Selected areas in cryptography

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SAC 2005 marked the 12th annual workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography and was hosted for the fifth time at Queen’s University in Kingston. Previous workshops took place at various institutions, including Carleton University, the Fields Institute, Memorial University, and the University of Waterloo. This workshop fostered a relaxed environment for researchers to present and discuss their work in cryptography. The themes for SAC 2005 included the design and analysis of symmetric key cryptosystems, primitives for symmetric key cryptography such as block and stream ciphers, hash functions, and MAC algorithms, as well as efficient implementations of symmetric and public key algorithms. Additionally, the workshop addressed cryptographic algorithms and protocols for ubiquitous computing, including sensor networks and RFID. A total of 96 papers were submitted, with three excluded due to multiple submissions. After a thorough double-blind review process, the program committee accepted 25 papers for presentation. The workshop featured two invited speakers: Alfred Menezes, who discussed provable security, and Mike Wiener, who examined the full cost of cryptanalytic attacks, both delivering engaging and thought-provoking talks.