Shuhong Gao

Position:
Professor of Mathematical Sciences

Education:
PhD, Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, 1993
MS, Mathematics, Sichuan University (China), 1986
BS, Mathematics, Sichuan University (China), 1983

Professional Interests:
Finite fields, computational algebra, algorithmic number theory, coding theory, cryptography, symbolic computation, quantum computing, and biomathematics.

Professional Activities:
On the Editorial Boards of two journals: Designs, Codes and Cryptography, Finite fields and Their Applications.

Selected Publications:

• Shuhong Gao and Hendrik W. Lenstra, Jr., ``Optimal normal bases,'' Designs, Codes and Cryptography 2 (1992), 315-323.
• Shuhong Gao, "Factoring multivariate polynomials via partial differential equations," Mathematics of Computation 72 (2003), 801--822.
• Shuhong Gao, Daqing Wan and Mingsheng Wang, ``Primary decomposition of zero-dimensional ideals over finite fields,'' Mathematics of Computation (2008).

Related Web Sites:
Personal Home Page.
Department of Mathematical Sciences.