Jeremy Clark, Concordia University

Research

Applied cryptography Blockchain technology Central bank digital currency (CBDC)End-to-end verifiable voting Financial technology (FinTech)Futures and derivatives Order books Privacy

Latest funding

Enhancing transparency, inclusion, and privacy for financial and democratic technologies
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$140,000
The Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$995,862
NSERC/RCGT/Catallaxy Industrial Research Chair in blockchain technologies
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$500,000

All 4 grants and awards

Enhancing transparency, inclusion, and privacy for financial and democratic technologies

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Clark, Jeremy

Keywords: financial technology (fintech); blockchain technology; smart contracts; central bank digital currency (cbdc); order books; stablecoins; futures and derivatives; privacy; applied cryptography; end-to-end verifiable voting

$140,000

The Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: cybersecurity; privacy; democracy; regulation; standardization; resilience; elections; behaviour change; cybercrime; usable machines; evidence-based policies

$995,862

NSERC/RCGT/Catallaxy Industrial Research Chair in blockchain technologies

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Industrial Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Clark, Jeremy JW

Keywords: accounting; applied cryptography; bitcoin; blockchain; digital cash; distributed systems; financial technology; public key infrastructure; security; voting systems

$500,000

Secure online services for private user data

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Clark, Jeremy

$125,000

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: Applied cryptography Dear Professor Clark, 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 applied cryptography 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 "Enhancing transparency, inclusion, and privacy for financial and democratic technologies" (2021), 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]