Gaetan Bisson

Responsibilities

Awarded Grants

As Principal Investigator

Methods for Low Dimensional Abelian Varieties — MELODIA. Supported by AAPG Grant of EUR 160,000. Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France. 2021–2026.

Cryptographic hash functions of number theoretic origins. Supported by Research Development Grant of AUD 33,000. Macquarie University, Australia. 2012–2014.

As Co-Investigator

Calculateur haute performance — AI’A. Supported by AESEP Grant of EUR 33,350. Gouvernement de la Polynésie française. 2022.

Constructing Cryptographically Secure Structures. Supported by STIC AmSud Grant of EUR 25,125. CNRS & MEAE, France; CAPES, Brasil; CONICYT, Chile. 2019–2021.

Courbes Hyperelliptiques : Isogénies et Comptage — CHIC. Supported by BLAN Grant of EUR 380,000. Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France. 2010–2014.

Event Coordination

As General Chair

René 25. A conference celebrating the research interests of René Schoof. University of French Polynesia. 2025.

Géométrie algébrique, Théorie des nombres et Applications — GTA. University of French Polynesia. 2021.

Arithmetic, Geometry, Cryptography and Coding Theory — AGC2T. CIRM Luminy, France. 2019.

Non-Archimedean Analytic Geometry: Theory and Practice. University of French Polynesia. 2015.

Geometry and Cryptography — GeoCrypt. University of French Polynesia. 2013.

As Program Committee Member

Algèbre, géométrie algébrique et applications à la théorie de l’information — École CIMPA. University of Douala, Cameroon. 2024.

Manifestation des Jeunes Chercheurs en Sciences et Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication — MajecSTIC. University of Bordeaux, France. 2010.

Scientific Expertise

Expert witness on cryptography. Court of appeals of French Polynesia. 2018.

Scientific reviewer. 2008–now.

• For book proposals: CRC Press.
• For grant proposals: Université Côte d’Azur.
• For honours dissertations: University of Auckland.
• For research journals: Advances in Mathematics of Communications, Finite Fields and Their Applications, International Journal of Number Theory, Journal of Algebra, Journal of Cryptology, Journal of Mathematical Cryptology, Journal of Number Theory, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, LMS Journal of Computation and Mathematics, Mathematics of Computation, Research in Number Theory.
• For research conferences: Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS), Conference on Algebraic Informatics (CAI), Cryptology and Information Security in Latin America (LATINCRYPT), International Cryptology Conference (CRYPTO), Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQCRYPTO), Practice and Theory in Public Key Cryptography (PKC), Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC), Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security (ASIACRYPT), Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques (EUROCRYPT), Theory and Applications of Cryptology (AFRICACRYPT), Theory of Cryptography Conference (TCC), Western European Workshop on Research in Cryptology (WEWORC).

Professional Activities

Managing Editor. Polynesian Journal of Mathematics. 2024–now.

Correspondent for the Pacific region. Groupe de travail C2 (codage & cryptographie) des groupements de recherche n°673 (informatique mathématique) et n°2046 (sécurité informatique), CNRS. 2023–now.

Chairman of the board of examiners.

• Baccalauréat professionnel, spécialité logistique, procédure VAE. 2023.
• Baccalauréat professionnel, spécialité SPVL, procédure VAE. 2022.
• Baccalauréat technologique, séries ST2S, STD2A, STHR & STL. 2021.
• Baccalauréat général, série scientifique. 2020.

Member of hiring committees.

• For 1 associate professor (MCF).
• For 2 visiting associate professors (délégation MCF), once as chairman.
• For 2 postdoctoral researchers as chairman.
• For 9 teaching fellows (PRAG), including 6 as chairman.
• For 8 research associates (ATER), including 5 as chairman.
• For 4 teaching associates (CDD-E), including 2 as chairman.

University Service

At the University of French Polynesia

Director. Department of Science. 2022–2026.

Deputy Director. GAATI Laboratory. 2019–now.

Coordinator. CUPGE-MP elite curriculum. 2017–now.

Elected member. Research Council. 2021–2025.

Elected member. Technical Committee. 2014–2016.

At Macquarie University

Coordinator. ACAC Group Seminar. 2012–2013.

At the École normale supérieure

Member of the Scientific Council. 2006–2007.

Student Body Representative (DG). 2004–2006.