[IEE EC3 News] IMA talk on quantum cryptography - Reading - 19 March 2008

[Stansfield, Edward]

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Edward Stansfield

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N. Hants, Surrey and Berkshire Branch

THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Philip Bond, Lecturer in Cryptography
Mathematics Department, Oxford University

Can you keep a secret? You can with quantum cryptography!

Room 105, Palmer Building, Reading University 
Whiteknights Campus, Shinfield Road, RG6 6AH

Wednesday 19th March 2008, 8pm
Light Refreshments will be provided

Abstract
Keeping messages and data secret is an essential part of modern life.
Secrecy is needed when you send your credit card details over the internet
for example. However, whilst it is believed that modern secrecy systems
(cryptosystems) are very strong, it has never been rigorously proven. If we
want absolute and guaranteed security, how can we achieve it?  This talk
will show how it can be done.

All N. Hants, Surrey and Berkshire Branch talks are open and free of charge
to anyone who is interested.

Details: Reading University is situated approximately 1.5 miles south of the
centre of Reading on the A327 Shinfield Road. See
http://www.reading.ac.uk/maps/docs/Readingandunibw.pdf for a map.  If you
expect to attend please inform the Branch Membership Secretary, John Chapman
mailto:jrchapman1 at dstl.gov.uk or tel. 01252 455739 (work), to assist us in
making catering arrangements, but if you don't get round to doing this, just
turn up anyway.  For details of other N. Hants, Surrey and Berkshire Branch
activities visit http://www.north-hants-ima.ukscientists.com/ or contact the
Branch Secretary: Dan Tilley at dashdan2003 at yahoo.co.uk,  tel: (01252) 45
5854.

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