Cahlen Humphreys

6000 E Kuna Mora Rd

Kuna, ID 83634

Phone:
Email:

(208) 891-8089
cahlen@gmail.com

Personal
Born on June 28, 1982.
United States Citizen.

Summary
Experienced in many pure and applied mathematical fields including advanced statistics, probability
theory and cryptanalysis; numerous programming languages; responsible employee; excellent leadership
and communication.

Education
M.Sc. Mathematics, Florida Atlantic University, 2015.
B.Sc. Mathematics, Boise State University, 2013.

Projects
KeeLoq Cryptosystem (Python)
March 2015
Keeloq is a crypto system that was designed in 1995, and sold for 10 million dollars. Its still common today
in many car manufacturers, usually as a challenge-response scheme to unlock your car. The cryptosystem is
unusual in that it is a super lightweight small block cipher. This program is the implementation of the cipher in
python. The system has been attacked with multiple methods in the past decade, include a really cool combination
of a algebraic+slide attack. I ended up using miniSAT to break the system using a direct algebraic attack. This
was particularly interesting since the time it took varied so much to find the system satisfiable even when more
information about the key was given.
http://github.com/cahlen/keeloq-python
IMEncrypt
December 2014
Image encryption/decryption software written in Python and Tkinter using AES. Added feature of hexifying the
encrypted data and reconstructing a visual image of the encrypted image through raw pixels.
http://github.com/cahlen/IMEncrypt
IdahoMugs
December 2014
IdahoMugs is an Android app written in Java that displays the 50 most current mughots provided by the Ada
County Jail in the state of Idaho. This is a simple app where the purpose was to familiarize myself with Android
Studio and get back into programming in Java, so I dont really plan on updating it much.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.cahlen.idahomugs

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Publications
Prime Numbers and the Convergents of a Continued Fraction
NCUR Proceedings 2013. Pg. 309-316. August 6th 2013.
National Conference on Undergraduate Research Proceedings.
http://www.ncurproceedings.org/ojs/index.php/NCUR2013/article/view/563

Talks
KeeLoq: An attack on a real life cipher
Florida Atlantic University, April 2015.
KeeLoq Cryptosystem and an algebraic attack using miniSAT.
BoiseCrypt Conference 2013
Boise State University, May 2013.
RSA Cryptosystem and Eisenstein Integers.
Prime Numbers and the Convergents of a Continued Fraction.
http://at.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/abstract/cbhg-02
Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Conference
Boise State University, April 2013.
Prime Numbers and the Convergents of a Continued Fraction.
http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/as_13/31
National Conference on Undergraduate Research
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, April 2013.
Prime Numbers and the Convergents of a Continued Fraction.
https://ncurdb.cur.org/ncur/search/Display_NCUR.aspx?id=71726
BoiseCrypt Conference 2012
Boise State University, December 2012.
A Brief Introduction to Continued Fractions.
http://http://atlas-conferences.com/cgi-bin/abstract/cbgi-09

Research
Independent Study, Spring 2013.
Advisor: Dr. Liljana Babinkostova
Prime Numbers and the Convergents of a Continued Fraction.

Technical Skills
Programming Languages
C, Java, Perl, Python. (Can learn any language requested.)
Mathematical Software
Maple, Matlab, Latex.
Operating Systems and Software
Windows (22 years), Linux (18 years), FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
MySql, Apache.

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Memberships
American Mathematical Society, 2010-present.

Employment
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Florida Atlantic University 2013-present.
Courses Taught
Spring 2015: PreCalculus (MAC 1140)
Fall 2014: Methods of Calculus (MAC 2233)
Teaching Evaluation
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4f6t8v5rju7c6t/evalstats.pdf?dl=0
Student Comments
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwtl5puezaah3ve/evalcomments.pdf?dl=0
Computer Lab Tech, Boise State University 2012-2013.
Owner/Operator, Quiznos Sub, 2007-2011.
Owner/Programmer, Slobber Web Hosting, 2005-2011.
Programmer, Web Picassos Internet Services, 1998-2001.
Intern/Programmer, RMCI Internet Services, 1995-1996.
Area Supervisor, Arctic Circle, 1997-2013.

Last updated: April 25, 2015