CERG Team: Doctoral Students

Luke Beckwith

Contact

3100 Engineering Building George Mason University ECE Department, CERG 4400 University Drive, MS 1G5 Fairfax, VA 22030

E-Mail: lbeckwit'at'gmu.edu Curriculum Vitae: LinkedIn

Research Interest

• Post Quantum Cryptography
• Lattice Based Cryptography
• Homomorphic Encryption
• Hardware/Software Codesign
• Embedded Systems
• Reconfigurable Computing

Advisor: Dr. Kris Gaj

Biography

Luke Beckwith received his BSc in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2019. He continued his education at Virginia Tech, pursuing a MSc with Dr. William Diehl and received his degree in Fall 2020. Luke joined CERG as a part time PhD student in 2021 while also working part time at PQSecure, a cryptographic engineering start up. He is currently a part-time RA for his advisor, Dr. Kris Gaj.

Publications

• L. Beckwith and W. Diehl, New directions for NewHope: Improving performance of post-quantum cryptography through algorithm-level pipelining, International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology, FPT 2020, IEEE, pages 120–128, Dec., 2020 [Bibtex]