Over the last few years, multi/many-core equipment has become more and more ubiquitous. Currently, multi-core processors are even being introduced in modern mobile phones. A performance improvement in today's computing equipment is no longer due to increases in clock rates but is achieved through the adding of additional cores. In the context of cryptography and cryptanalysis, this development presents a double-edged sword. On one side, multi/many-core computing provides for great opportunities for developing and using more sophisticated security protocols and stronger cryptographic mechanisms|even on devices that once had only limited computational resources. Yet, the downside of this development is that some (substantial) parallel computing capabilities are now widely available at low cost|which poses a challenge in that it takes cryptanalysis to a new level.
This workshop will explore and advance the state-of-the-art of multi-/many core computing in cryptography in both theory and practice. Questions of interest to this workshop include: How to design new cryptographic primitives and protocols that can make efficient use of ever-evolving multi/many-core computing capabilities? How to design and implement new cryptographic primitives and protocols that withstand cryptanalysis in the context of multi/many-core capabilities? How to best (re-)implement legacy mechanism and protocols and adjust parameter choices for multi/many-core computing environments?
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