Keith Avery

Academic Level:

Alumnus/Alumna

Degrees earned:

B.S., M.S.

Employer:

Apple Inc.

Email:

kpavery@cs.ucsb.edu

Website Link:

cs.ucsb.edu/~kpavery/

Advisor:

Çetin Kaya Koç

Education

M.S. in Computer Science from University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S. in Computer Science from University of California, Santa Barbara
A.S. in Computer Science from Santa Barbara City College

Bio

I was a teaching assistant for CS 16: Problem Solving with Computers I twice and for CS 160: Translation of Programming Languages four times over two years, and CS 16 once. I was recognized by the UCSB Academic Senate with an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for the 2014-2015 academic year. The Computer Science Department graduating seniors recognized me with the Outstanding Teaching Assistant in the Computer Science program award in both the 2014-2015 and 2013-2014 academic years. The faculty of the Computer Science department recognized me as one of the Outstanding Teaching Assistants in the department during the Winter 2014 quarter.

Research

I worked with Professor Çetin Kaya Koç studying Elliptic Curve Cryptography, with a focus in deterministic and hybrid random number generation algorithms.