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'''Alan T. Sherman''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography cryptographer], and full professor of computer science at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_Baltimore_County University of Maryland, Baltimore County].
He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. under [[Ronald L. Rivest]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] in 1981 and 1987 repectivelyrespectively. His research interests include high-integrity [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_system voting systems], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_assurance information assurance], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography cryptology], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_mathematics discrete] [[Algorithms|algorithms]].
Alan Sherman has been the faculty advisor of the UMBC Chess Club since 1991 <ref>[https://www.csee.umbc.edu/~sherman/Papers/team_select.html How to Select a College Chess Team]</ref> <ref>[https://chess.umbc.edu/ UMBC Chess Program - UMBC]</ref> <ref>[https://chess.umbc.edu/umbc-chess-team-2/ UMBC Chess Team - UMBC Chess Program - UMBC]</ref>.
