Profile

Professor Song Y. Yan, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics

Professor Yan joined the University of Bedfordshire in 2006. He also held various visiting professorships at the University of Toronto, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Harvard University.

Song is a computer scientist as well as a mathematician whose primary research interests are in the intersection of Mathematics/Number Theory and Computer Science/Information Technology.

On the one hand, he is interested in applying mathematics (particularly number theory, abstract algebra and mathematical logic) to certain areas of computer science, including computational complexity, design and analysis of algorithms, public-key cryptography, information/network security, and formal methods of computing systems.

On the other hand, he is interested in applying modern computing techniques to solve problems in mathematics, particularly in number theory and algebra.

He was majored in both Computer Science and Mathematics, and obtained a Doctorate in Number Theory from the Dept of Mathematics at the University of York.

Research Interests:

• Cryptography and Information Security
• Computational Number Theory
• Computational Complexity Theory
• Computer Algebra
• Algebraic Biology

Teaching Activities:

• Computer Mathematics
• Secure Data Communications
• Cryptography and Information Security
• Computer Forensics

Professional Activity

• Visiting Professor, Dept of Computer Science, University of Toronto.  Email address:  syan@cs.toronto.edu.
• Visiting Professor, Dept of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of technology. Email address: syan@math.mit.edu. URL: www-math.mit.edu/~syan/
• Visiting Professor, Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University.  Email address: yan@maths.anu.edu.au.

Contact Details

Professor Song Yan

Park Square Luton LU1 3JU

England

UK

T: +44 (0)1582 48 9307

F: +44 (0)1582 48 9217

E: song.yan@beds.ac.uk