Yuliang Zheng, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of th
Department of Computer Science
at the

University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1969 and part of the University of Alabama System, UAB has grown to be the state's largest employer, with more than ...

. He is best known for inventing the

signcryption In cryptography, signcryption is a public-key primitive that simultaneously performs the functions of both digital signature and encryption. Background Encryption and digital signature are two fundamental cryptographic tools that can guarantee ...

cryptographic primitive that combines the digital signature and encryption operations into one single step. He also invented the HAVAL hash function, SPEED cipher, and STRANDOM pseudo-random number generator. Zheng is Chief Technology Officer o
Calyptix Security
a company he co-founded in 2002.

External links

Homepage of Yuliang ZhengYuliang Zheng, Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama at BirminghamYuliang Zheng's faculty profile in Scholars@UAB
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