[crypto] [weinmann@cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de: CLC 2006 - Workshop on Codes and Lattices in Cryptography]

R. Hirschfeld ray@unipay.nl
Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:41:46 +0200


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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:14:18 +0200
From: Ralf-Philipp Weinmann <weinmann@cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>
Subject: CLC 2006 - Workshop on Codes and Lattices in Cryptography

Apologies in advance if you receive multiple copies of this announcement.

- -Ralf

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CLC2006 - Workshop on Codes and Lattices in Cryptography
https://clc2006.cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de

September 25th-27th, 2006
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

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Organizers:

Johannes Buchmann - Alexander May - Ulrich Vollmer

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Confirmed Speakers:

Miklos Ajtai (IBM, USA)
Thierry Berger (Universite de Limoges, France)
Johannes Blömer (Universitaet Paderborn, Germany)
Nicolas T. Courtois (Axalto, France)
Matthieu Finiasz (EPFL, France)
Philipe Gaborit (Universite de Limoges, France)
Venkatesan Guruswami (University of Washington, USA)
Hideki Imai (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Kazukuni Kobara (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Pierre Loidreau (ENSTA, France)
Alexander May (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
Daniele Micciancio (University of California, San Diego)
Oded Regev (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
Claus-Peter Schnorr (Universitaet Frankfurt, Germany)
Nicolas Sendrier (INRIA, France)

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Code-based systems belong to the most promising candidates for
post-quantum cryptography. They are highly efficient. By easing the
constraints on storage capacity for key material, technological
progress has paved the way for their practical deployment. Yet, do we
feel certain enough of their security to recommend wide-spread
adoption?

While the last 25 years since the first proposal of such a system by
R.J. McEliece have seen a steady stream of research into their
security, this effort pales in comparison to the scrutiny devoted to
currently deployed systems like RSA and ECC.

Efficient lattice reduction algorithms have been very potent tools of
cryptanalysis of many public-key cryptosystems. Applied to code-based
systems this tool has turned out to be a very blunt one since the lift
of cryptographically useful error-correcting codes yields lattices of
intractably high dimensions with an abundance of short vectors.

Yet, the question still remains open whether there is more than the
surface parallelism between, say, the decoding problem and the closest
vector problem in a lattice, whether cross-fertilization between the
research into the security of code- and lattice-based cryptosystems is
possible.

This small workshop undertakes an exploration of this question and
hopes to stimulate the dialogue between researchers of both
communities. The topics are

* Attacks on code- or lattice-based systems
* Hardness of underlying problems, weak instances
* The link between Decoding, Learning and Closest Vector Problems
* Average versus Worst Case Complexity
* Indistinguishability of hidden-trap door and random instances
* Security proofs of code-based systems
* Lattice reduction for cryptanalysis
* Lattice reduction algorithms, including their sensitivity to 
  properties of the instances they are applied to

Contributions to the workshop are solicited by invitation only. Travel
and lodging costs for the invited speakers are covered by the workshop
organizers.

In order to encourage the presentation of work-in-progress and
contributions of survey character, all research presented may be
published elsewhere. However, we kindly request that participants
submit a three-page summary of their contribution for inclusion in the
pre-proceedings. There will be opportunity for revision and
enlargement in view of the results of the workshop. Post-proceedings
will be made available to the cryptographic community from the
document server of the hosting department.

The organizers gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the
Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

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Ralf-P. Weinmann <weinmann@cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>
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