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I'm a baby-boomer Canadian currently working in China. I've spent two substantial chunks of my career as a teacher — 1978-83 and 2002-10 — mainly because that is a good way to support travel. At other times I've worked in computing, mostly as a technical writer but a bit of everything else too. My current job is as a technical editor at [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]], improving the English in papers by Chinese graduate students that are about to be submitted to journals or conferences.


I'm a baby-boomer Canadian currently working in China. My academic qualifications are a BA in Psychology and a Certificate in Teaching
I am quite active on Wikitravel, where I'm an admin, and sometimes contribute to other wikis. See [http://wikitravel.org/en/User:Pashley my Wikitravel user page].  
English as a Second Language, both from Carleton U in Ottawa. I also did some work toward an M Phil in computational linguistics at U of Birmingham, UK, but did not complete that degree.  


I am quite active on Wikitravel, where I'm an admin, and sometimes contribute to other wikis. See
I am very interested and involved with computer security and cryptography (see Biography below).
my Wikitravel user page: [http://wikitravel.org/en/User:Pashley].  


I've spent two substantial chunks of my career as a teacher — 1978-83 and 2002-10 — mainly because that is a good way to support travel. At other times
==Biography==
I've worked in computing, mostly as a technical writer but a bit of everything else too. My current job is as a technical editor at [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]],
improving the English in papers by Chinese graduate students that are about to be submitted to journals or conferences.


I'm interested in computer security and cryptography. I think my paper on [http://eprint.iacr.org/2008/473 combining stream ciphers and block ciphers] is fairly interesting.
'''''Academic credentials:'''''
* BA in Psychology from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 1966
* Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 1997
* Some work toward a Master Philosophy in computational linguistics at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, but did not complete that degree.


My [http://www.oakland.edu/enp/ Erdos number] is five, via [[Carlisle Adams]], [[Michael Wiener]] and [[Ron Rivest]].
'''''Publications:'''''
* [http://www.springerlink.com/content/utpvr3g8xtclvn75/ Key-Dependent S-Box Manipulations], Sandy Harris and Carlisle Adams, ''Lecture Notes in Computer Science'', 1999, Volume 1556/1999, 631-632, DOI: 10.1007/3-540-48892-8_2. This was a peer-reviewed paper and my co-author was an acknowledged expert in the field.
* [http://eprint.iacr.org/2008/473.pdf Exploring Cipherspace: Combining stream ciphers and block ciphers], Sandy Harris, November 2008. On the e-print website of  the ''International Association for Cryptologic  Research''.
*[http://eprint.iacr.org/2010/081.pdf The Eris hybrid cipher], Sandy Harris, February 2010, On the e-print website of  the ''International Association for Cryptologic  Research''.


I wrote most of the documentation for the [[FreeSWAN| FreeS/WAN]] project, a [[Linux]] implementation of the [[IPsec]] encryption protocols. I have permission to re-use that text here [[User_talk:Sandy_Harris/Permission]].
'''''Work and other experience:'''''


I keep a list of [[User:Sandy_Harris/Articles]] in my main area of interest.
* I973 - 1983: Teaching
* 2002 - 2010: Teaching.
* Currently working as a technical editor in the Computer Science & Engineering Department at Shanghai Jiaotong University in China , improving the English of papers (mainly by PhD candidates) that will be submitted to international journals or conferences. See [http://www.cs.sjtu.edu.cn/people_general_office.action here].
* Wrote most of the documentation for the [http://www.freeswan.org/intro.html FreeS/WAN project] which is a [[Linux]] implementation of the [[IPsec]] encryption protocols.  I have permission to re-use that text here (see [[User_talk:Sandy_Harris/Permission]]) which I have done by writing the Citizendium article of [[FreeSWAN]].
* My Erdös number is five. See [http://www.oakland.edu/enp/ The Erdös Number Project] for explanation of the Erdös Number Project at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
* My work at Citizendium: Since joining Citizendium in December 2007,  I have been the main or only writer of about 58 articles in Citizendium related to computers. See [[User:Sandy_Harris/Articles]] for a list of those articles.


[[Category:CZ Authors|Harris, Sandy]] [[Category:Security Members|Harris, Sandy]]
[[Category:CZ Authors|Harris, Sandy]] [[Category:CZ Editors|Harris, Sandy]] [[Category:Computers Authors|Harris, Sandy]] [[Category:Computers Editors|Harris, Sandy]] [[Category:Security Members|Harris, Sandy]]

Revision as of 17:36, 16 January 2011

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I'm a baby-boomer Canadian currently working in China. I've spent two substantial chunks of my career as a teacher — 1978-83 and 2002-10 — mainly because that is a good way to support travel. At other times I've worked in computing, mostly as a technical writer but a bit of everything else too. My current job is as a technical editor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, improving the English in papers by Chinese graduate students that are about to be submitted to journals or conferences.

I am quite active on Wikitravel, where I'm an admin, and sometimes contribute to other wikis. See my Wikitravel user page.

I am very interested and involved with computer security and cryptography (see Biography below).

Biography

Academic credentials:

  • BA in Psychology from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 1966
  • Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 1997
  • Some work toward a Master Philosophy in computational linguistics at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, but did not complete that degree.

Publications:

Work and other experience:

  • I973 - 1983: Teaching
  • 2002 - 2010: Teaching.
  • Currently working as a technical editor in the Computer Science & Engineering Department at Shanghai Jiaotong University in China , improving the English of papers (mainly by PhD candidates) that will be submitted to international journals or conferences. See here.
  • Wrote most of the documentation for the FreeS/WAN project which is a Linux implementation of the IPsec encryption protocols. I have permission to re-use that text here (see User_talk:Sandy_Harris/Permission) which I have done by writing the Citizendium article of FreeSWAN.
  • My Erdös number is five. See The Erdös Number Project for explanation of the Erdös Number Project at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
  • My work at Citizendium: Since joining Citizendium in December 2007, I have been the main or only writer of about 58 articles in Citizendium related to computers. See User:Sandy_Harris/Articles for a list of those articles.
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