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Jordi Castellà-Roca

CRISES Research Group
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Escola Técnica Superior d'Enginyeria
Av. Països Catalans, 26.
E-43007 Tarragona
Catalonia

Phone: +34 977 558270
Fax: +34 977 559710
email: jordi ([dot]) castella([at])urv ([dot]) net

Education


Positions


Research
interest
  • Cryptographic protocols:
    • Mental poker
    • Electronic voting
  • Security in electronic payments
  • Intrusion detection and fraud detection
  • Privacy in statistical databases


Papers
  • Articles in ISI JCR journals
    1. Francesc Sebé, Josep Domingo-Ferrer and Jordi Castellà-Roca, "Watermarking numerical data in the presence of noise", International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems (to appear, 2006). ISSN 0218-4885.
    2. Jordi Castellà-Roca, Josep Domingo-Ferrer and Francesc Sebé. "A smart card-based mental poker system", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 48-61, Apr. 2006. ISSN 0302-9743. Vol.3928. Proceedings of IFIP CARDIS'2006, Berlin: Springer-Verlag. Acceptance rate: 25/71 (see preface). Available from Springer-Verlag. [PDF]
    3. Jordi Castellà-Roca, Francesc Sebé and Josep Domingo-Ferrer, ``Dropout-tolerant TTP-free mental poker'', Lecture Notes in Computer Science,  vol. 3592, pp. 30-40, 2005. ISSN 0302-9743. Vol. Trust and Privacy in Digital Business-TrustBus'05, Berlin: Springer-Verlag. Acceptance rate: 31/120 (see preface).
      Available from Springer-Verlag. [PDF]
    4. Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Francesc Sebé and Jordi Castellà, ``On the security of noise addition for privacy in statistical databases'', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3050, pp. 149-161, 2004. ISSN 0302-9743. Vol. Privacy in Statistical Databases, eds. J. Domingo-Ferrer and V. Torra, Berlin: Springer-Verlag. Acceptance rate: 29/44 (see preface).
      Available from Springer-Verlag. [PDF]
    5. Jordi Castellà-Roca, Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Andreu Riera and Joan Borrell, ``Practical mental poker without a TTP based on homomorphic encryption'', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2904, pp. 280-294, Dec. 2003. ISSN 0302-9743. Vol. Progress in Cryptology-Indocrypt'2003, eds. T. Johansson and S. Maitra, Berlin: Springer-Verlag. Acceptance rate: 30/101 (see preface).
      Available from Springer-Verlag. [PDF]
  • Book chapters and proceedings with ISBN
    1. Jordi Castellà-Roca, Vanesa Daza, Josep Domingo-Ferrer and Francesc Sebé, "Privacy homomorphisms for e-gambling and mental poker", in Proceedings of IEEE Granular Computing 2006, Piscataway NJ: IEEE Press (to appear, 2006).
    2. Joaquin Garcia, Frèderic Cuppens, Fabien Autrel, Jordi Castella-Roca, Joan Borrell, Guillermo Navarro, and Jose A. Ortega-Ruiz, ``Protecting on-line casinos against fraudulent player drop-out'', in IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Technology: Coding and Computing-ITCC'2005, Piscataway NJ: IEEE Computer Society, vol. I, pp. 500-505, 2005. ISBN 0-7695-2315-3.
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    3. Jordi Castella-Roca, Guillermo Navarro, Jose A. Ortega-Ruiz and J. García ``Digital chips for an on-line casino'', in IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Technology: Coding and Computing-ITCC'2005, Piscataway NJ: IEEE Computer Society, vol. I, pp. 494-499, 2005. ISBN 0-7695-2315-3.
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    4. Jordi Castella-Roca, Francesc Sebé and Josep Domingo-Ferrer, ``Abandono de jugadores en esquemas distribuidos de juego de cartas'', in Avances en Criptología y Seguridad de la Información, (eds Benjamín Ramos Álvarez y Arturo Ribagorda Garnacho), pp. 243-249, 2004. ISBN 84-7978-650-7.
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    5. Jordi Castellà-Roca and Josep Domingo-Ferrer, ``On the security of an efficient TTP-free mental poker protocol'', in IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Technology: Coding and Computing-ITCC'2004, Piscataway NJ: IEEE Computer Society, vol. 2, pp. 781-784, 2004. ISBN 0-7965-2108-8.
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    6. Jordi Castellà-Roca and Josep Domingo-Ferrer, ``A non-repudiable bitstring commitment scheme based on a public-key cryptosystem'', in IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Technology: Coding and Computing-ITCC'2004, Piscataway NJ: IEEE Computer Society, vol. 2, pp. 778-780, 2004. ISBN 0-7965-2108-8.
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    7. Jordi Herrera-Joancomarti, Josep Prieto-Blàzquez and Jordi Castellà-Roca, ``A secure electronic examination protocol using wireless networks'', in IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Technology: Coding and Computing-ITCC'2004, Piscataway NJ: IEEE Computer Society, vol. 2, pp. 263-267, 2004. ISBN 0-7965-2108-8.
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    8. J. Herrera-Joancomartí, J. Castellà-Roca, "Cadenas Hash expandidas para compromisos compactos de n valores", in II- Reunión Española de Criptografia y Seguridad de la Información Oviedo: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Oviedo, 2002, Vol II, pp. 427-436. ISBN 84-699-8931-6.
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    9. Jordi Castellà, Jordi Planes, Josep Domingo-Ferrer and Jordi Herrera Joancomartí, ``Análisis comparativo de tarjetas Java para aplicaciones de comercio electrónico'', in Criptología y Seguridad de la Información, eds. P. Caballero and M. C. Hernández, Madrid: RA-MA Ediciones, 2000, pp. 225-231. ISBN 84-7897-431-8.
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    10. Jordi Castellà, Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Jordi Herrera-Joancomartí and Jordi Planes, ``A performance comparison of Java Cards for micropayment implementation'', in Smart Card Research and Advanced Application-Proc. of IFIP CARDIS'2000, eds. J. Domingo-Ferrer, D. Chan and A. Watson, Norwell MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, pp. 19-38. ISBN 0-7923-7953-5. Acceptance rate: 21/36 (see preface).
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Thesis Jordi Castellà-Roca, Contributions to Mental Poker. Autonomous University of Barcelona, Doctoral Programme in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. Data of public reading: Sep. 9, 2005. Mark: A cum laude. Advisors: Josep Domingo-Ferrer and Francesc Sebé.


