[crypto] [tanja at hyperelliptic.org: ECC 2009 second announcement]

R. Hirschfeld ray at unipay.nl
Thu Jun 25 23:23:23 CEST 2009


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Date: 23 Jun 2009 01:28:52 -0000
From: Tanja Lange <tanja at hyperelliptic.org>
Subject: ECC 2009 second announcement

THE 13TH WORKSHOP ON ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY (ECC 2009)

August 24-26, 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
hosted by The University of Calgary

http://ecc.math.ucalgary.ca

Second Announcement: REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!

Important Dates:

Deadline for Early Bird Registration Fee:  July 23, 2009

Summer School: July 1, 2009

Hotels: Village Park Inn July 7, 2009
       Travel Lodge     July 23, 2009


ECC 2009 is the 13th 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 2009 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.

As with past ECC conferences, there will be about 15 invited lectures
(and no contributed talks) delivered by internationally leading
experts. There will be both state-of-the-art survey lectures as well
as lectures on latest research developments.

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
submissions for the Rump Session will be issued to registrants in early
September.

Invited Speakers:

The following is a list of invited speakers (all have been confirmed).

Matt Campagna - Certicom
Chen-Mou Cheng - National Taiwan University
Vassil Dimitrov - University of Calgary
Luca De Feo - Ecole Polytechnique
Michael Jacobson - University of Calgary
Eike Kiltz - Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)
Julio Lopez - University of Campinas
Alfred Menezes - University of Waterloo
Takakazu Satoh - Tokyo Institute of Technology
Andrew Sutherland - MIT

There will be a public lecture by Prof. Scott Vanstone on August 23, the day before the workshop begins.

There will also be a special guest lecture by Richard K. Guy during the conference.



Organizers:

   * Mark Bauer (University of Calgary)
   * Steven Galbraith (Royal Holloway University of London/University of Auckland)
   * Laurent Imbert (University of Calgary/CNRS Montpellier)
   * Michael Jacobosn (University of Calgary)
   * Tanja Lange (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven)
   * Victor Miller (Institute for Defense Analyses)
   * Renate Scheidler (University of Calgary)
   * Edlyn Teske (University of Waterloo)
   * Scott Vanstone (University of Waterloo)


Summer School:

We will host a summer school on Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Curve
Cryptography the week before ECC in Calgary. The course is intended
for graduate students in cryptography and mathematics, and will take
place from August 19-22.  Lectures will be presented by Professors Larry Washington, Scott Vanstone, Mathew Greenberg and Mark Bauer.

Introductory topics on elliptic curves and cryptographic applications will be covered, with an emphasis on providing a strong background in support of the research talks at ECC.

Students interested in attending the summer school and applying for funding should submit the following materials:

*Short CV (listing scholarships etc)
*A copy of transcript(s), including grades
*Letter of support from supervisor
*Cover letter indicating amount of financial support required and other sources of funding secured.  We anticipate having at least partial funding available for most participants.

Please email the application materials to Helen Mortl (hjmortl at math.ucalgary.ca). The deadline for receiving complete applications is July 1, 2009.  Acceptance and funding decisions will be communicated by July 8, 2009.

Non-student participants (postdocs, faculty, etc...) should submit a CV and a brief research description.  Funding is intended for graduate student participants, but requests from non-students will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

We will arrange shared accommodations for successful funding applicants. If there is someone with whom you would prefer to share a room, please let us know in your application.

Travel:

Calgary's airport is about a 20 minutes drive away from the downtown area. Travel to Calgary is easy with daily flights from many major international airports. A list of all destinations with direct flights is available at the web page of Calgary's international airport: http://www.yyc.com/flight_info/destinations.htm

To obtain information on taxi cab and car rental services to and from the Calgary Airport please visit http://www.yyc.com/st/airport_guide/ground_transportation/ground_transportation.htm

In addition, there is also public transit available to and from the airport.  While public transit is somewhat lacking compared to European cities, it is still quite feasible to use.  Calgary transit information, including a trip planning guide, may be found at http://www.calgarytransit.com/index.html

Accommodations:

Participants are asked to make their own arrangements for accommodation. We have reserved blocks of rooms in the following hotels, all of which are within walking distance from the University of Calgary campus and, alternatively, one stop away by Calgary Transit Light Rail Transit (LRT).

NOTE:  When making your reservation please mention you are attending the ECC 2009 Conference at the University of Calgary.

Village Park Inn: http://www.bestwesternalberta.com/hotels/best-western-village-park-inn/

10 - 1 queen @$119+taxes/night (standard)
30 - 2 queen @$119+taxes/night (standard)
10 - 1 queen @$134+taxes/night (deluxe with breakfast)
30 - 2 queen @$134+taxes/night (deluxe with breakfast)
Unbooked rooms released on July 7


Hampton Inn & Suites: http://www.hamptoninn.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=YYCHSHX

25 standard (2 queen) at $167+taxes/night
12 one king study at $177+taxes/night
24 one king suite at $207+taxesa/night
Unbooked rooms released by June 23


Travel Lodge: http://www.travelodge.com/Travelodge/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=20753&cid=GTFTL&brandInfo=TL

10 one king at $98+taxes/night
All rooms come with continental breakfast
Unbooked rooms released on July 23


In addition, Calgary is a very large city with over 1 million residents. There are numerous other options for accommodations ranging from cheap to very expensive.


For further information, please contact:
    Camille Sinanan
    camille at cpsc.ucalgary.ca

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