CRYPTO '96 CFP

[Matt Blaze]

                            CRYPTO '96

         August 18-22, 1996, Santa Barbara, California, USA

                          CALL FOR PAPERS


General Information:

Crypto '96, the Sixteenth Annual Crypto Conference, is organized by the
International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), in 
cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on 
Security and Privacy, and the Computer Science Department of the 
University of California, Santa Barbara.  Original papers are solicited 
on all technical aspects of cryptology.

Instructions for Authors:

Please send a cover letter, one title page and 16 copies of an extended
abstract.  They must be received by the Program Chair at the address 
given below no later than February 14, 1996 (or postmarked by February 
4, 1996 and sent via airmail).

The cover letter must state: "This paper does not substantially 
duplicate work that any of the authors have published elsewhere or have 
submitted in parallel to any other conference or workshop that has 
proceedings."

The title page should contain the title, the names of the authors, their
postal and e-mail addresses and the short abstract; it should be made 
clear who is the author to whom correspondence should be sent.  The 
first page of the extended abstract should be an informal one-page
statement (that will not be published in the Proceedings) describing the 
content of the oral presentation that will be given at Crypto '96 in the 
event the paper is accepted (this statement is expected to be different 
from the short abstract of the paper).  This page and the extended 
abstract must be ANONYMOUS, i.e., they must contain no indication 
whatsoever of the identity of the author(s).  The main body of the 
extended abstract should start with the title, short abstract, and list 
of keywords.  This should be followed by a succinct statement 
appropriate for a non-specialist reader specifying the subject 
addressed, its background, the main achievements, and their significance 
to cryptology.  Technical details directed to the specialist should then 
follow.

Submissions are limited to 10 single-spaced pages of 11pt type, not 
counting the bibliography and clearly marked appendices.  Since referees 
are not required to read the appendices, the paper should be 
intelligible without them.  The paper including bibliography and 
appendices must run to no more than 15 pages.  These limits will be 
strictly enforced.

Unfortunately, because of the burdens on the Program Committee and
the need to keep strictly to the time schedule, we will have to
summarily reject any submission not in keeping with the above
instructions.

Authors are encouraged to make 2-sided copies if possible.  Please send 
submissions by post; unfortunately, we cannot accept submissions by    
e-mail or fax.

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent to authors on 
April 22, 1996.

Conference Proceedings:

Proceedings will be available at the meeting.  They will be published in
the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science.  Clear
instructions about the final copy will be sent to authors of accepted
papers.  The final copies of the accepted papers will be due on June 1,
1996.  Final papers arriving too late will be removed from the main
program.  Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their paper 
will be presented at the conference.

Stipends:

A limited number of stipends are available to those unable to obtain
funding to attend the conference.  Students whose papers are accepted 
and who will present the paper themselves are encouraged to apply if 
such assistance is needed.  Requests for stipends should be addressed to 
the general chair.

Send submissions to:

Neal Koblitz, Program Chair, Crypto '96
Dept. of Mathematics, Box 354350
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195 U.S.A.
Internet: koblitz at math.washington.edu
Phone: 1-206-543-4386

For other information contact:

Richard Graveman, General Chair, Crypto '96
Bellcore
444 Hoes Lane RM 1K-221
Piscataway, NJ 08854 U.S.A.
Internet: rfg at ctt.bellcore.com
Phone: 1-908-699-4611

Program Committee:

Neal Koblitz, Chair (Mathematics, University of Washington, USA)

Mihir Bellare (Computer Science, University of California at San Diego, USA)
Josh Benaloh (Microsoft, USA)
Matt Blaze (AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA)
Johannes Buchmann (Computer Science, Universitaet des Saarlandes, Germany)
Don Coppersmith (IBM Research, USA)
Joan Feigenbaum (AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA)
Andrew Klapper (Computer Science, University of Kentucky, USA)
Lars Knudsen (Computer Science, Ecole Normale Superieure, France)
Peter Landrock (Mathematics, Aarhus University, Denmark)
Tsutomu Matsumoto (Electrical & Computer Engineering, Yokohama National
University, Japan)
Chris Mitchell (Computer Science, University of London, UK)
Paul Van Oorschot (Bell-Northern Research, Canada)
Bart Preneel (Catholic University at Leuven, Belgium)
Rainer Rueppel (R3 Security Engineering, Switzerland)
Jacques Stern (Computer Science, Ecole Normale Superieure, France)