Renate Scheidler (born 1960) is a German and Canadian mathematician and computer scientist specializing in

computational number theory In mathematics and computer science, computational number theory, also known as algorithmic number theory, is the study of computational methods for investigating and solving problems in number theory and arithmetic geometry, including algorithm ...

and its applications in

cryptography Cryptography, or cryptology (from "hidden, secret"; and ''graphein'', "to write", or ''-logy, -logia'', "study", respectively), is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of Adversary (cryptography), ...

. She is a professor at the

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, in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics and the Department of Computer Science. She is the co-editor-in-chief of ''Contributions to Discrete Mathematics'' and one of the founders of the Women in Number Theory research community and the Women in Numbers conference series.

Education and career

Scheidler was born in 1960. She earned a

diplom A ''Diplom'' (, from ) is an academic degree in the German-speaking countries Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and a similarly named degree in some other European countries including Albania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia ...

(the German equivalent of a combined bachelor's and master's degree) in mathematics at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...

in 1987. She first came to Canada for doctoral study in mathematics at the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1877, it is the first university of Western Canada. Both by total student enrolment and campus area, the University of ...

, where she completed her Ph.D. in 1993. Her dissertation, ''Applications of Algebraic Number Theory to Cryptography'', was supervised by Hugh C. Williams. She joined the mathematics faculty at the

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially known as UD, UDel, or Delaware) is a Statutory college#Delaware, privately governed, state-assisted Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Newark, Delaware, United States. UD offers f ...

in 1993, adding a courtesy appointment in the university's Department of Computer & Information Sciences in 1995. She was promoted to associate professor there in 1999. In 2001 she moved to her present position, jointly appointed to the Department of Mathematics & Statistics and the Department of Computer Science at the

; she has been a full professor since 2008. In 2022 she was

Helene Lange Helene Lange was born in 1848 in Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg. Through her determination, she rose above the trials of her early life, including the loss of her parents, to become a leading voice for women's access to higher education and professio ...

Visiting Professor at the

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in Germany. In 2008, with Kristin Lauter and Rachel Justine Pries, she became one of the founders of the Women in Numbers conference, which became the first of a series of conferences for the Women in Number Theory research community. She has been co-editor-in-chief of ''Contributions to Discrete Mathematics'' since 2023.

Recognition

Scheidler was named as a Fellow of the

Association for Women in Mathematics The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity for and the equal treatment o ...

, recognizing her "for her vision and role in founding the Women in Numbers Research Network; for her continuing leadership in that research community; and for impactful work mentoring women at all career stages". She is the 2024 recipient of the

Krieger–Nelson Prize The Krieger–Nelson Prize is presented by the Canadian Mathematical Society in recognition of an outstanding woman in mathematics. It was first awarded in 1995. The award is named after Cecilia Krieger and Evelyn Nelson, both known for their contr ...

, given "in recognition of her important and significant contributions to research, particularly in the fields of computational number theory and

algebraic number theory Algebraic number theory is a branch of number theory that uses the techniques of abstract algebra to study the integers, rational numbers, and their generalizations. Number-theoretic questions are expressed in terms of properties of algebraic ob ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheidler, Renate 1960 births Living people German mathematicians German computer scientists German women mathematicians German women computer scientists Canadian mathematicians Canadian computer scientists Canadian women mathematicians Canadian women computer scientists University of Cologne alumni University of Manitoba alumni University of Delaware faculty Academic staff of the University of Calgary Fellows of the Association for Women in Mathematics