# Melissa Chase

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{{short description|American cryptographer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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'''Melissa Erin Chase''' is an American [cryptographer](/source/cryptographer) known for her research on [attribute-based encryption](/source/attribute-based_encryption), [digital credential](/source/digital_credential)s, and [information privacy](/source/information_privacy). She works at [Microsoft Research](/source/Microsoft_Research).{{r|ms}}

==Education==
Chase graduated in 2003 from [Harvey Mudd College](/source/Harvey_Mudd_College), with a senior thesis in mathematics about the [shortest path problem](/source/shortest_path_problem), advised by [Ran Libeskind-Hadas](/source/Ran_Libeskind-Hadas).{{r|mudd}} She earned a [Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) from [Brown University](/source/Brown_University) with [Anna Lysyanskaya](/source/Anna_Lysyanskaya) as her [doctoral advisor](/source/doctoral_advisor).{{r|ms}}

==Contributions==
At Microsoft, Chase is one of the developers of Picnic, a [digital signature](/source/digital_signature) scheme that Microsoft has submitted to the [National Institute of Standards and Technology](/source/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology) Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization competition.{{r|picnic|nist}} Chase spoke about the project as an invited speaker at [Real World Crypto](/source/Real_World_Crypto) 2018 in [Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich).{{r|rwc}}

==References==
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<ref name=ms>{{citation|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/melissac/|title=Melissa Chase|publisher=[Microsoft Research](/source/Microsoft_Research)|accessdate=2018-11-10}}</ref>

<ref name=mudd>{{citation|url=https://www.math.hmc.edu/seniorthesis/archives/2003/mchase/|title=Melissa Chase, Harvey Mudd College Mathematics 2003|work=Senior Thesis archives|publisher=Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Department|accessdate=2018-11-10}}</ref>

<ref name=nist>{{citation|url=https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/post-quantum-cryptography/round-1-submissions|title=Round 1 Submissions|work=Post-Quantum Cryptography|date=3 January 2017 |publisher=[National Institute of Standards and Technology](/source/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology)|accessdate=2018-11-10}}</ref>

<ref name=picnic>{{citation|url=https://microsoft.github.io/Picnic/|title=Picnic: A Family of Post-Quantum Secure Digital Signature Algorithms|publisher=[Microsoft Research](/source/Microsoft_Research)|accessdate=2018-11-10}}</ref>

<ref name=rwc>{{citation|url=https://rwc.iacr.org/2018/index.html|title=Real World Crypto 2018|accessdate=2018-11-10}}</ref>

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==External links==
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