WPI Cryptoseminar, Wed. 11/11 (fwd)

Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com)
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 07:50:59 -0500

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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 06:42:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Christof Paar <christof@ece.WPI.EDU>
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        WPI Cryptography and Information Security Seminar

                           Bob Rance
                  Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies

   A DETERMINISTIC TOUR THROUGH FOUR RANDOMIZERS: PSEUDORANDOM
             CLASSIC, CLOCKED OSCILLATOR, AND CHAOTIC

                      Wednesday, November 11
                         4:00 pm, AK 108
                    (refreshments at 3:45 pm)

In contrast to the axiomatic nature of much of cryptography, many
randomizers, also called RNGs (random number generators), can be
designed with properties that can be provably related to their
underlying physics. One way of defining an RNG is as a producer of a
bit stream which ideally is unpredictable. This unpredictability is
maintained when the output is examined by either unrealistic, or in
most cases, unlimited computing resources.

I will describe four types of randomizers in this talk in terms of
both their uses, and pitfalls to be avoided. As in many other aspects
of engineering, one size does not fit all. However, in two of these
cases in particular, quite simple designs can yield excellent results
for specific purposes.

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DIRECTIONS:

The WPI Cryptoseminar is being held in the Atwater Kent building on
the WPI campus. The Atwater Kent building is at the intersection of
West and Salisbury Street for those coming from outside. Directions
to the campus can be found at
  http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/directions.html

TALKS IN THE FALL '98 SEMESTER:

8/12 Kris Gaj, George Mason University
      Quantum Computers and Classical Supercomputers as a Threat to
      Existing Ciphers.

10/6 Christof Paar, WPI
      Report on AES

10/14 David Finkel, CS Dept., WPI
      Performance and Security in Web-based Electronic Commerce

10/28 Thomas Blum, WPI
      Efficient FPGA Architectures for Public-Key Algorithms

11/11 Bob Rance, Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies
      A Deterministic Tour through four Randomizers: Pseudorandom,
      Classic, Clocked Oscillator, and Chaotic

[other talks to be announced]

See also
         http://ece.WPI.EDU/Research/crypt/seminar/index.html
for talk abstracts.

MAILING LIST:

If you want to be added to the mailing list and receive talk
announcements together with abstracts, please send me a short mail.
Likewise, if you want to be removed from the list, just send me a
short mail.

Regards,

Christof Paar

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[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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