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About the Authors
Jean-Pierre Deschamps received an MS degree in elec-
trical engineering from the University of Louvain, Belgium,
in 1967, a PhD degree in computer science from the
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, in 1983,
and a PhD degree in electrical engineering from the
Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1984.
He worked in several companies and universities. He is
currently a professor at the University Rovira i Virgili,
Tarragona, Spain. His research interests include ASIC
and FPGA design, digital arithmetic, and cryptography.
He is the author of seven books and about a hundred
international papers.
José Luis Imaña received the MS and PhD degrees, both
in Physics, from Complutense University of Madrid,
Spain, where he is currently a professor. His research
interests include algorithms and VLSI architectures for
computations in finite fields, cryptography, computer
arithmetic, reconfigurable computing architectures, and
formal methods in verification. He is the author of about
30 international papers and communications.
Gustavo D. Sutter received an MS degree in computer
science from State University UNCPBA of Tandil
(Buenos Aires), Argentina, and a PhD degree from the
Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. He has been
a professor at the UNCPBA, Argentina, and is currently
a professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid,
Spain. His research interests includes ASIC and FPGA
design, digital arithmetic, and development of embed-
ded systems. He is the author of one book and about
30 international papers and communications.