About Me
My name is Douglas Stebila. I’m a lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology and recently completed my PhD in mathematics at the University of Waterloo. My interests include cryptography, computer security, mathematics, music, running, photography, and travel.
I maintain a blog that I try to update relatively frequently (though sometimes fail to do so!).
Work
I currently work at the Queensland University of Technology as a Lecturer jointly appointed between the disciplines of Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences; I’m also a member of the Information Security Institute. My research focuses on cryptography, quantum cryptography, and Internet security.
A full list of my research publications is available. My most recent papers are:
- Cryptographic approaches to denial-of-service resistance. Colin Boyd, Juan González Nieto, Lakshmi Kuppusamy, Harikrishna Narasimham, C. Pandu Rangan, Jothi Rangasamy, Jason Smith, Douglas Stebila, and Venkatanathan Varadarajan. In An Investigation into the Detection and Mitigation of Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks: Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, ch. 6. Springer, 2011.
- Denial of service defence appliance for web services. Suriadi Suriadi, Andrew Clark, Hua Liu, Desmond Schmidt, Jason Smith, and Douglas Stebila. In An Investigation into the Detection and Mitigation of Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks: Critical Information Infrastructure Protection, ch. 7. Springer, 2011.
- Defending web services against denial of service attacks using client puzzles. Suriadi Suriadi, Douglas Stebila, Andrew Clark, and Hua Liu. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) 2011. IEEE, 2011.
- An integrated approach to cryptographic mitigation of denial-of-service attacks. Jothi Rangsamy, Douglas Stebila, Colin Boyd, and Juan Gonzalez Nieto. In Proc. ASIACCS 2011. ACM, 2011.
School
I completed my PhD in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo in 2009. My thesis was entitled Classical Authenticated Key Exchange and Quantum Cryptography.
I completed a MSc in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, in 2004, and an Honours BMath (Co-op) in Combinatorics & Optimization and Computer Science at St. Jerome’s University in the University of Waterloo in 2003.
For information about courses I’ve taken, papers I’ve written, extracurricular activities, and other school-related materials, visit my school page.
Pictures
I travel a lot and take lots of pictures on my trips. The best of my photos are posted online. My newest galleres are:
New YorkDecember, 2011
South KoreaNovember-December, 2011
MediterraneanNovember, 2011
ScandinaviaJune-July, 2011
GermanyJanuary, 2011
If you’d like to email me, my email address is first_name@last_name.ca, where first_name is my first name and last_name is my last name. (I’m not spelling it out directly because I don’t want to get spammed.)
