Michael Scott
Chief Cryptographer at Shamus Software Ltd
Leinster, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Scott is a distinguished applied cryptographer and software engineer with over four decades bridging academia and industry, currently serving as Chief Cryptographer at MIRACL and running Shamus Software Ltd. He has authored 100+ highly cited papers, co-discovered influential primitives and curves (including BLS and KSS), and develops widely used cryptographic libraries such as MIRACL and AMCL. Equally at home in research and implementation, he programs across C/C++, Java, Python, Rust, Go, Swift and JavaScript and consults on secure deployments and litigation as an expert witness. His career blends deep theoretical insight—PhD in Optimal Control—with practical product impact, evidenced by sustained leadership roles from university head of school to technical director at a major innovation institute.
11 years of coding experience
39 years of employment as a software developer
St. Malachy's College, BelfastPh.D., Optimal Control, Ph.D., Optimal Control at University of DundeeM.Sc., Electronics, M.Sc., Electronics at Trinity College DublinB.Sc., Electrical Engineering, B.Sc., Electrical Engineering at Queen's University Belfast
Github Skills (42)
smp10
pi10
elliptic-curve-cryptography10
a2dp10
multiprecision10
raspberry10
wifi10
raspberry-pi-pico9
risc-v9
rp20409
freertos9
source-sdk9
bluetooth9
arduino9
raspberry-pi8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
miracl/amcl
Mar 2017 - Jan 2021
Contributions:246 commits, 33 PRs, 92 pushes in 3 years 11 months
milagro-crypto/amcl
Aug 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:1 release, 30 PRs, 328 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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