Sarah McCarthy

Sarah McCarthy is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Quantum Computing, part of the University of Waterloo, and a cryptography advisor to Silicon Valley start-up QuSecure. She received her PhD in Computer Science in 2020, and her Master of Science in Mathematics in 2014, both from Queen’s University Belfast. Sarah’s research is in post-quantum cryptography, primarily lattice-based systems. She aims to contribute efficient designs which are useful and practical in the real world, which is complemented by her involvement with the ETSI standards body.