I'd say Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym for something. Maybe a Thomas Nakamoto (I didn't decrypt that), or even something entirely different or unrelated. If he really cared about anonymity and cryptography, there would be some really elaborate scheme. I'm a firm believer that he is an active member of the community.
I believe that's he's active on this forum as well. In the mean time, give me a direction to whittle down this list, even if it's a dead end.
That is a tough one. Generally, I don't think that the generalization you made of 'mathematics' was the way to go. Computer science would give the traits for cryptography and programming needed, but a true understanding of the cryptography may only come from mathematics. Maybe broadening your search while narrowing it is the way to go (makes sense, eh?)
I think
major- computer science
minor- mathematics, cryptography (if possible) or something.
It might just be some extreme genius with no formal training though. You can learn programming by yourself, but cryptography is a bit harder. IMO he had to have come from a 'big' school MIT or international equiv. Or no school at all.
I also wouldn't want to knock the Japanese reference. Or the idea that this is all a crypt for us to decode.
Doing a search on that site only brings up dissertations that have the keyword in it. "Commuter Science" only generates the following 29 graduates:
(do any of these names look familiar?)Almstrum, Vicki University of Texas at Austin 1994
Arch, John University of Oregon 1983
Asperti, Andrea Università di Pisa 1989
Burr, Michael New York University 2010
Dai, Jack Iowa State University 2001
Dixon, Gayle Columbia University 2001
Frias, Marcelo Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro 1998
Goodness, Jeanne Vanderbilt University 1990
Gottlob, Georg Technische Universität Wien 1981
Greer, James University of Texas at Austin 1987
Guzo, Andrew Columbia University 1989
Hajebi, Mojgan Oregon State University 2001
Hasle, Per Aarhus University 1989
Hernandez Martinez, Paul University of Leeds 2006
Hidvegi, Zoltan University of Texas at Austin 2007
Hirsch, Michael University of California, Berkeley 1990
Kao, Gio University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2008
Kurz, Alexander Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 2000
Lemin, Vladimir The Pennsylvania State University 2002
O'Lander, Richard Columbia University 1994
Olson, David University of Oregon 1986
Priebe, Roger University of Texas at Austin 1997
Pulliam, Sylvia Vanderbilt University 1992
Salisbury, Mark University of Oregon 1986
Schuster, Daniel University of Texas at Austin 1996
Shao, Yilei Princeton University 2007
Wei, Wan-Di University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1996
Xiang, Gang University of Texas at El Paso 2007
Yasuhara, Ken University of Washington 2007
