3 papers
cs.CR2026
A systematic review of secure coded caching
S. -L. Ng, M. B. Paterson, E. A. Quaglia
In a content delivery network (CDN), resources are strained during peak-time and underutilised in off-peak times when supplying digital content to users. Caching can help balance t…
math.CO2026
An introduction to local differential privacy protocols using block designs
Maura B. Paterson, Douglas R. Stinson
The design of protocols for local differential privacy (or LDP) has been a topic of considerable research interest in recent years. LDP protocols utilise the randomised encoding of…
math.GR2025
Near-factorizations of dihedral groups
Donald L. Kreher, Maura B. Paterson, Douglas R. Stinson
We investigate near-factorizations of nonabelian groups, concentrating on dihedral groups. We show that some known constructions of near-factorizations in dihedral groups yield equ…