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, Internet security, and quantum cryptography.
A full list of my research publications is available. My most recent papers are:
- Quantum one-time programs. Anne Broadbent, Gus Gutoski, Douglas Stebila. In Proc. CRYPTO 2013, LNCS. Springer, 2013.
- Count-min sketches for estimating password frequency within Hamming distance two. Leah South, Douglas Stebila. In Proc. ACISP 2013, LNCS, vol. 7959. Springer, 2013.
- Quantum key distribution in the classical authenticated key exchange framework. Michele Mosca, Douglas Stebila, Berkant Ustaoglu. In Proc. PQCRYPTO 2013, LNCS, vol. 7932. Springer, 2013.
- Usability and security of gaze-based graphical grid passwords. Majid Arianezhad, Douglas Stebila, Behzad Mozaffari. In Proc. USEC 2013, LNCS, vol. 7862. ACM, 2013.
- Comparative eye tracking of experts and novices in web single sign-on. Majid Arianezhad, L. Jean Camp, Timothy Kelley, Douglas Stebila. In Proc. CODASPY 2013. ACM, 2013.
- On the security of TLS renegotiation. Florian Giesen, Florian Kohlar, Douglas Stebila. March, 2013.
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:
Zürich, SwitzerlandMay, 2013
Okinawa, JapanApril, 2013
EnglandSeptember, 2012
Germany and LuxembourgSeptember-October, 2012
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.)
