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Second Midwest Arithmetical Geometry in Cryptography (MAGC)

November 17-19, 2000

Urbana, IL, USA

Mathematics

Host: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Homepage: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~boston/magc.html

Organizers: Nigel Boston, Dick Blahut

Description:
The second Midwest Arithmetical Geometry in Cryptography (MAGC) workshop is intended for people in academia and industry with a basic mathematical background in group theory and number theory, wishing to learn about the increasingly common applications of arithmetical geometry to cryptography. This includes elliptic curve cryptosystems, hyperelliptic cryptosystems, and more. This workshop is supported by a Critical Research Initiatives grant from UIUC and by the Coordinated Science Laboratory and marks the creation of ICCIP, the Illinois Center for Cryptography and Information Protection.

Each of the featured speakers will give one lecture a day for each of the three days of the workshop. These nine lectures will be coordinated so as to introduce the audience to the subject, explain the various attacks on various cryptosystems, discuss practical items necessary for successful implementations, and talk about what the future might hold. There will also be time for contributed talks.

Date received: September 04, 2000


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