PQCrypto 2008

University of Cincinnati, USA, October 17-19, 2008


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Daniel Bernstein
Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago

A brief survey of post-quantum cryptography.
ABSTRACT: Available soon.
 

Graeme Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow at IBM T J Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights

What is a Quantum Computer?
ABSTRACT: As a theoretical model, quantum computation offers the potential for fast algorithms for some seemingly intractable computational problems, most notably factoring. However, implementing this model in a physical system presents many practical and conceptual challenges. I will review the requirements for a physical system to truly implement quantum computation, and discuss several proposals to do so.

 

Daniele Micciancio
Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of California at San Diego

Lattice based cryptography: complexity assumptions and cryptographic applications
ABSTRACT: Lattice-based cryptographic constructions hold a great promise for post-quantum cryptography, as they enjoy very strong security proofs based on worst-case hardness, relatively effient implementations, and are believed to be secure against quantum computers. In this survey talk I will describe the current state of the art in lattice based cryptography, focusing on the complexity assumptions used in lattice based cryptography, and how to build various kinds of cryptographic primitives (e.g., hash functions, digital signatures, public-key encryption, etc.) based on these assumptions.

 

Bo-Yin Yang
Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Information Science of Academia Sinica in Taiwan.

 

Fast Implementaton of XL

ABSTRACT: Herein is the story behind an XL implemention that was used to show the insecurity of QUAD(256,20,20) and a version of Rainbow.  Along it we discuss issues of theory, practice, and software engineering..

 

 

Johannes Buchmann
Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Technische Universität Darmstadt.

 

Opening talk Post Quantum Cryptography