crypty@bit 2006

Summer School on Crytography

17-21 July 2006,
b-it, bonn, Germany.

This summer school on cryptography offers undergraduate and graduate students and researchers the opportunity to crypt a bit. It provides acquaintance and interaction in an intellectually stimulating and informal atmosphere in pleasant surroundings.

Description

The one-week summer school crypt@b-it 2006 takes place 17-21 July 2006 in the b-it building. It will explore some areas of cryptography:

fundamentals and theoretical security notions,
lattices in cryptology,
group cryptography,
the Enigma crypto machine.

In addition, there will be tutorials and hands-on exercises on topics somewhat related to the lectures, including an exhibit of an actual Enigma machine. The intended audience are undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdocs and researchers who work in the area or at least have a basic knowledge.

Speakers

Joachim von zur Gathen, b-it Bonn,
Phong Nguyen , ENS Paris,
Frank Niedermeyer, BSI Bonn ,
Charles Rackoff , University of Toronto.

Programme

Preparation on RSA and AES

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
09⁰⁰-10³⁰	Charles Rackoff, Fundamentals and theoretical security notions
11⁰⁰-12³⁰	Phong Nguyen, Lattices in cryptology
	Lunch break
14⁰⁰-15³⁰	Tutorial Pseudorandomness	Frank Niedermeyer, The Enigma machine	Boat Excursion on Rhine Excursion	Feedback Joachim von zur Gathen, Elliptic curves	Tutorial Lattice Attacks
16⁰⁰-17³⁰	Tutorial Lattices	Tutorial Enigma		Tutorial ECC	Tutorial ECC & Hardware
Evening	Social activity				Bierbörse

Literature

RSA: Even Wikipedia has an introduction to RSA .
AES: Among NIST's AES Algorithm Information you find the Rijndael specification . The first the first 4 sections give a concise introdution to AES.
Groups, Pseudorandomness, Lattices (Lecture notes by Joachim von zur Gathen).
Pseudorandomness and Computational Indistinguishability (Lecture notes and surveys by Oded Goldreich).
The Two Faces of Lattices in Cryptology (Survey paper by Phong Nguyen and Jacques Stern).
Lattices in Cryptography and Cryptanalysis (Lecture notes by Daniele Micciancio).
Topics in Cryptography (Lecture notes by Charles Rackoff).
Lattices in Computer Science (Lecture notes by Oded Regev).

Registration, Accomodation, and Travel

The event is for free. Each participant will contribute 25? for refreshments during the breaks plus the boat fare (for those who take part in the boat excursion).
Registration: deadline expired.
Accommodation (more to be added):
- Tourismus & Congress GmbH / Reservierung. There is contigent of rooms reserved until 29 June! (A double room is cheaper per person! If you come alone and want to share with an (almost) random partner, ask!)
- Übernachten in Bonn .
- Youth hostels:
  - Jugendherberge Bonn (about 45 minutes by public transport or walking, use Travel Information from cryptabit@bit.uni-bonn.de.