NJIT - PublicInfo: Boris S. Verkhovsky

NJIT - PublicInfo: Boris S. Verkhovsky NJIT



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Boris S. Verkhovsky, PhD

Boris S. Verkhovsky, PhD	Boris S. Verkhovsky, PhD, a professor in the department of computer science at New Jersey Institute of Technology, is an expert in the art of deciphering messages in a code. He is known among computer scientists as an expert on discovering ways to code or encrypt information using a mathematical entity known as an elliptic curve. Studied for almost 150 years, elliptic curves are not new; however, they were not applied to cryptography until 1985. These mathematical curves permit speedy encryption without loss of security –also known as crypto immunity—to protect information against unauthorized decryption. Verkhovsky holds several awards for his works as a teacher and researcher in computer science, including the Outstanding Scholastic Contribution Award of the International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics; the Meritorious Award of the International Congress on Applied Systems Research & Cybernetics and the Research and Development Award of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 2004, he was elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, an international organization founded in 1999 and based in Belgium that promotes excellence in science and technology. Among its 650 members, 44 of them are Nobel Prize laureates Verkhovsky, who joined NJIT in 1986, had previously been a professor at the University of Colorado. He has also worked at the University of Bridgeport and Princeton University. A native of Russia, he became a group leader of the Academy’s Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics after stints at the Research Institute of Computers, Moscow, and the Research Institute of Radio-electronics, Novosibirsk. He received his doctorate in computer science jointly from the Academy of Sciences of the former USSR, Moscow, and Latvia State University.

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