Crypto Reading Group - Maher Mamah & Elle Wen-Introduction to Code-Based Cryptography (Part 2)

Friday, May 22, 2026 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)
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Speaker:

 Maher Mamah & Elle Wen
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Location: MC 5417

Abstract:

This week, we continue our discussion of codes by introducing the underlying hard problem: the decoding problem, which asks us to decode a random linear code. We also discuss McEliece, one of the oldest code-based public-key encryption schemes, and its instantiations using Goppa codes.