Simon Oya Diez, University of British Columbia

Research

database privacy searchable encryption privacy-enhancing technologies privacy attacks statistical inference differential privacy applied cryptography

Latest funding

Principled Privacy Analysis of Efficient Searchable Encryption Schemes
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$36,000
Principled Privacy Analysis of Efficient Searchable Encryption Schemes
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 2 grants and awards

Principled Privacy Analysis of Efficient Searchable Encryption Schemes

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Oya Diez, Simon

Keywords: database privacy; searchable encryption; privacy-enhancing technologies; privacy attacks; statistical inference; differential privacy; applied cryptography

$36,000

Principled Privacy Analysis of Efficient Searchable Encryption Schemes

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Oya Diez, Simon

Keywords: database privacy; searchable encryption; privacy-enhancing technologies; privacy attacks; statistical inference; differential privacy; applied cryptography

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: database privacy Dear Professor Oya Diez, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on database privacy connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Principled Privacy Analysis of Efficient Searchable Encryption Schemes" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]