Abstract by anuja a sonalker on Asymmetric Key Distribution

 
ASYMMETRIC KEY DISTRIBUTION 
by 
ANUJA A. SONALKER 
A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of 
North Carolina State University 
in partial fulfillment of the 
requirements for the Degree of 
Master of Science 
 
 
COMPUTER ENGINEERING 
Raleigh 
2002 
 
APPROVED BY : 
 
 
Dr. Gregory T. Byrd, Chair of Advisory Committee 
 
Dr. Peng Ning 
 
Dr. Ken Vu 

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BIOGRAPHY 
Anuja Sonalker was born on the 29
th
of April, 1979 in the commercial capital of India – 
Mumbai. She grew up on a the island country of Bahrain also known as the Pearl of the 
Gulf. She completed her schooling from one of the most prestigious schools – the Indian 
School, Bahrain. She joined Bhavan’s College, Mumbai in 1995 and went on to complete 
her bachelors in Instrumentation from Vidyavardhini’s College of Engineering and 
Technology, Mumbai in 2000. Soon after, she joined the Masters program in Computer 
Engineering at North Carolina State University in the fall of 2000 where she had the 
privilege of working under the guidance of Dr. Gregory T. Byrd. 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
I would like to sincerely thank Dr Gregory T. Byrd, my advisor, for his continuous 
support, valuable guidance and patience throughout my years with him. Working with Dr 
Byrd has been a very good learning experience for me. I appreciate all the time he has 
given me for our discussions which have been sources of innovative ideas for me. I 
appreciate the persevering efforts he took along with me to help me draft a good thesis. 
I would like to thank my manager, Ken Vu from IBM, for his expert insight, professional 
and scholarly approach and precious time. His comments and continuous feedback on my 
research has been very helpful for me. 
I would also like to thank Dr Ning, who was a part of my committee, for his valuable and 
resourceful approach and for sharing his expertise in the field with me. 
Last but not least, I would like to thank my parents and my sister for encouraging me and 
believing in me and for being there with me – always. Their contribution is priceless. 

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