Plenary Talks
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Witten, Ian: How the dragons work- Searching ... in a web
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Search engines - "web dragons" - are the portals through which we access society's treasure trove of information. This talk will take a critical look at how they work and the role they play in today's society, touching on social issues such as web spam, privacy, and the difference between the dragons' motivation and ours.
About Ian Witten
Preneel Bart: Cryptology- past, present and future
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Cryptology is a key enabling technology for information security. In the 1990s, cryptography has moved from closed hardware systems to software implementations and mass market use; the next step will be an environment with cryptography everywhere, that is, from desktops, PDAs and phones to identity cards, household goods, sensor networks and RFID tags. In this talk we review the recent developments in cryptography; this includes the weaknesses discovered in hash functions and stream ciphers, the development of new side channel attacks, and the design of advanced cryptographic algorithms. Next we will attempt to predict how cryptographic algorithms and protocols wil look like in 2020 and what the research challenges are today and 15 years from now. We also discuss the impact of quantum cryptography and of quantum computing.
About Bart Preneel
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