Donald L. Kreher (short biography)

Dr. Kreher obtained his PhD from the University of Nebraska in 1984. He has held academic positions at Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Wyoming and Michigan Technological University. Dr. Kreher has published numerous research papers in the areas of combinatorics and combinatorial algorithms. He serves on the editorial boards of two journals. He is the recipient of the 1995 Marshall Hall Medal, awarded by the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications.

Douglas Stinson (short biography)

Dr. Stinson obtained his PhD from the University of Waterloo in 1981. He has held academic positions at the University of Manitoba and the University of Nebraska. On July 1, 1998, he became the NSERC/Certicom Industrial Research Chair in Cryptography, in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo. He is also the managing director of the newly established Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Stinson has published numerous research papers in the areas of combinatorics, combinatorial algorithms and cryptography. He is one of the editors-in-chief of the Journal of Combinatorial Designs, and serves on the editorial boards of three other journals. He is the recipient of the 1994 Marshall Hall Medal, awarded by the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications. He is the also the author of the popular textbook "Cryptography Theory and Practice".