- Electronics engineer, CERN
Frode Weierud is a retired electronics engineer formerly employed by the European Organization for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland. Presently engaged as an independent researcher at Crypto Cellar Research, Oslo, Norway
Experience
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–presentSoftware engineer, Crypto Cellar Research
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1972–2012Electronics engineer, CERN
Education
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1970Høgskolen i Oslo (HiO), Batchelor of Science (BSc)
Publications
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2020Eavesdropping on the Biafra-Lisbon link – breaking historical ciphers from the Biafran war, Cryptologia Online
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2020German mathematicians and cryptology in WWII, Cryptologia, Vol. 44, No. 2
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2019Enigma G: The counter Enigma, Cryptologia Online
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2017Modern breaking of Enigma ciphertexts, Cryptologia, Vol. 41, No. 5
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2016History and Modern Cryptanalysis of Enigma's Pluggable Reflector, Cryptologia, Vol. 40, No. 1
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2012"Prof's Book: Seen in the Light of Cryptologic History" in Alan Turing – His Work and Impact, Elsevier
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2010Spanish Enigma: A History of the Enigma in Spain, Cryptologia, Vol. 34, No. 4
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2006"BP’s Sturgeon, The FISH That Laid No Eggs" in Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Code-breaking Computers, Oxford University Press
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2005Breaking German Army Ciphers, Cryptologia, Vol. 29, No. 3
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2005Bletchley Park's Sturgeon, The FISH That Laid No Eggs, The Rutherford Journal, Vol. 1
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2004"Bombe and Spider, Chapter 6 from Alan Turing’s ‘Treatise on Enigma’", in Essential Turing, Oxford University Press
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2003PURPLE Revealed: Simulation and Computer-Aided Cryptanalysis of Angooki Taipu B, Cryptologia, Vol. 27, No. 1
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2002Letter to the Editor: "Review of US Bombes", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 3
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2000Recovering the Wiring of Enigma's Umkehrwalze A, Cryptologia, Vol. 24, No. 1
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2000"Sturgeon, The FISH BP Never Really Caught" in the Proceedings on Coding Theory and Cryptography, Springer Verlag
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2000"The Geheimschreiber Secret" in the Proceedings on Coding Theory and Cryptography, Springer Verlag
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1999TIRPITZ and the Japanese-German Naval War Communication Agreement, NCVA Cryptolog, Vol. 20, No. 3
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1999The Swiss NEMA Cipher Machine, Cryptologia, Vol. 23, No. 4
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1998Sweden, Cryptographic Superpower – A Book Review, Cryptologia, Vol. 22, No. 1
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1998Enigma Variations: An Extended Family of Machines, Cryptologia, Vol. 22, No. 3
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1994Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park – A Book Review, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 16, No. 1
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1987Naval Enigma: M4 and Its Rotors, Cryptologia, Vol. 11, No. 4
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1986Machine Secrets: A Book Review, Cryptologia, Vol.10, No.1
Professional Memberships
- IEEE, 1981 – present, Life Member
- Bletchley Park Historical Advisory Group, Feb 2017 – present, Member
Contact Frode for
- General
- Media request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- Website
- X (formerly Twitter): @FWeierud
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined