About

The Center for Algorithms and Interactive Scientific Software or CAISS for short, is one of the research centers of the City College of New York. Founded by Gilbert Baumslag, its original scope was research at the intersection of Group Theory and Theoretical Computer Science. Following some exciting work applying group theory to secure encryption, the Center's focus shifted to becoming a leading research institution in Cryptography and Network Security. CAISS members do research and publish academic papers in a variety of areas, from the theoretical foundations of cryptography to the design and implementation of cryptographic protocols.
 

Current research projects at CAISS include: new group-theoretic based encryption schemes, security for cloud computing, privacy-preserving and anonymous communication techniques, identity-based key management, password-based protocols, etc. Some of this projects are described in more detail in the "Projects" section of this website.  

External funding for CAISS has been provided by the National Science Foundation, Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, US Army, NYC Economic Development Corporation, Google, Facebook, and Algorand. We acknowledge the support of the deans of Science and Engineering, the Provost of the City College of New York, and the Chancellor of the City University of New York.