Time+Place: Thursday 31/05/2007 16:30 Room 337-8 Taub Bld.
Title: Cryptography: A Personal Perspective
Speaker: Adi Shamir - in memory of Shimon Even
Affiliation: Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department, The Weizmann Institute of Science
Host: Eli Biham

Abstract:

In memory of Shimon Even.

Program:
16:00-16:30 Reception
16:30-16:40 In memory of Shimon Even
16:40-17:00 Conferment of the Shimon Even Prize for a Ph.D. student,
followed by a presentation by the recipient
17:00-17:10 Break
17:10-18:00 Adi Shamir on
"Cryptography: A Personal Perspective"

Abstract:
My personal involvement in Cryptography started exactly 30 years
ago, with the invention of the RSA cryptosystem in 1977. In this talk I
will describe some of the major trends in academic cryptographic research
over this period, Prof. Shimon Even's early contributions to the field,
and some of the most interesting recent results. The talk will be quite
general, and accessible to non-experts.

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