James L. Massey served on faculties of the University of Notre
Dame, Indiana (1962-1977), the University of Califormia, Los Angeles
(1977-1980), and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH),
Zurich (1980-1998), where he now holds emeritus status. He is
currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Lund, Sweden.
He has served the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory as Editor
and as Associate Editor. He is a past President of the IEEE Information
Theory Society and of the International association for Cryptologic
Research. His awards include the 1988 Shannon Award of the IEEE
Information Theory Society , the 1992 Alexander Graham Bell Medal
"for contributions to the theory and practical implementation
of forward-error-correcting codes, multi-user communications and
cryptographic systems; and for excellence in engineering education",
and the 1999 Marconi
International Fellowship. He is a fellow of the IEEE, a member
of the Swiss Academy of Engineering, and an honorary member of
the Hungarian Academy of Science.
In his 1949 paper, "The communication Theory of Secrecy
Systems," Claude Shannon proposed the principles of "confusion"
and "diffusion" to guide the design of block ciphers.
As qualitative as these may sound, these were the
design basis for the 1974 Data Encryption Standard (DES), which
is still in widespread use, and they remain the guiding principles
for the design of block ciphers today. These lectures will explore
what is known about block ciphers and, just as importantly, what
is not known. Considerable attention will be given to general
attacks such as differential cryptanalysis and linear cryptanalysis
that have been developed in the last decade and have led to some
quantitative measures of security for block ciphers. The most
useful ideas that have been introduced into the study of block
ciphers will be reviewing and critiqued. The concepts presented
in the lectures will be illustrated with examples drawn from modern
block ciphers.
Eindhoven University of Technology, May 8-12, 2000.
All courses are free for students and members of research groups
affiliated with EIDMA. For other participants, an
amount of NLG 1,500.- is due. Reductions may apply to students
and members of other scientific institutes.
You can register by sending an e-mail to ms. Henny Houben at eidma@tue.nl before April 24, 2000.
Euler Institute for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
telephone: +31-40-247 3121
telefax: +31-40-243 5810
e-mail: eidma@win.tue.nl
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