CUE seminar Winter 2021

Time: Tuesday 1pm-2pm

Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/iwa-zhha-sey

Main projects: Applications of the LLL algorithm in Diophantine Approximation and in attacking some cryptosystems.

The schedule of Winter 2021 is as below:

    • Jan 12 (Khoa Bui): The Coppersmith’s Algorithm (chapter 8- continue)

    • Jan 19 (Nicole Moon-Keca): Diophantine Approximation (chapter 9- continue)

    • Jan 26 (Khoa Bui): An applications of the LLL algorithm to cryptography

    • Feb 2: (Khoa Bui): Attacks on RSA

    • Feb 9: No seminar

    • Feb 16: No seminar

    • Feb 23 (Nicole Moon-Keca): Diophantine Approximation

    • Mar 2 (Ali Boukrich): The Rise and Fall of Knapsack Cryptosystems

    • Mar 9: Discussions:
      i) USRA project and other projects for summer 2021, and;
      ii) Talks/posters title and abstract (for the Student Research Forum and Poster Competition is scheduled on April 16th, 2021 and the URSA 2021)

    • Mar 16: Discussions:
      i) USRA project and other projects for summer 2021, and;
      ii) Talks/posters title and abstract presentations.

    • Mar 23: Discussions:
      i) USRA project and other projects for summer 2021, and;
      ii) Talks/posters.

    • Mar 30: Talks/posters discussion

    • Apr 6: Talks/posters presentations

    • Apr 13: Talks/posters presentations

    • Apr 27: Talks/posters presentations

The participants are as below:

  • Nicole Moon-Keca

  • Ali Boukrich

  • Khoa Bui

  • Spencer Ellery

  • Supragyapal Singh

  • Ravneet Kaur Sangha

  • Rossitza Marinova

  • Andreas Guelzow

  • Svenja Huntemann

  • Amy Feaver

  • Ha Tran

  • and more

Note:

  1. Undergraduate Research in Science Conference of Alberta 2021 will be at CUE from May 3-4, 2021.
    https://concordia.ab.ca/research/events-dissemination/ursca-2021/

Khoa Bui and Ali Boukrich presented their posters on the projects "The LLL algorithm and RSA cryptosystems" and ""Using the LLL Algorithm in Attacking Knapsack Cryptosystems" in this Poster Competition.

Congrats Ali Boukrich who got the Second Place, Session B4 (Computer Science and IT) on his project "Using the LLL Algorithm in Attacking Knapsack Cryptosystems".


  1. The CUE Student Research Forum and Poster Competition is scheduled on April 16th, 2021.
    https://concordia.ab.ca/call-for-posters-student-research-forum-and-poster-competition-april-16-2021/
    Khoa Bui and Ali Boukrich presented their posters on the projects "The LLL algorithm and RSA cryptosystems" and "The LLL algorithm and breaking knapsack cryptosystems" in this Poster Competition.