A people is a group of individuals who belong to and function within a particular society. In common usage, the term people may be synonymous with human, or otherwise may carry an exclusive meaning. In general, the word people is a collective noun used to define a specific group of humans. However, when used to refer to a group of humans possessing a common ethnic, cultural or national unitary characteristic or identity, "people" is a singular noun, and as such takes an "s" in the plural; (example: "the English-speaking peoples of the world").
The concept of personhood (who is a person within a society) is the fundamental component of any selective concept of people. A distinction is maintained in philosophy and law between the notions "human being", or "man", and "person". The former refers to the species, while the latter refers to a rational agent (see, for example, John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding II 27 and Immanuel Kant's Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals).
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Anderson, Ross - Links, interests and research papers.
Crypto Authors' Sites - Publications and research of leading cryptographers, researchers, and authors.
Alfarez, Abdul Rahman - Resume, research papers, and contact details.
Avoine, Gildas - Research student at the EPFL. Security research, education, and publications.
Meta Description: [ Gildas Avoine''s Website. Site related to both Cryptography (in particular privacy in RFID systems) and Genealogy. ]
Barreto, Paulo - Graduate thesis, publications, and information on cryptographic algorithms.
Bellare, Mihir - UCSD Professor. Resume, publications, courses, and student information.
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Bellovin, Steven - ATT research fellow and Columbia University Professor. Research, publications, and security related projects.
Biham, Eli - Publications, programs, and course information.
Blackburn, Simon - Head of Math dept of Royal Holloway, London. List of Publications.
Blaze, Matt - Resume, publications, talks, and cryptographic research.
Bleichenbacher, Daniel - Researcher at Bell-Labs. Publications and contact information.
Blum, Manuel - UC Berkeley Professor. Awards, publications, conferences and PHD students,
Boneh, Dan - Stanford University Associate Professor. Research, publications, and academic courses.
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Borisov, Nikita - UC Berkeley graduate student. Interests, research, and CV.
Bosselaers, Antoon - Researcher at Catholic University. Publications and information on fast implementations of cryptographic algorithms.
Meta Description: [ Homepage of Antoon Bosselaers.Contains information on cryptography, RIPEMD-160, fast implementations of cryptographic algorithms, Electronic cash. ]
Boyd, Colin - Faculty at ISRC, QUT. Publications, research, and conferences.
Camenisch, Jan - IBM Researcher. Publications, contact information, and a list of cryptographers.
Chaum, David - Founder of DigiCash inc. Research, papers, and patents.
Clifford Neuman - Director of USC's Center for Computer Systems Security. Publications, biographical information, papers, projects and courses.
Meta Description: [ Director of USC's Center for Computer
Systems Security. Conducts research in computer security and works on
Kerberos authentication system, NetCheque and NetCash electronic
payment systems. ]
Contini, Scott - Research papers, contact information, and integer factorization resources.
Meta Description: [ Scott Contini's Home Page ]
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Cramer, Ronald - Professor at Center of the Danish National Research Foundation. Research and contact information.
Crowley, Paul - Papers, cryptanalysis, and research interests.
Curtin, Matt - Current cryptanalysis work, contact information, interests, and publications.
Daemen, Joan - Biographical information, academic history, and research interests.
Davis, Don - Research in symmetric and public-key hybrid protocols, links to publications, and contact information.
Meta Description: [ Don Davis is a network security consultant in Boston, Mass.
His research articles discuss cryptographic randomness and
secure network protocols. ]
Desmedt, Yvo - Stanford University professor. Information on Threshold Cryptography, publications and research topics.
Diffie, Whitfield - Sun Fellow who discovered the concept of public key cryptography. Links to his publications, research, and projects.
Dodson, Bruce - Lehigh University courses and links to an RSA factoring challenge.
Enge, Andreas - Publications, contact information, research, and teachings.
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Galindo, David - Faculty at Institute for Computing and Information Sciences. Research and links to publications.
Goldreich, Oded - Professor at Weizmann Institute of Science. Books, lecture notes, publications, and CV.
Jakobsson, Markus - Indiana University School of Informatics Associate Professor. Research, papers, and biographical information.
Meta Description: [ Home page for Markus Jakobsson, faculty at the Indiana University School of Informatics ]
Jarecki, Stanislaw - Assistant Professor at UC Irvine. Publications, contact information, and research in threshold cryptography.
