The Summer 2002 McCallum Undergraduate Research Page
Welcome to the McCallum Undergraduate Research Page. Our work concerns the RSA encryption method, factorization attacks and prime numbers. For a more detailed explanation of our general plan of research, please see our group proposal.
For more information on each individual's research project, please see the following links:
Matt Green: Primality Testing, Pseudoprimes and Carmichael Numbers (e-mail). Final Report
Ellen Preiss: Factorization Attacks (Pollard's rho and p-1 methods) (e-mail). Final Report
Franco Cafiero: Factorization, Possible Factor Neighborhoods (e-mail). Final Report and a paper on the Pollard rho method
To learn more about RSA encryption, visit the RSA website: www.rsasecurity.com