Stony Brook University Computer Science

Prof. Antotino Mione will be giving a talk on "Overview of Cryptography, Public Key Infrastructures, and Related Technologies".

Please find the seminar details below:
Title: Overview of Cryptography, Public Key Infrastructures, and Related Technologies
Date & Time: Friday, September 12, 2 PM
Venue: B104

Abstract 
This talk gives a high level overview of cryptographic technologies and some applications of those technologies. The discussion includes principles of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, cryptographic hashes, creating and verifying digital signatures, and the creation and use of digital certificates. Additionally, the talk finishes with applications of cryptograph including secret splitting and block chain technologies.

Speaker Bio
Prof. Mione earned a B.A. in Computer Science from Rutgers University. He spent the first 18 years of his career in IT support at Stevens Institute of Technology and then at Rutgers University. He moved into industry as a software engineer for RSA Security developing their PKI and Cryptographic Library products. From 2005 through 2012, Prof. Mione worked for Rockwell Collins, Inc in Cedar Rapids, Iowa developing security critical software for military applications. During that time, he earned a Master of Science degree in Information Assurance and Computer Engineering from Iowa State University in 2009. He has attended and given talks at several DECUS symposia as well as participating in standards committee meetings for X3J11 (Ansi C) and the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). He has a number of professional articles published as well as 1 book (CDE and Motif: A Practical Primer, Prentice-Hall PTR, 1998). Prof. Mione spent from 2012 through 2017 teaching Computer Science at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids.