BEGIN:VCALENDAR BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RISC: Arjen Lenstra & LACAL on Cryptologic Algorithms DTSTART:20150206T083000Z DTEND:20150206T143000Z UID:ff66d7a2-9b7c-4500-a4bb-b131cb91929c DESCRIPTION:We cordially invite you to a special RISC seminar on the occas ion of the visit of Prof. Arjen Lenstra and (former-) members of his resea rch group LACAL at EPFL in Switzerland: Dr. Anja Becker\, Dr. Joppe Bos (N XP)\, Alina Dudeanu\, Dr. Rob Granger\, Benjamin Wesolowski. The theme of this LACAL@RISC seminar is Computational Number Theory and Cryptography.\n \nLocation:\nEuler room\, CWI Amsterdam LOCATION:Euler room\, CWI Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:EU COST Crypto Action meeting DTSTART:20170327T063000Z DTEND:20170328T150000Z UID:55c592e9-cff9-4067-97db-f373bc6334c3 DESCRIPTION:The CryptoAction Symposium is a workshop of the COST Action IC 1306 “Cryptography for Secure Digital Interaction”\, and its focus is on cryptography. This international meeting brings together researchers fr om various countries in Europe.\n\nLocation:\nAmsterdam Science Park congr ess center: Turing room LOCATION:Amsterdam Science Park congress center: Turing room END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:IACR International Conference on Practice and Theory of Public-Key Cryptography (PKC) DTSTART:20170328T050000Z DTEND:20170331T130000Z UID:138a9802-c44e-48ae-b090-865854d96f63 DESCRIPTION:The IACR International Conference on Practice and Theory of Pu blic-Key Cryptography (PKC) is the main annual conference focusing on all aspects of public-key cryptography\, attracting cutting-edge results from world-renowned researchers in the area. You'll find more information and r egistration on our website.\n\nLocation:\nDe Balie\, Kleine Gartmanplants oen 10\, 1077 RR Amsterdam LOCATION:De Balie\, Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1077 RR Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Gabriele Spini (CR) DTSTART:20171206T113000Z DTEND:20171206T140000Z UID:1800e0e7-1709-4fdc-8b66-35652595845e DESCRIPTION:Everybody is welcome to attend the public defence of Gabriele\ , of his thesis 'Unconditionally Secure Cryptographic Protocols from Codin g-Theoretic Primitives'. Promotor: Prof. Ronald Cramer (CWI Amsterdam & Un iversiteit Leiden) Promotor: Prof. Gilles Zémor (Université de Bordeaux) Copromotor: Dr. Serge Fehr (CWI Amsterdam)\n\nContact:\nSusanne van Dam\n susanne@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nSenaatskamer Academiegebouw Universiteit Leid en\, Rapenburg 73 te Leiden LOCATION:Senaatskamer Academiegebouw Universiteit Leiden\, Rapenburg 73 te Leiden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Diego Mirandola (CR) DTSTART:20171206T140000Z DTEND:20171206T153000Z UID:7f863366-80f9-48ef-b69f-5631e7dd89d7 DESCRIPTION:Everybody is welcome to attend the public defence of Diego\, o f his thesis 'On Products of Linear Error Correcting Codes'.\n\nContact:\n Susanne van Dam\nsusanne@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nSenaatskamer Academiegebouw Universiteit Leiden\, Rapenburg 73 te Leiden LOCATION:Senaatskamer Academiegebouw Universiteit Leiden\, Rapenburg 73 te Leiden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Foosball tournament DTSTART:20180417T150000Z DTEND:20180417T180000Z UID:f3aa6465-1506-4400-8995-8057e838d4bf DESCRIPTION:The PhD activity committee is organizing a foosball tournament next Tuesday the 17th of April. We'll start at 5pm. Be sure to register i n advance!\n\nLocation:\nL028 the activity room LOCATION:L028 the activity room END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CWI Lectures on privacy and security (2018) DTSTART:20181115T110000Z DTEND:20181115T170000Z UID:e786f79d-9f50-44ed-9e72-8d86bc5a6a89 DESCRIPTION:The CWI Lectures 2018 will be held on Thursday 15 November and the symposium is aimed towards a general academic audience. The theme wil l be Privacy and Security and the program committee for this afternoon con sists of Prof. Ronald Cramer (CWI\, Leiden University) and Dr. Jaap-Henk H oepman (Radboud University\, University of Groningen\, Tilburg University) .\n\nContact:\nDanielle Kollerie\nkollerie@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nTuring zaa l LOCATION:Turing zaal END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence Max Fillinger (CR) DTSTART:20190319T090000Z DTEND:20190319T100000Z UID:a3319f79-ec02-430e-ac3a-7106f3e3152d DESCRIPTION:\n\nContact:\nSilvia Benschop\nsilvia.benschop@cwi.nl\n\nLocat ion:\nAcademy Building\, Rapenburg 73\, 2311 GJ Leiden LOCATION:Academy Building\, Rapenburg 73\, 2311 GJ Leiden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Collaborative editing using Git (basics) DTSTART:20190329T140000Z DTEND:20190329T150000Z UID:ac1a5d49-ee2b-44ec-a28f-af9c71bdf701 DESCRIPTION:This is a one-time tutorial on the basics of the Git version c ontrol system. Everybody is welcome to join\, no sign up necessary. Some f amiliarity with command line interfaces required\; bring a laptop with Git installed with you.\n\nContact:\nMark Abspoel\nabspoel@cwi.nl\n\nLocation :\nM290 LOCATION:M290 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RISC seminar: Lattice based Cryptography (PROMETHEUS) DTSTART:20190503T113000Z DTEND:20190503T150000Z UID:555b835f-b57a-4294-b722-7e48c9ff56a3 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend this CR seminar\; it features fo ur talks on the topics of lattice-based cryptography\, lattice algorithms and cryptanalysis.\n\nContact:\nLeo Ducas\nleo.ducas@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\n Room L016 at CWI\, Science Park 123 in Amsterdam LOCATION:Room L016 at CWI\, Science Park 123 in Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RISC seminar: Prof. Aggelos Kiayias\, University of Edinburgh & IO HK DTSTART:20190517T141500Z DTEND:20190517T153000Z UID:1f000aed-db3a-4157-8da2-e1530206165a DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the RISC seminar of Prof. Aggelo s Kiayias\, with the title 'Architecting Secure and Efficient Distributed Ledgers'.\n\nContact:\nMarc Stevens\n\nLocation:\nRoom L017 at CWI\, Scie nce Park 123 in Amsterdam LOCATION:Room L017 at CWI\, Science Park 123 in Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2nd General Assembly of the Quantum Software Consortium (QSC) DTSTART:20190621T083000Z DTEND:20190621T151500Z UID:2838ba01-0d0a-4f9a-8af9-914c4d26ecdd DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the second QSC General Assembly. To register please send an email to Susanne.van.Dam@cwi.nl\n\nContact:\nS usanne van Dam\nsusanne@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nZuidas Business & Conference Center\, World Trade Center (WTC)\, Strawinskylaan 77\, 1077 XW Amsterdam LOCATION:Zuidas Business & Conference Center\, World Trade Center (WTC)\, Strawinskylaan 77\, 1077 XW Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2nd AMSec Workshop (CR) DTSTART:20191009T103000Z DTEND:20191009T151500Z UID:cd8ca232-af98-4787-83d6-964c1658748a DESCRIPTION:AMSec is the Amsterdam Cyber Security Center. It brings toget her experts from a variety of disciplines to study all aspects of cyber se curity.