CWI Lectures on Programming & Cryptology (2019)

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica organizes the annual CWI Lectures on 21 and 22 November 2019.

The event will be held at the Amsterdam Science Park Congress Center and participation is free after registration (now closed).

The Lectures are aimed towards a general academic public and the program committee consists of Prof. Ronald Cramer (CWI, Leiden University) and Prof. Dick Bulterman (CWI, VU Amsterdam). The event takes places against the backdrop of the Dijkstra Fellowships, which will be awarded to David Chaum and Guido van Rossum.

Confirmed speakers Thursday 21 November:

09.00 - 09.30 registration
09.30 - 09.40 welcome
09.40 - 10.25 Steven Pemberton (CWI, The Netherlands)
10.25 - 11.10 David Beazley (Dabeaz, USA)
11.10 - 11.55 Sape Mullender (Cisco CTAO & University of Twente, The Netherlands)
11.55 - 13.00 buffet lunch
13.00 - 13.45 Lambert Meertens (Utrecht University, The Netherlands & Kestrel Institute, USA)
13.45 - 14.30 Guido van Rossum
14.30 - 14.45 closing
14.45 - 15.15 drinks
Chair of the day will be Lynda Hardman. For more info about the speakers and their presentations, click here.

Confirmed speakers Friday 22 November:


11.45 - 12.30 registration and buffet lunch
12.30 - 12.40 welcome
12.40 - 13.25 Claude Crépeau (McGill University, Canada)
13.25 - 14.10 Serge Fehr (CWI & Leiden University)
14.10 - 14.40 break
14.40 - 15.25 Gilles Brassard (University of Montreal, Canada)
15.25 - 16.10 Anna Lysyanskaya (Brown University, USA)
16.10 - 16.25 break
16.25 - 17.10 David Chaum (Elixxir, USA)
17.10 - 17.20 closing
17.20 - 18.30 drinks
Chair of the day will be Monique Laurent. For more info about the speakers and their presentations, click here.