1999 Conferences
The 3rd workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography
There will be approximately 15 invited lectures (and no contributed talks), with the remaining time used for informal discussions. Sponsors:
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Conference Program: All lectures will take place in the Davis Centre, Room 1302, at the University of Waterloo ================== Monday, November 1 ================== 8:00 - 9:00 am: Coffee and registration 9:00 - 10:00 am: Steven Galbraith: Some open problems relating to the ECDLP (Arjen Lenstra had to cancel his talk due to illness.) 10:00 - 10:30 am: Mid-morning coffee break 10:30 - 11:30 am: Reynald Lercier: State-of-the-art in implementing algorithms for the (ordinary) discrete logarithm problem. 11:30 - 1:00 pm: lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm: Andreas Stein: Recent developments in hyperelliptic curve cryptography 2:00 - 3:00 pm: Edlyn Teske: The parallelized kangaroo method. 3:00 - 3:30 pm: Afternoon coffee break 3:30 - 4:30 pm: Michele Mosca: Capabilities and limitations of quantum computers. 6:00 pm: Conference Reception and Banquet at the Waterloo Inn =================== Tuesday, November 2 =================== 8:00 - 9:00 am: Morning coffee 9:00 - 10:00 am: Mihir Bellare: Practice-oriented provable security. 10:00 - 10:30 am: Mid-morning coffee break 10:30 - 11:30 am: Jacques Stern: Secure design of discrete log signature schemes. 11:30 - 1:00 pm: lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm: Stefan Wolf: How secure is the Diffie-Hellman protocol? 2:00 - 3:00 pm: Michel Abdalla: DHAES: An encryption scheme based on the Diffie-Hellman problem. 3:00 - 3:30 pm: Afternoon coffee break 3:30 - 4:30 pm: Simon Blake-Wilson: Key agreement protocols and the Diffie-Hellman problem 4:30 - 6:00 pm: Cocktail Reception in DC 1301 ===================== Wednesday, November 3 ===================== 8:00 - 9:00 am: Morning coffee 9:00 - 10:00 am: Philippe Golle: Authenticating streamed data in the presence of random packet loss. 10:00 - 10:30 am: Mid-morning coffee break 10:30 - 11:30 am: Dan Gordon: Fast exponentiation methods. 11:30 - 1:00 pm: lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm: Jerome Solinas: Efficient implementation of Koblitz curves and generalized Mersenne arithmetic. 2:00 - 3:00 pm: Christof Paar: Implementation options for finite field arithmetic for elliptic curve cryptosystems. 3:00 - 3:30 pm: Afternoon coffee break 3:30 - 4:30 pm: Robert Gallant: Efficient multiplication on curves having an endomorphism of norm 1. Arrangements: REGISTRATION There will be a registration fee of $250 Cdn or $180 US ($100 Cdn or $70 US for students). PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THIS WORKSHOP; REGISTRATION IS ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE BASIS. We cannot process a registration until all fees are paid in full. The deadline for all fees to be paid and registration completed has been set for the 19th of October, 1999. To register, complete, in full, the attached REGISTRATION FORM and return it along with your payment to: Mrs. Frances Hannigan, C&O Dept., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1. Confirmation of your registration will be sent by email when payment is received in full. ------------------------cut from here--------------------------------- ECC '99 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM Fullname: _________________________________________________________ Affiliation: _________________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ E-Mail Address: _________________________________________________________ Telephone #: _________________________________________________________ Circle Your Choice: Registration Fee: $ 250 Cdn / $ 180 US Student Registration Fee: $ 100 Cdn / $ 70 US (Registration Fee Includes Banquet) Attending Banquet: Yes / No Vegetarian: Yes / No Extra Guest Banquet Fee: $ 50 Cdn / $ 35 US Guest Vegetarian: Yes / No TOTAL REGISTRATION FEE: $___________________ **Make Cheque/Money Order Payable in Cdn or US funds only to: ECC '99 Credit Card payments cannot be accepted Additional Information: -------------------------cut from here------------------------------- TRAVEL Kitchener-Waterloo is approximately 100km/60miles from Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Ground transportation to Kitchener- Waterloo can be pre-arranged with Airways Transit. TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM TORONTO AIRPORT PROVIDED BY AIRWAYS TRANSIT It is advisable to book your transportation between the Pearson Airport, Toronto, and Waterloo in advance to receive the advance booking rate of $29 Cdn per person, one way, with Airways Transit (open 24 hours a day). This is a door-to-door service; they accept cash (Cdn or US funds), MasterCard, Visa and American Express. Upon arrival: Terminal 1: proceed to Ground Transportation Booth, Arrivals Level, Area 2. Terminal 2: proceed to Airways Transit desk, Arrivals Level, Area E. Terminal 3: proceed to Ground Transportation Booth, Arrivals Level, under domestic area escalators. Complete the form below and send by mail or fax well in advance of your arrival to Airways Transit. They will not fax confirmations: your fax transmission record is confirmation of your reservation. -------------------------cut from here--------------------------------- AIRWAYS TRANSIT ADVANCE BOOKING FORM - ECC '99 ARRIVAL INFORMATION: ____________________________________________________________ Surname First name ____________________________________________________________ Toronto Arrival Date Airline Flight # ____________________________________________________________ Arrival Time Arriving From ____________________________________________________________ Destination in Kitchener/Waterloo No. in party DEPARTURE INFORMATION: ____________________________________________________________ Surname First name ____________________________________________________________ Toronto Departure Date Airline Flight # ____________________________________________________________ Departure Time Flight # Destination ____________________________________________________________ Pickup From No. in party ____________________________________________________________ Signature Date Send or Fax to: Airways Transit 99A Northland Road Waterloo, Ontario Canada, N2V 1Y8 Fax: (519) 886-2141 Telephone: (519) 886-2121 -----------------------------cut form here-------------------------------- ACCOMMODATIONS There is a limited block of rooms set aside on a first-come first-serve basis at the Waterloo Inn and the Comfort Inn for the evenings of October 31, Nov 1, Nov 2 and Nov 3. Please make your reservations prior to September 20, 1999, directly with the hotel. Waterloo Inn 475 King Street North Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 2Z5 Phone: (519) 884-0222 Fax: (519) 884-0321 Toll Free: 1-800-361-4708 Website: www.waterlooinn.com - $88 Cdn plus taxes/night for a single or double room - please quote "ECC '99 Conference" when making your reservation. Comfort Inn 190 Weber Street North Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 3H4 Phone: (519) 747-9400 - $78 Cdn plus taxes/night for a single or double room - please quote "Group #11612" when making your reservation. Other hotels close to the University of Waterloo are: Destination Inn 547 King Street North Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 5Z7 Phone: (519) 884-0100 Fax: (519) 746-8638 Approx rate: $75 Cdn plus taxes/night Best Western St. Jacobs Country Inn 50 Benjamin Road, East Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2V 2J9 Phone: (519) 884-9295 Approx rate: $109-$119 Cdn plus taxes/night The Waterloo Hotel 2-4 King Street North Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 1N8 Phone: (519) 885-2626 Approx rate: $112-$130 Cdn plus taxes/night HOTEL TO CONFERENCE TRANSPORTATION A shuttle to/from the campus will be available each day of the conference from the Waterloo Inn only. Times for pickup and drop-off will be available at the registration desk of the Waterloo Inn when you check in. For further information or to return your Registration, please contact: Mrs. Frances Hannigan Department of Combinatorics & Optimization University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 e-mail: ecc99@math.uwaterloo.ca Fax: (519) 725-5441 Phone: (519) 888-4027 |