Hirt, Dr. Andreas
Biography
Dr. Hirt received his PhD and MSc from the University of Calgary, specializing in networking, cryptography, and security. He received his BSc from the University of Northern British Columbia. His research interests include networking, cryptography, security, performance evaluation, anonymous communication, databases, data warehouses, data mining, and business intelligence.
Research and Expertise
Currently not accepting graduate students. If applicant does not receive an email response to a supervisor inquiry, then this means that the faculty member is unavailable to supervise additional students.
Research Fields:- Computer Science
Networking, cryptography, security, performance evaluation, anonymous communication, databases, data warehouses, data mining, business intelligence.
Selected Publications
A. Hirt, N. Carlsson, M. J. Jacobson, Jr., and C. Williamson. Performance Modeling of Anonymity Protocols. Performance Evaluation Journal, Volume 69, Issue 12, December 2012, 29 pages.
A. Hirt. Strong Scalable Anonymous Network Communication. PhD Thesis. University of Calgary, April 2010, 317 pages.
A. Hirt, M. J. Jacobson, Jr., and C. Williamson. Taxis: Scalable Strong Anonymous Communication. Conference Proceedings of Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), September 6-8, 2008.
A. Hirt, M. J. Jacobson, Jr., and C. Williamson. A Practical Buses Protocol for Anonymous Network Communication. Conference proceedings of Privacy, Security, and Trust, October 5-7, 2005, pp. 233-236.
A. Hirt and J. Aycock. Anonymous and Malicious. Conference proceedings of Virus Bulletin, October 12-14, 2005, pp. 2-8.
A. Hirt. A Practical Buses Protocol for Anonymous Network Communication. MSc Thesis. University of Calgary, June 2004, 190 pages.