\n\nContact:\nSerge Fehr\nSerge.Fehr@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nWCW Congr ess Center\, Euler room\, Science Park 123\, Amsterdam LOCATION:WCW Congress Center\, Euler room\, Science Park 123\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:QCrypt 2020: on-line Conference DTSTART:20200810T120000Z DTEND:20200814T130000Z UID:872da60d-2866-4f61-aac3-da6ea255f598 DESCRIPTION:The Annual conference on quantum cryptography (QCrypt) is a co nference for students and researchers working on all aspects of quantum cr yptography. This includes theoretical and experimental research on the pos sibilities and limitations of secure communication and computation with qu antum mechanical devices or in the presence of quantum mechanical devices. (The conference includes but is not limited to research on quantum key di stribution.) It is the goal of the conference to represent the previous y ear’s best results on quantum cryptography and to support the building o f a research community in quantum cryptography. All information (speakers \, registration etc) can be found on our website: https://2020.qcrypt.net/ \n\nContact:\nSerge Fehr END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lectures by Harry Buhrman and Léo Ducas at Quantum Symposium of D utch Payments Association DTSTART:20210325T130000Z DTEND:20210325T150000Z UID:6beca723-9776-44cf-8cd4-c60fef9837b3 DESCRIPTION:At the 2021 Quantum Symposium of the Dutch Payments Associatio n\, two CWI speakers will give a lecture on the latest developments: Harry Burhman (CWI\, UvA\, QuSoft) and Léo Ducas (CWI). The conference specifi cally focuses on quantum computing and security topics with contributions from academic researchers\, representatives from the banking industry and authorities in their work area. The event gives a brief update on develop ments related to quantum computing\, explores opportunities\, prepares for the advent of the quantum computer and aims to strengthen the dialogue be tween the academic and industry community. More information: https://www.b etaalvereniging.nl/en/quantum-symposium/ . END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Koen de Boer (CR) DTSTART:20220922T091500Z DTEND:20220922T101500Z UID:7a496555-869e-4296-879f-b018f0537ba8 DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to attend the public defense of Koen de Bo er (CR) of his thesis 'Random Walks on Arakelov Class Groups'.\n\nContact: \nKoen de Boer\nkboer.at.cwi@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inaugural Lecture: Serge Fehr DTSTART:20220926T140000Z DTEND:20220926T150000Z UID:5646b846-c1ed-436c-b21e-e4a6d2ec887b DESCRIPTION:Everyone is cordially invited to attend the inaugural lecture of Serge Fehr (CWI and University of Leiden)\, entitled : Quantum informat ion theory - When quantum mechanics and the mathematics of information mee t'.\n\nLocation:\nAcademy building\, Rapenburg 73 in Leiden LOCATION:Academy building\, Rapenburg 73 in Leiden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Wessel van Woerden (CR) DTSTART:20230223T120000Z DTEND:20230223T140000Z UID:2980c0f8-2c5e-4d89-8e95-7e353cc8d4e0 DESCRIPTION:Lattice Cryptography\, from Cryptanalysis to New Foundations\n \nLocation:\nAcademiegebouw\, Rapenburg 73 2311 GJ Leiden LOCATION:Academiegebouw\, Rapenburg 73 2311 GJ Leiden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defense Thomas Attema (CR) DTSTART:20230601T114500Z DTEND:20230601T123000Z UID:f1eb6ce7-f552-45e9-9ec4-a7343635a4df DESCRIPTION:Thesis: Compressed Σ-Protocol Theory\n\nLocation:\nAcademy Bu ilding\, Rapenburg 73\, 2311 GJ Leiden LOCATION:Academy Building\, Rapenburg 73\, 2311 GJ Leiden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Simona Etinski(CR) DTSTART:20230628T080000Z DTEND:20230628T150000Z UID:300535ea-8027-4184-815c-cc103f3c70c2 DESCRIPTION:Title: Generalized Syndrome Decoding Problem and its Applicati on to Post-Quantum Cryptography\n\nContact:\nSimona Etinsky\nSimona.Etinsk i@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nJacques Louis Lions 1 hall\, building