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January 16, 2008
The University of Minnesota will award CSE professor Nicholas Hopper the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, a two-year appointment that includes a research grant for each year. Hopper’s award was based on his work in ‘provable security analysis of privacy-related technologies.’ The award will be bestowed in April and begin on July 1, 2008.
The University of Minnesota Graduate School founded the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship program in 1987 as a way to recognize the school’s most promising junior faculty. The program is intended to help advance the careers of assistant professors in the early stages of their careers and recognize them for their potential for significant future contributions to their respective field.
A selection committee determines the recipients for the award based on the significance of their research innovations, scholarly publications, potential to attract students, and for their overall contributions to their field. Hopper specializes in cryptography and computer security. He's a member of the International Association for Cryptographic Research and he received the National Science Foundation's (NSF) CAREER award in 2006.
For more about Hooper’s award, visit McKnight Land-Grant Professorship.
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