Forwarded From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdysonat_private> Originally From: Christof Paar <christofat_private> WPI Cryptography and Information Security Seminar Kris Gaj George Mason University (with U. Rochester until July '98) QUANTUM COMPUTERS AND CLASSICAL SUPERCOMPUTERS AS A THREAT TO EXISTING CIPHERS Wednesday, August 12 4:00 pm, AK 108 (refreshments at 3:45 pm) Quantum computers, if ever built, will be able to factor numbers beyond the reach of traditional methods. The development of quantum computation would mean the demise of RSA and other public key cryptosystems. We show the main idea of Shor's quantum factoring algorithm and assess the complexity of the circuit implementing the algorithm. We describe the current state of experimental quantum computing and the most promising ideas concerning the implementation of quantum logic. Classical supercomputers has recently reached the computational power of one teraflop (10^12 floating point operations per second). We will discuss the current effort to built a petaflops scale computer (peta = 10^15) based on the combination of advanced technologies such as superconducting digital electronics, cryogenic CMOS, optical switches, and holographic memories. Breaking existing ciphers is certainly one of the primary applications of this new class of computing machines. For a Kris Gay's biography please check: http://www.ee.rochester.edu/~ee492/bio/bio.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 FUTURE TALKS: In the Fall '98 semester we will start the WPI Cryptoseminar again on a regular base. Most talks will be given on Wednesdays at 4:00 pm in AK 108 (that is 90 min. prior to the EE578 Crypto I graduate course). The talks for the fall semester will be announced soon on this list. 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 ************************************************************************* Christof Paar http://ee.wpi.edu/People/faculty/cxp.html Assistant Professor email: christofat_private Cryptography Group phone: (508) 831 5061 ECE Department, WPI fax: (508) 831 5491 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609, USA ************************************************************************* For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "dcsb-requestat_private" with one line of text: "help". --- end forwarded text -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: New Dimensions International [www.newdimensions.net]
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