C of INRIA Pa ris LOCATION:Jacques Louis Lions 1 hall\, building C of INRIA Paris END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD Defence Jelle Don (CR) DTSTART:20240123T140000Z DTEND:20240123T150000Z UID:123d36a1-ff32-41ad-94ff-e2d5f7242dca DESCRIPTION:Thesis: Proof techniques in the quantum random-oracle model\n\ nContact:\nJelle.Don@cwi.nl\n\nLocation:\nAcademiegebouw Rapenburg 73\, 23 11 GJ Leiden LOCATION:Academiegebouw Rapenburg 73\, 2311 GJ Leiden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PETs Symposium 2024 DTSTART:20240206T073000Z DTEND:20240207T160000Z UID:fc88eeaa-f376-4cd0-b4ec-5a5dda4d76b4 DESCRIPTION:On 6 and 7 February the Cryptology group of CWI and TNO organi ze a symposium in The Hague on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) for s ecure data sharing. Registration is mandatory.\n\nLocation:\nPostillion Ho tel & Convention Centre The Hague LOCATION:Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre The Hague END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhD defence of Yu-Hsuan Huang (Cryptology) DTSTART:20260401T080000Z DTEND:20260401T090000Z UID:63124592-1a77-4d00-af36-8230281bc0e1 DESCRIPTION:Post-Quantum Security of Cryptographic Transformations in the Random Oracle Model\n\nLocation:\nAcademy Building of Leiden University: R apenburg 73\, 2311 GJ Leiden LOCATION:Academy Building of Leiden University: Rapenburg 73\, 2311 GJ Lei den END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhaseP Plenary Talks DTSTART:20260402T120000Z DTEND:20260402T140000Z UID:5f30bac9-86a5-46c2-bf2e-710901a10adf DESCRIPTION:Tom Bohman (Carnegie Mellon University) and Christina Goldschm idt (University of Oxford) will give public lectures as part of the PhaseP Problem-Solving Workshop within the PhaseCAP Research Semester Programme on 2 April 2026. You are cordially invited to attend these plenary talks. Attendance is free\, but registration is required.\n\nLocation:\nNikhef Co lloquium Room\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Nikhef Colloquium Room\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cryptology seminar – Barbara Jiabao Benedikt (online) DTSTART:20260415T114500Z DTEND:20260415T133000Z UID:a5b198dc-5a91-426c-8972-ce6d2547109d DESCRIPTION:The Order of Hashing in Fiat-Shamir Schemes\n\nLocation:\nCWI\ , room M290 LOCATION:CWI\, room M290 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhaseC Plenary Talks DTSTART:20260417T120000Z DTEND:20260417T140000Z UID:eac0560c-553a-40ed-a8b8-331887b260c3 DESCRIPTION:On Friday 17 April 2026\, Penny Haxell (University of Waterloo ) and Rob Morris (IMPA) will give two public lectures as part of the final afternoon of the PhaseC Problem-Solving Workshop within the Research Seme ster Programme PhaseCAP. You are cordially invited to attend these plenary talks. Attendance is free\, but registration is required.\n\nLocation:\nN ikhef Colloquium Room/Auditorium\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Nikhef Colloquium Room/Auditorium\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PhaseA Plenary Talks DTSTART:20260529T120000Z DTEND:20260529T140000Z UID:b886c365-e4b1-420f-aa9f-a0ff7ef47280 DESCRIPTION:On Friday 29 May 2026\, Leslie Goldberg (University of Oxford) and Amin Coja-Oghlan (TU Dortmund) will give two public lectures as part of the final afternoon of the PhaseA Problem-Solving Workshop within the Research Semester Programme PhaseCAP. You are cordially invited to attend these plenary talks. Attendance is free\, but registration is required.\n\ nLocation:\nNikhef Colloquium Room\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam LOCATION:Nikhef Colloquium Room\, Science Park 105\, Amsterdam END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR