Workshop “Current and Future Projects of the Selmer Center”

Workshop “Current and Future Projects of the Selmer Center”

(by invitation only)

November 22 – November 27, 2021

Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula, Granada, Spain

Program

Tuesday

09:30-09:50 Greetings and Selmer Center introduction by Lilya Budaghyan
09:50-10:10 Overview of TMS grant “Optimal Boolean Functions” and RCN grant “Boolean Functions and TI” by Lilya Budaghyan
10:10-10:30 Overview of RCN grant “Sequences and Their Applications” by Chunlei Li
10:30-10:45 Participants presentations Part I
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:30 Participants presentations Part II
11:30-12:00 Some open problems by Claude Carlet
12:00-12:30 Some open problems by Christof Beierle
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Some open problems by Daniel Panario
14:30-15:00 Some open problems by Alexander Kholosha
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:30 Free discussion
16:30-17:30 Group meetings
20:00 Dinner reservation

Wednesday

Full-day excursion (see detailed schedule below)

Thursday

09:30-09:50 Overview of RCN grant “Modern Methods for Cryptology” by Tor Helleseth
09:50-10:20 Some open problems by Pante Stanica
10:20-10:30 Some open problems by Erik Mårtenson
10:30-10:40 Some open problems by Constanza Riera
10:40-11:20 Coffee break
11:20-11:30 Some open problems by Irene Villa
11:30-12:00 Some open problems by Svetla Nikova
12:00-12:30 Some open problems by Vencislav Nikov
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Some open problems by Patrick Felke
14:30-15:00 Some open problems by Christian Rechberger
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:30 Free discussion
16:30-17:30 Group meetings
19:00 Banquet at Parador

Friday

09:30-09:40 Simula at uib and the Selmer Center by Øyvind Ytrehus
09:40-10:10 Some open problems by Gregor Leander
10:10-10:40 Some open problems by Thor Martinsen
10:40-11:10 Coffee break
11:10-11:20 Some open problems by Nikolay Kaleyski
11:20-11:30 Some open problems by Diana Davidova
11:30-12:00 Some open problems by Zilong Liu
12:00-12:30 Free discussion
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Free discussion
15:00-16:00 Group meetings

Group meetings

  • Future projects related to cryptographic Boolean functions (Lilya, Claude, Daniel, Patrick, Tor)
  • Selmer Center and Simula at UiB future cooperation discussion (Tor, Lilya, Chunlei, Sondre, Nikolay and Øyvind)
  • Future projects related to RCN mobility (Diana Davidova with Claude and Daniel)
  • Open problems by Sondre Rønjom

Social events

  • Nov 22 — welcome dinner at the Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula, and celebration of Tor Helleseth’s birthday (aperitif at 19:30 and dinner at 20:00)
  • Nov 24 — excursion
  • Nov 25 — banquet

Approximate schedule for the excursion

  • 8:00 — a bus will take us from the hotel to Alhambra palace;
  • 8:30-11:30 — a private guided tour to the Alhambra with visiting the full monument;
  • 11:30-13:00 — a bus will take us to the Alpujarra mountains;
  • 13:00-14:00 — typical lunch in a local, traditional restaurant;
  • 14:00-17:30 — walking tour to two little mountain villages of the Alpujarra (Pampaneira and Capileira);
  • 17:30-19:00 — return to Granada;
  • 20:00 — dinner at the Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula.

List of participants

Selmer center

  • Samuele Andreoli
  • Amund Askeland
  • Alessandro Budroni
  • Lilya Budaghyan
  • Claude Carlet (also with University of Paris 8)
  • Nadiia Ichanska
  • Diana Davidova
  • Ermes Franch
  • Tor Helleseth
  • Nikolay Kaleyski
  • Chunlei Li
  • Erik Mårtenson
  • Isaac Martinez
  • George Petrides
  • Enrico Piccione
  • Sondre Rønjom (also with NSM)
  • Sachin Valera
  • Øyvind Ytrehus (also with Simula UiB)
  • Dian Li

Collaborators of the Selmer Center (preliminary list)

  • Alexander Kholosha (Ukrainian Catholic University and Banking University, Ukraine)
  • Irene Villa (University of Trento, Italy)
  • Christof Beierle (University of Bochum, Germany)
  • Pante Stanica (Naval Postgraduate School, US)
  • Gregor Leander (University of Bochum, Germany)
  • Christian Rechberger (TU Graz, Austria)
  • Svetla Nikova (KU Leuven, Belgium)
  • Ventzislav Nikov (NXP Semiconductors, Belgium)
  • Constanza Susana Riera (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway)
  • Daniel Panario (Carleton University, Canada)
  • Thor Martinsen (Naval Postgraduate School, US)
  • Patrick Felke (University of Applied Sciences Emden-Leer)
  • Reinhard Lueftenegger (TU Graz, Austria)
  • Zilong Liu (University of Essex, UK)

General chairs

Lilya Budaghyan, Tor Helleseth and Chunlei Li

Organizing committee

  • Samuele Andreoli
  • Marco Calderini
  • Diana Davidova
  • Nikolay Kaleyski
  • Sachin Valera
  • Irene Villa

NB: Information about regulations and preventive measures can be found here.