Jenkin, Bob - Work in cryptography, hash functions, simple random number generators.
Kim Nguyen - Academic details, research and PHD thesis.
Knudsen, Lars Ramkilde - Professor at the University of Denmark. Research in block ciphers, publications, ans personal information.
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Kocher, Paul - President of Cryptography Research Inc. Conducted research in securing RSA implemented smart cards.
Kohel, David R. - University of Sydney Lecturer. Publications and course information.
Krovetz, Ted - UC Davis lecturer. Research, publications, and courses.
Lange, Tanja - Researcher in Elliptic Curve Cryptography. Site has links to her publications and some famous crypto conferences
Lipmaa, Helger - Professor of cryptology at Helsinki University of Technology. Activities, research and course information.
Lucks, Stefan - University of Mannheim researcher. Resume, courses, and publications.
Meta Description: [ Stefan Lucks - Research,
Teaching and Continuative Links by Stefan Lucks ]
Malapati, Raja Sekhar - Links to his academic details, his publications, and link to Malapati's CRYPTOPATH and Indian Cryptography Activities.
Meta Description: [ Malapati Raja Sekhar : A googler's Personal Homepage ]
Maurer, Ueli - Professor at ETH Zurich. Research, contact information, publications, and CV.
Menezes, Alfred - Professor at the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research. Contact details, research, books, and courses.
Mironov, Ilya - Biographical information, papers, cryptography, and courses.
Montoya, Fausto - Professor at Institute of Applied Physics, Madrid. List of publications, patents and contact details.
Meta Description: [ Home page of F. Montoya, research on cryptography, cryptanalysis, chaotic encription, number theory, nonlinear dynamical systems, power ultrasonics, signal processing, and quantum cryptography ]
Morain, François - Ecole Polytechnique researcher. Contact information, articles, and research topics.
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Murphy, Sean - Professor at the Royal Holloway, University of London. Research, publications, books, and contact information.
Nakahara, Jorge - Doctoral candidate with links to other cryptographers, groups and papers.
Naor, Moni - Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Research details and contact information.
Nguyen, Phong Q. - Researcher at the École normale supérieure. Links to publications and other details.
Ostrovsky, Rafail - UCLA Professor. Biography, research interests, publications, and contact information.
Pointcheval, David - Researcher at the CNRS. Publications, lecture notes, and contact information.
Preneel, Bart - Belgian researcher with links to publications and the COSIC research group.
Purdy, George B. - Professor at theUniversity of Illinois. Research, publications, and contact information.
Rivest, Ronald L. - Associate Director of MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science, a founder of RSA Data Security. Links to works and related studies.
Rogaway, Phil - Associate professor at UC Davis, with links to research papers and courses.
Salomaa, Arto - Academy Professor at the Academy of Finland. Books, publications, and CV.
Sarkar, Palash - Resume of Palash Sarkar, details of his publications and his photos.
Schneier, Bruce - Brief public relations information from Counterpane, the company he founded. Has links to his books, algorithms and news items.
Schnorr, C.P. - Home page of the research group of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University professor with links to group members home pages, publications and courses.
Meta Description: [ Startseite Lehrstuhl Prof.Dr. Schnorr, J.W.Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt ]
Schroeppel, Rich - University of Arizona mathematician. Research and interests.
Shannon, Claude Elwood - Prominent ATT researcher in communication theory and secrecy systems. Research focus on one time pads and perfect theoretical secrecy.
Shoup, Victor - Professor at NYU. Research papers and contact information.
Silverman, Joseph - Mathematician at Brown University, with links to publications and courses.
Smart, Nigel - Researcher at the University of Bristol, with links to research topics and courses.
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Sotoca, Javier Herranz - Faculty member of University of Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Contact and research information.
Stubblebine, Stuart - Profile of the president of Stubblebine Consulting / Research Labs with links to his research papers.
Syverson, Paul - Mathematician at the Center for High Assurance Computer Systems (CHACS) of the Naval Research Laboratory. Publications, research information, and contact information.
Wagner, David - Professor at UC Berkeley. Publicationsand comprehensive links of Randomness in Cryptography.
Wang, Xiaoyun - Professor at Shandong University. Publications and research interests.
Weis, Stephen - MIT graduate student. Reseach interests, CV, publications, and contact information.
Meta Description: [ Personal web page for Stephen
A. Weis, Ph.D. ]
Young, Moti - Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at Columbia University. Links to publications.
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