User: CryptoDerk

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I won't be around much until December 21, 2004, still watching my watchlist though. CryptoDerk 02:41, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

Wiki and me

My main interests and/or areas of expertise with respect to Wikipedia include number theory, public-key cryptography, and poker, so I tend to edit pages on these subjects a bit more than others. To see articles I've worked on heavily go here.

I am an administrator. If you need to find me quickly (or not), I'm always in the IRC channel #wikipedia with the name Derk or CryptoDerk.

I had a conversation with Al Fasoldt, a "journalist" critic of Wikipedia. You can read about it here.

CryptoDerk in 2004.
No, I'm not Hispanic, I'm half black.

Why I Wiki

• Because I believe in free knowledge
• Because I want to help others
• Because I love learning and education
• Because I enjoy being in contact with those who have similar ideals as myself

About me

I'm a 23 year old graduate student and researcher at the University of Waterloo. I am currently working on a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and I'm part of the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research.

I have B.Sc. and M.Eng. degrees in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Louisville's J.B. Speed School of Engineering.

My homepage is here, but it's not very interesting