THE 8TH WORKSHOP ON ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY (ECC 2004) Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany September 20, 21 & 22, 2004 SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT April 19, 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: BSI - Bundesamt f|r Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik DFG-Graduate School on Cryptography ECRYPT - European Network of Excellence in Cryptography 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) Kim Nguyen (Bundesdruckerei, Germany) Alexander May (University of Paderborn, Germany) Matt Robshaw (Royal Holloway University of London, UK) Werner Schindler (BSI, Germany) Jasper Scholten (KU Leuven, Belgium) Hovav Shacham (Stanford University, USA) 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. If you did not receive this announcement by email and would like to be added to the mailing list for the third 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATIONS: Details on registration and accomodation will follow in the next announcement. ========================================================================== FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information, please contact: Tanja Lange Information Security and Cryptography Ruhr-University Bochum e-mail: ecc@crpyto.rub.de Fax: +49 234 32 14430 Tel: +49 234 32 23260 ========================================================================== ECC 2004 - Bochum www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/conferences/2004/ecc2004/announcement.html --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'