Background
Sherman, Alan Theodore was born on February 26, 1957 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Beatty and Hanni Fey (Fechenbach) Sherman.
Sherman, Alan Theodore was born on February 26, 1957 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Beatty and Hanni Fey (Fechenbach) Sherman.
Sherman earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Brown University in 1978, a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1981, and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from MIT in 1987. Professor Sherman's research interests include security of voting systems, cryptology, information assurance, and discrete algorithms.
Instructor, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1985-1986;assistant professor, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1986-1989;assistant professor, U. Maryland. Baltimore County, Catonsville, 1989-1995;associate professor, U. Maryland. Baltimore County, Catonsville, since 1995;member Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, U. Maryland., College Park, 1989-1992, 95-98.
Research affiliate Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Computer Science, Cambridge, 1985-1988.
Member Association for Computing Machinery, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Association for Cryptologic Research, American Association of University Professors, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Tomoko Shimakawa, August 2, 1986 (divorced ). Married Pamela C. Steele, October 20, 2001.