[crypto] [ecc2006@math.uwaterloo.ca: Final announcement for ECC 2006]
R. Hirschfeld
ray@unipay.nl
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 20:19:51 +0200
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From: ECC 2006 <ecc2006@math.uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 06:26:59 -0400 (EDT)
To: ray@unipay.nl
Subject: Final announcement for ECC 2006
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THE 10TH WORKSHOP ON ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY (ECC 2006)
The Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada
September 18, 19 & 20, 2006
FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT August 2, 2006
[Please book your accommodations as soon as possible;
see ACCOMMODATIONS below]
ECC 2006 is the tenth in a series of annual workshops dedicated to the
study of elliptic curve cryptography and related areas. Over the past
years the ECC conference series has broadened its scope beyond
elliptic curve cryptography and now covers a wide range of areas
within modern cryptography. For instance, past ECC conferences
included presentations on hyperelliptic curve cryptography,
pairing-based cryptography, side-channel attacks, voting protocols,
quantum key distribution, AES, hash functions, and implementation issues.
At the same time ECC continues to be the premier conference on elliptic
curve cryptography. It is hoped that ECC 2006 will further our mission
of encouraging and stimulating research on the security and
implementation of elliptic curve cryptosystems and related areas, and
encouraging collaboration between mathematicians, computer scientists
and engineers in the academic, industry and government sectors.
SPONSORS:
Certicom
The Fields Institute
MITACS
University of Waterloo
ORGANIZERS:
Mark Bauer (University of Calgary)
Tanja Lange (Technical University of Denmark)
Alfred Menezes (University of Waterloo)
Kumar Murty (University of Toronto)
Christof Paar (Ruhr University of Bochum)
Scott Vanstone (University of Waterloo)
SPEAKERS:
Dan Bernstein (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Xavier Boyen (Voltage Security, USA)
Reinier Broker (Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands)
Isabelle Dechene (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Claus Diem (University of Leipzig, Germany)
Andreas Enge (INRIA & Ecole Polytechnique, France)
David Freeman (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
Tanja Lange (Technical University of Denmark)
Kristen Lauter (Microsoft Research, USA)
Laurie Law (National Security Agency, USA)
Dan Page (University of Bristol, UK)
Jan Pelzl (Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany)
Oliver Schirokauer (Oberlin College, USA)
Michael Scott (Dublin City University, Ireland)
Igor Shparlinski (Macquarie University, Australia)
Alice Silverberg (University of California at Irvine, USA)
Nigel Smart (University of Bristol, UK)
Nicolas Theriault (University of Waterloo, Canada)
CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
There will be 18 invited lectures (and no contributed talks)
delivered by internationally leading experts. There will be
both state-of-the-art survey talks and lectures on latest
research developments. Lectures start at 8:00 am on
Monday (Sep 18), and conclude at 1:00 pm on Wednesday (Sep 20).
A reception will be held on Monday evening at the Fields
Institute, and a banquet on Tuesday evening at a nearly
Chinese restaurant. In addition, a light lunch will be served
on Wednesday.
There will be a Rump Session on Monday evening, where participants
can give short (5-10 minutes) presentations on recent results, work
in progress, or make announcements of interest to attendees. A call
for papers for the Rump Session will be issued to registrants in
early September.
Here is the list of lecture titles:
- Dan Bernstein: Can genus 2 really beat genus 1?
- Xavier Boyen: Practical aspects of identity-based encryption
- Reinier Broker: Constructing elliptic curves for cryptography
- Isabelle Dechene: Generalized Jacobians: Natural candidates
for DL-based cryptography
- Claus Diem: An index calculus algorithm for non-singular
plane curves of high genus
- Andreas Enge: An $L(1/3+\epsilon)$ algorithm for the discrete
logarithm problem in low degree curves
- David Freeman: Methods for constructing pairing-friendly
elliptic curves
- Tanja Lange: Just more curves of arithmetic advantages of genus >= 1?
The case of hyperelliptic curves
- Kristen Lauter: Cryptographic hash functions from expander graphs
- Laurie Law: Finding invalid signatures in pairing-based batches
- Dan Page: Compilers in cryptography
- Jan Pelzl: Hardware-based attacks on elliptic curve cryptosystems
- Oliver Schirokauer: A more general special number field sieve
- Michael Scott: On the implementation of pairing-based cryptosystems
- Alice Silverberg: TBA
- Nigel Smart: ID-based key agreement
- Igor Shparlinski: Distribution of elliptic curves for pairing-based
cryptography
- Nicolas Theriault: Towards an exact cost analysis of index-calculus
algorithms
FIELDS FALL 2006 THEMATIC PROGRAM IN CRYPTOGRAPHY:
ECC 2006 will be one of the events being organized in conjunction
with the Fields Institute Fall 2006 Thematic Program in
Cryptography. ECC 2006 attendees who are interested in office space
or funding can apply to Fields for funding:
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/06-07/crypto
SUMMER SCHOOL:
Tanja Lange will be organizing a course at Fields on "Elliptic and
Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography". The course is intended for
graduate students in cryptography and mathematics, and will take
place from September 11-15. There are no fees for this course.
Further details are available on the Fields web site:
www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/06-07/crypto/courses/#Lange
TRAVEL:
The Fields Institute is located in the downtown campus of the
University of Toronto. The Fields web site
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/resources/travel/index.html
has travel information information, directions to the Institute,
and a map.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
The Fields web site
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/resources/housing.html
has a listing of hotels that are within walking distance to the
Institute. You are advised to book your hotel rooms as early as
possible - some hotels may not have rooms available at discounted
rates because the Toronto Film Festival is being held from Sep 7-16.
A limited block of rooms has been set aside on a first-come
first-serve basis at the Days Hotel:
http://www.dayshoteltoronto.ca
which is a 10-15 minute walk from Fields.
Rate: Cdn $115/night + 15% tax for a single or double room.
Reservations must be made by phone (416-977-6655) or by email
(reservations@dayshoteltoronto.ca) in order to get this special
rate. Please quote "Fields Institute" when making your reservation.
Cut-off date for rooms is August 18, 2006.
REGISTRATION:
All ECC 2006 attendees will have to register. (Please note that
registration for other Fields workshops will not entitle you to
attend ECC 2006.) Registration fees have been set at Cdn $250
(Cdn $150 for full-time graduate students and postdoctoral fellows).
PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THIS
WORKSHOP. Registration is on a first-come first-serve basis.
To register, please complete the registration form available at
the Fields Institute web site:
www.fields.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/register?form_selection=ECC;ref=Workshop_page
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For further information, please contact:
Alfred Menezes (email: ajmeneze [at] uwaterloo.ca)
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