Following the great success of the ECRYPT PhD Summer Schools on Cryptanalysis in 2005 and 2007, the Symmetric Techniques and Asymmetric Techniques Virtual Laboratories are pleased to announce a new joint Summer School on Advanced Topics in Cryptography.

Covering selected topics in both symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, this summer school will provide a thorough overview of some of the most important cryptographic design and cryptanalysis techniques that have emerged in recent years. While the summer school is aimed primarily at postgraduate students, attendance is open to all.

TOPICS COVERED

* Design and Cryptanalysis of Hash Functions
* Design and Cryptanalysis of Block Ciphers
* Asymmetric Crypto in the Random Oracle and the Standard Model
* Identity Based Crypto
* Hardness of Asymetric Cryptographic Primitives

LIST OF SPEAKERS

Michel Abdalla, ENS
Daniel J. Bernstein, University of Illinois at Chicago
Olivier Billet, Orange Labs
Peter Birkner, Eindhoven University of Technology
Alex Biryukov, University of Luxembourg
Joan Daemen, ST Microelectronics Belgium
Orr Dunkelman, ENS and Chaire France Telecom
Thomas Johansson, Lund University
Eike Kiltz, CWI Amsterdam
Tanja Lange, TU Eindhoven
Gregory Neven, IBM Zurich
Bart Preneel, KU Leuven
Christian Rechberger, TU Graz
Serge Vaudenay, EPFL
Frederik Vercauteren, KU Leuven
Brent Waters, SRI International
Brecht Wyseur, KU Leuven

REGISTRATION FEES

Student Registration
-- 190€ on or before April 25th, 2008
-- 265€ after April 25th, 2008
Non-Student Registration
-- 265€ on or before April 25th, 2008
-- 340€ after April 25th, 2008

More details on the school are available at http://summerschool08.iaik.tugraz.at/