CRYPTREC WORKSHOP

CRYPTREC Report 2000

June 26, 2001

IPA-ISEC　

Outline of Proceedings

The Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) and the Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan (TAO) jointly hosted the CRYPTREC Workshop: CRYPTREC Report 2000 on Wednesday, April 18, 2001. Outline of the seminar appear below.

Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan         

Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan

Date: April 18 (Wednesday), 2001

Time: 13:30 to 17:35

Attendance: 361 participants

Program

Opening Remarks

Masatoshi Ono

       Managing Director, Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan

Mondo Yamamoto

        Deputy Director, Office of IT Security Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Lecture: “Cryptographic Technique Evaluation Committee (CRYPTREC)”

Hideki Imai

          Professor, The University of Tokyo

  　          Chairperson, Cryptography Research & Evaluation Committee

Lecture: “World Trends in Cryptographic Evaluation”

             Three speakers gave presentations regarding “World Trends in Cryptographic Evaluation.”

(1)“The AES Development Effort ”

Shinichi Kawamura

          Senior Research Scientist, Computer and Network Systems Laboratory,

          Corporate Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation

  　        Member, Symmetric-Key Subcommittee

(2) “The NESSIE Development Effort”

  Mitsuru Matsui

            Head Researcher, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

            Information Technology R&D Center

            Member, Cryptography Research & Evaluation Committee

(3) “ISO Evaluation of Cryptographic Techniques”

  Koichi Sakurai

            Associate Professor, Kyushu University

            Member, Cryptography Research & Evaluation Committee

Lecture: Symmetric-Key Cryptographic Technique Evaluation Report

 Toshinobu Kaneko

            Professor, Science University of Tokyo

            Chairman, Symmetric-Key Subcommittee

Lecture: Public-Key Cryptographic Technique Evaluation Report

 Tsutomu Matsumoto

             Professor, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences,

             Yokohama National University

          Chairman, Public-Key Subcommittee

Lecture: “Future Plans of CRYPTREC”

 Taku Kiyasu

          Director, Standardization Division, Information Communications Policy Bureau,

              Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications

Closing Remarks

Masahiko Kobayashi

           Director, IT Security Center, Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan

Kaoru Suzuki

           Senior Director, R&D Planning and Management Department,

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