Ross J. Anderson

Ross Anderson
Ross Anderson in 2008
Born	Ross John Anderson (1956-09-15) 15 September 1956 (age 60)
Residence	near Sandy, Bedfordshire United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Fields	Computer science Security Cryptology Dependability Technology policy
Institutions	University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory Ferranti
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD)
Thesis	Robust Computer Security (1995)
Doctoral advisor	Roger Needham
Doctoral students	Michael Bond Richard Clayton George Danezis Feng Hao Markus Kuhn Robert Watson
Known for	Banking security Security economics Information policy Serpent (cipher) University of Cambridge politics Security Engineering book
Notable awards	Lovelace Medal (2015) FRS (2009) FREng (2009)
Website www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14

Ross John Anderson, FRS, FREng (born 15 September 1956) is a researcher, writer, and industry consultant in security engineering. He is Professor of Security Engineering at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge where he is part of the Security Group.

Anderson was educated at the High School of Glasgow. In 1978, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and natural science from Trinity College, Cambridge, and subsequently received a qualification in computer engineering. Anderson worked in the avionics and banking industry before moving in 1992 back to the University of Cambridge, to work on his doctorate under the supervision of Roger Needham and start his career as an academic researcher. He received his PhD in 1995, and became a lecturer in the same year.

Anderson's research interests are in security, cryptology, dependability and technology policy. In cryptography, he designed with Eli Biham the BEAR, LION and Tiger cryptographic primitives, and co-wrote with Biham and Lars Knudsen the block cipher Serpent, one of the finalists in the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) competition. He has also discovered weaknesses in the FISH cipher and designed the stream cipher Pike.