Patents
  1. J. Castellà-Roca, A. Riera Jorba and J. Borrell Viader,"System which is used to conduct a game of chance using a communication network", PCT WO 2005/021118.
  2. A. Riera Jorba and J Castellà-Roca,"Secure electronic polling method and cryptographic processes therefor", PCT WO 2004/100031.
  3. J. Castellà-Roca, J. Borrell Viader, A. Riera Jorba and J Domingo-Ferrer, "Method of obtaining an impartial result of a game via a communication network, and related protocols and programs", PCT WO 2004/035159.
  4. A. Riera Jorba and J. Castellà-Roca, "Secure electronic voting method and the cryptographic protocols and computer programs used", PCT WO 03/050771.
  5. A. Riera Jorba and J. Castellà-Roca, "Secure electronic voting method and the cryptographic protocols and computer programs used", US 2005/0021479.
  6. A. Riera Jorba and J. Castellà-Roca, "Secure electronic voting method and the cryptographic protocols and computer programs used", EP 1 469 429.


Additional Referee
  1. Indocrypt'2005, Bangalore, India, 2005.
  2. ICICS'2005-7th International Conference on Information and Communications Security, Beijing, China, 2005.
  3. III Simposio Español de Comercio Electrónico-SCE'05. Universitat de les Illes Balears, Ciutat de Mallorca, 2005.
  4. MDAI'2005-Modeling Decisions for Artificial Intelligence, Tsukuba, Japan, 2005.
  5. ACISP'2005- 10th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, Brisbane, Australia, 2005.
  6. CEDI2005-Simposio sobre Seguridad Informática, Granada, Spain, 2005.
  7. IEEE ITCC'2005-International Conference on Information Technology
  8. ICICS'2004-6th International Conference on Information and Communications Security, Málaga, Spain, 2004.
  9. VIII Reunión Española sobre Criptología y Seguridad de la Información, Madrid, Spain, 2004.
  10. IEEE ITCC'2004 , Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2004
  11. IFIP CARDIS'2004, Toulouse, France, 2004.


Projects
  1. Proprietas: protección de la propiedad intelectual y privacidad en multicast sobre redes ad-hoc, SEG2004-04352-C04
  2. Streaming de contenidos multimedia hacia dispositivos móviles con retribución por micropago, TIC2001-0633-C03.
  3. Comercio electrónico seguro basado en la infomación, TEL98-0699-C02-02.


Master's and Bachelor's theses advised
  1. J. Terren Pons, Securització d'un centre educatiu, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Master in Computer Engineering, June 2005.
  2. J. Bisquert Illa, J. Ruiz Burguès and Marcos Sánchez Ramírez, Implementació d'un esquema criptogràfic per jocs de tipus casino a travé d'una xarxa de comunicacions, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Master in Computer Engineering, June 2005.
  3. A. Dorca Josa, Protocol criptogràfic per a fer exàmens electrònics de forma segura, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Master in Computer Engineering, Feb. 2005.
  4. F.X. Fustero Benavent, Protocol criptogràfic per a fer exàmens electrònics de forma segura, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Master in Computer Engineering, June 2004.
  5. P. Vizcaino, Implementació d'un esquema de protecció del copyright per a imatges, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Master in Computer Engineering, Feb. 2002.
  6. S. Bullich Roig, Implementació d'un esquema de protecció del copyright per a imatges, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Bachelor in Computer Systems Engineering, June 2001.
  7. J. Lòpez Ramot, Implementació d'un esquema de protecció del copyright per a imatges, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Bachelor in Computer Engineering, Feb. 2001.


Subjects taught
  1. Cryptography. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Master and Bachelor in Computer Engineering. Years 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003.
  2. Laboratory of Java. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Master and Bachelor in Computer Engineering. Year 2003/2004.
  3. Security in computer networks. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Master and Bachelor in Computer Engineering. Year 2003/2004.

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