Forwarded From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson@techreports.jpl.nasa.gov>
Originally From: Christof Paar <christof@ece.WPI.EDU>
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:
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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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Assistant Professor email: christof@ece.wpi.edu
Cryptography Group phone: (508) 831 5061
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Received on Mon Nov 9 13:42:25 1998