS 2004, Malaga, Spain, October 27-29, 2004, volume 3269 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 480-494 (Acceptance Rate: 42/248 = 16.9%). [ Cited by SecUbiq06, InsCrypt06 ] [CHYC] Q Verifiable Pairing and its Applications. In Chae Hoon Lim and Moti Yung, editors, Information Security Applications: 5th International Workshop, WISA 2004, Jeju Island, Korea, August 23-25, 2004, Revised Selected Papers, volume 3325 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 170-187 (Acceptance Rate: 37/169 = 21.9%). [C] Q Efficient Forward and Provably Secure ID-Based Signcryption Scheme with Public Verifiability and Public Ciphertext Authenticity. In Jong In Lim and Dong Hoon Lee, editors, Information Security and Cryptology - ICISC 2003, 6th International Conference, Seoul, Korea, November 27-28, 2003, Revised Papers, volume 2971 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 352-369 (Acceptance Rate: 32/163 = 19.6%). [ Cited by 04/102, ECC04, CTRSA05, Weworc05, CIT05, ICCNMC05, AsiaCrypt05, CISC05, IJNS06, SecUbiq06, InsCrypt06 ] [CYHC] Q Signcryption in Hierarchical Identity Based Cryptosystem. In R. Sasaki et al., editors, Security and Privacy in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing, IFIP TC11 20th International Conference on Information Security (SEC 2005), May 30 - June 1, 2005, Chiba, Japan, volume 181 of International Federation for Information Processing, pp. 443-457 (Acceptance Rate: 34/124 = 27.4%). Full version at Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2004/244. [ Cited by WEWoRC05, 05/412, AsiaCrypt05 ] [CYHY] Q Separable and Anonymous Identity-Based Key Issuing. In 1st International Workshop on Security in Networks and Distributed Systems (SNDS 2005), in conjunction with 11th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2005), July 20-22, 2005, Fukuoka, Japan, vol. 2, pp. 275-279. Full version at Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2004/322. [SCHYCTCPC] Q Supporting Efficient Authorization In Delegation With Supervision. Best Paper in SNDS 2005, vol. 2, pp. 240-244. [LCHY] Q Decryption Delegation Infrastructure. International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security (CIS 2005) Xian, China, December 15-19, 2005. Workshop Proceedings. [LCHYC] Q Impact of Recent Advances in Cryptography on Online Game. In Tse Ning, Cyril, editor, 3rd International Conference on Application and Development of Computer Games (ADCOG 2004), Hong Kong, April 26-27, 2004, pp. 68-73. [CGT]  + journal publications and book chapter (Book Chapter: 1, Journal: 9) S M C Q Certificateless Encryption. A Chapter in Marc Joye and Gregory Neven, editors, Identity-Based Cryptography, IOS Press Cryptology and Information Security Series, pages 135-155. 2009, ISBN 978-1-58603-947-9. [C] Q Partial Decryption Attack in Security-Mediated Certificateless Encryption. To appear in IET Information Security. [CYap] Q An Efficient Signcryption Scheme with Key Privacy and its Extension to Ring Signcryption. To appear in Journal of Computer Security . [LYWDC] Q Blind Signature and Ring Signature Schemes: Rehabilitation and Attack. Computer Standards and Interfaces . 31/4, pp. 707-712, 2008. [C] Q Certificateless Public Key Encryption Secure against Malicious KGC Attacks in the Standard Model. Journal of Universal Computer Science, Special Issue on Cryptography in Computer System Security. 14/3, pp.463-480. 2008. (Acceptance Rate: 8/72 = 11.1%) [HLC] Q Multiplicative Forward-Secure Threshold Signature Scheme. International Journal of Network Security. 7/3, pp. 397-403, 2008. [CGHY] Q Multi-Designated Verifiers Signatures Revisited. International Journal of Network Security. 7/3, pp. 349-358, 2008. [C] Q Practical Electronic Lotteries with Offline TTP. Computer Communications, Special Issue in Internet Communications Security. 29/15, pp. 2830-2840, 2006. [CHYC] Q A Generic Anti-Spyware Solution by Access Control List at Kernel Level. Journal of Systems and Software. 75/1-2, pp. 227-234. 2005. Preliminary version in 5th ACM Postgraduate Research Day, HKSAR, Jan 2004, pp. 307-312. [ Top 12 of JSS Jan-Mar/05 | Cited by ACM Comm. (Spyware), Info.Sys.Frontiers 08, EDPACS | Lund-U Bachelor Thesis ] [CHYCL] Q Forward-Secure Multisignature and Blind Signature Schemes. Applied Mathematics & Computation.168/2 pp.895-908. [CHYC]  + professional activities S M C G Program Committee: Provable Security 07 G Program Co-Chairman: Applied Cryptography & Information Security 06 G Reviewers: (10) TCC, (09) Asiacrypt, CANS, CT-RSA, FC, ISC, (08) ACISP, FOCS, ICISC, ISC, ISPEC, TCC, WISA, (07) ACISP, ACM-EC, Crypto, FSTTCS, ICICS, Inscrypt, Pairing, WISA, (06) Eurocrypt, ICISC, Indocrypt, Inscrypt, SecUBiq, Vietcrypt, WISA, (05) Asiacrypt, (Journal) J. of Crypto., CompElecEng, CSI, DAM, DKE, IJCM, IJNS, INS, JCP, JCST, JMC, JSS, JUCS, JZUS ...A site complementing my resume...Design inspired by oswd.org... (Last updated: Sep/24/2009...Best viewed by IE5.5+, 1024+x768+ & 16.7+M color...)