Mathematics and Cryptology Online Seminars

The aim of the Mathematics and Cryptology Seminars is to:

• provide a friendly environment for African researchers (or Cameroonian researchers in particular) working on Mathematical Cryptology related topics to meet, present and discuss their work, collaborate;

• grow the local and continental cryptologic research community by attracting highly motivated student into the field;

• keep the local and continental cryptologic research community informed of the latest advances in cryptologic research, and hence help improve the quality of the research they perform;

• create collaborations within African researchers, Institutions and Industries interested in Mathematical cryptology and related topics;

• create collaborations with other researchers all around the world.

Moreover, we hope that through these seminars, we will form Global Mathematics and Cryptology (GMaC) Group in Africa, with local Research Groups in each country which is a member of the member of the GMaC. This will foster Cryptologic research in Africa. We have started the Cameroonian MaC Group. See more details in Contact and Sponsors .

In order to achieve the above goals, the seminars will be held online every two weeks on Tuesdays at 05:00 PM UTC (06:00 PM Cameroonian time) starting from September 7th 2021. Prior to this date, there have been some talks that you can find here.

After each three talks, there will be an invited speaker who will give a distinguished talk. This invited speaker is expected to be a renown professional researcher.

Early stage Cameroonian or African researchers are highly encouraged to present at these seminars. We are happy to welcome talks from researchers all over the world.

The normal talks last at most 50 mins, with about 10 mins (or more) of discussion. The distinguished talks last at most 60 mins, with 15 mins (or more) of discussion.

The topics of the seminars include (but are not limited to):

• Mathematical background for Cryptology (Number Theory, Coding Theory, Lattices, Algebraic Geometry, Arithmetic Geometry, ...)

• Classical Cryptography

• Post-quantum Cryptography

• Cryptanalysis

• Implementation