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Thor Martinsen
Assistant Professor
Applied Mathematics
Phone: (831) 656-2581
Email: tmartins@nps.edu
NPS Experience
- 2017 - current: Assistant Professor
Other Experience
- 2010 - 2012 Commanding Officer, Center for Information Dominance Unit Monterey
- 2008 - 2009 Deputy Information Warfare Commander, PELELIU Expeditionary Strike Group (PELESG)
- 2007 - 2009 Cryptologic Resource Coordinator, Amphibious Squadron THREE
- 2003 - 2005 Electronic Warfare Officer and Ship's Cryptologist, USS KEARSARGE (LHD-3)
- 2000 - 2003 Senior Watch Officer & Navy Department Head, NSA/CSS Hawaii / NSGA Kunia
Research Interests
Cryptography & Coding Theory
Combinatorial Mathematics
Logic and Discrete Mathematics
Computer Security and Cyber Warfare
Combinatorial Mathematics
Logic and Discrete Mathematics
Computer Security and Cyber Warfare
Teaching Interests
Cryptography
Combinatorics
Logic and Discrete Mathematics
Computer Security and Cyber Warfare
Combinatorics
Logic and Discrete Mathematics
Computer Security and Cyber Warfare
Awards
- 2017 - General Omar N. Bradley Fellowship in Mathematics, Omar N. Bradley Foundation (USMA)
- 2013 - NPS Joint Service Warfare Faculty Award, Military Officers Association of America
- 2013 - Elected Member, Eta Kappa Nu national Electrical and Computer Engineering honor society
- 2013 - Elected Member At Large, Upsilon Pi Epsilon national computer science honor society
- 2006 - Elected member, Pi Mu Epsilon national mathematics honor society
- 2000 - Elected member, Alpha Chi national academic honor society
Boards, Memberships, & Certifications
Professional Memberships
- Member, American Mathematical Society
- Associate Fellow Institute for Combinatorics and Its Applications
- Senior Member, IEEE
- Member, IEEE Information Theory Society
- Member, International Association for Cryptologic Research
- Member, Naval Order of the United States
- Member, Navy Cryptologic Veterans Association
Licensures and Certifications
- 2007 CNSSI 4013, NSA
- 2007 CNSSI 4014 , NSA
- 2007 NSTISSI 4011 , NSA