[crypto] [ecc@crypto.ruhr-uni-bochum.de: ECC 2004]

[R. Hirschfeld]

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From: "ecc" <ecc@crypto.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Subject: ECC 2004
To: "ECC04" <ecc@crypto.rub.de>
Organization: Communication Security Group
Date:  Mon, 08 Mar 2004 21:03:07 +0100

THE 8TH WORKSHOP ON ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY (ECC 2004)

Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

September 20, 21 & 22, 2004

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT                March 8, 2004


ECC 2004 is the eighth in a series of annual workshops dedicated
to the study of elliptic curve cryptography and related areas.
The main themes of ECC 2004 will be:
- - The discrete logarithm problem.
- - Efficient parameter generation and point counting.
- - Provably secure cryptographic protocols.
- - Efficient software and hardware implementation.
- - Side-channel attacks.
- - Deployment of elliptic curve cryptography.

It is hoped that the meeting will continue to encourage
and stimulate further research on the security and implementation
of elliptic curve cryptosystems and related areas, and encourage
collaboration between mathematicians, computer scientists and
engineers in the academic, industry and government sectors.

There will be approximately 15 invited lectures (and no contributed
talks), with the remaining time used for informal discussions.
There will be both survey lectures as well as lectures on latest
research developments. 


SPONSORS:
  DFG-Graduate School on Kryptography
  Ruhr-University Bochum
  University of Waterloo


ORGANIZERS:
  Gerhard Frey         (University of Duisburg-Essen)
  Tanja Lange          (Ruhr-University Bochum)
  Alfred Menezes       (University of Waterloo)
  Christof Paar        (Ruhr-University Bochum)
  Scott Vanstone       (University of Waterloo)


CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
  Roberto Avanzi       (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
  Paulo Barreto        (Scopus Tecnologia, Brazil)
  Pierrick Gaudry      (LIX Paris, France)
  Marc Joye            (Gemplus, France)
  Norbert Luetkenhaus  (University of Erlangen, Germany)
  Alexander May        (University of Paderborn, Germany)
  Matt Robshaw         (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
  Werner Schindler     (BSI, Germany)
  Jasper Scholten      (KU Leuven, Belgium)
  Igor Shparlinski     (Macquarie University, Australia)
  Nigel Smart          (University of Bristol, UK)
  Thomas Wollinger     (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany)


LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS AND REGISTRATION:

Bochum is situated approximately 50 km from Dusseldorf International
Airport and about 300 km from Frankfurt Airport. Participants should
plan to arrive on September 19 to be able to attend the lectures on
Monday morning. The second announcement will be made on April 15, 2004
and will include registration and local (i.e., accommodation and
transportation) information, and an updated list of confirmed speakers.

If you did not receive this announcement by email and would like to be
added to the mailing list for the second announcement, please send a
brief email to ecc@crypto.rub.de. The announcements are also
available from the web site
www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/conferences/2004/ecc2004/announcement.html
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www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/conferences/2004/ecc2004/announcement.html
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