• Instructional Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Christiana Chamon

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2022
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2020
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, 2017

Research Interests

    • Unconditional (information-theoretic) security over the wire
    • Unconditionally secure electronics design
    • Challenging scientific dogma
    • Analog electronics design for information security

Awards & Honors

  • Ebensberger Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 2020-2021
  • Most Outstanding Intern, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, 2016 and 2017
  • Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Houston, 2013-2017

Selected Publications

  • C. Chamon and L.B. Kish, Perspective—On the thermodynamics of perfect unconditional security, Appl. Phys. Lett, 119(1) (2021) 010501.
  • C. Chamon and L.B. Kish, Nonlinearity attack against the Kirchhoff-law-Johnson-noise (KLJN) secure key exchange protocol, Fluct. Noise. Lett. 21(02) (2022) 2250020.
  • C. Chamon, S. Ferdous, and L.B. Kish, Deterministic random number generator attack against the Kirchhoff-law-Johnson-noise secure key exchange protocol, Fluct. Noise. Lett. 20(05) (2021) 2150046.
  • C. Chamon, S. Ferdous, and L.B. Kish, Statistical random number generator attack against the Kirchhoff-law-Johnson-noise secure key exchange protocol, Fluct. Noise. Lett. 21(03) (2021) 2250027.
  • S. Ferdous, C. Chamon, and L.B. Kish, Comments on the “generalized” KJLN key exchanger with arbitrary resistors: power, impedance, security, Fluctuation and Noise Letters, 20(01) (2021) 2130002.