Gordon Agnew, PhD, FTICA, FCAE, FAAIA. PEng
Associate Professor
Email: gbagnew@uwaterloo.ca
Location: E5 4016
Phone: 519-888-4567 x33041
Status: Active
Biography
Gordon B. Agnew is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Waterloo. He is also a co-founder of Certicom Corp.
Professor Agnew’s main research interests include cryptography, data security, communication security, block-chain systems and high speed communication networks.
He is a Foundation Fellow of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. In addition to his research work, Professor Agnew has published conference papers, journal papers and chapters in books.
Professor Agnew’s main research interests include cryptography, data security, communication security, block-chain systems and high speed communication networks.
He is a Foundation Fellow of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. In addition to his research work, Professor Agnew has published conference papers, journal papers and chapters in books.
Research Interests
- Cryptography, data security, Communication security, High speed communication networks, Communication & Information Systems, Computer & Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Application security, Privacy and cryptography, Information security, Network security,
Education
- 1982, Doctorate PhD, University of Waterloo, Ontario
- 1978, Bachelor's BASc, University of Waterloo, Ontario
Selected/Recent Publications
- Ahmadzadeh, Seyed Ali and Agnew, Gordon, Covert channels in multiple access protocols, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 404, 2011
- Tirta, Yuldi and Lau, Bennett and Malhotra, Nipoon and Bagchi, Saurabh and Li, Zhiyuan and Lu, Yung-Hsiang and Cao, Guohong and Kesidis, G and LaPorta, Thomas and Yao, Bin and others, Purposeful Mobility and Navigation, Sensor Network Operations, 91, 2009
- Adibi, Sasan and Agnew, Gordon B, Extensible authentication (EAP) protocol integrations in the next generation cellular networks, , , 2008
- Adibi, Sasan and Agnew, Gordon B, End-to-end security comparisons between IEEE 802.16 e and 3G technologies, Handbook of Research on Wireless Security, , 2008
- Adibi, Sasan and Agnew, Gordon B, Security measures for mobile ad-hoc network (MANETs), Handbook of Research on Wireless Security, IGI Global Inc., ISBN, 978, 2008
Graduate studies
- Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
- Has Sole-Supervisory Privilege Status (SSPS) status