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Information theory is an exceptional field in many ways.
Technically, it is one of the rare fields in which mathematical
results and insights have led directly to significant engineering
payoffs. Professionally, it is a field that has sustained a
remarkable degree of community, collegiality and high standards.
James L. Massey, whose work in the field is honored here, embodies
the highest standards of the profession in his own career. The book
covers the latest work on: block coding, convolutional coding,
cryptography, and information theory. The 44 contributions
represent a cross-section of the world's leading scholars,
scientists and researchers in information theory and communication.
The book is rounded off with an index and a bibliography of
publications by James Massey.
Information theory is an exceptional field in many ways.
Technically, it is one of the rare fields in which mathematical
results and insights have led directly to significant engineering
payoffs. Professionally, it is a field that has sustained a
remarkable degree of community, collegiality and high standards.
James L. Massey, whose work in the field is honored here, embodies
the highest standards of the profession in his own career. The book
covers the latest work on: block coding, convolutional coding,
cryptography, and information theory. The 44 contributions
represent a cross-section of the world's leading scholars,
scientists and researchers in information theory and communication.
The book is rounded off with an index and a bibliography of
publications by James Massey.
The EUROCRYPT '96 conference was sponsored by the International
Asso- ation for Cryptologic Research (IACR)l, in cooperation with
the University of Saragossa. It took place at the Palacio de
Congresos in Saragossa, Spain, during May 12-16, 1996. This was the
fifteenth annual EUROCRYPT conference (this name has been used
since the third conference held in 1984), each of which has been
held in a different city in Europe. For the second time,
proceedings were available at the conference. JosC Pastor Franco,
the General Chair, was resp- sible for local organization and
registration. His contribution to the snccess of the conference is
gratefully acknowledged. The Program Committee considered 126
submitted papers and selected 34 for presentation. Each paper was
sent to all members of the Program Committee and was assigned to at
least three of them for careful evaluation. There were also two
invited talks. James L. Massey, this year's IACR Distinguished
Ltcturer, gave a lecture entitled "The difficulty with difficulty".
Massey is the third to receive this honor, the first two being
Gustavus Simmons and Adi Shamir. Shafi Goldwasser gave an invited
talk entitled "Multi party secure protocols: past and present".
These proceedings contain revised versions of the 34 contributed
talks. While the papers were carefully selected, they have not been
refereed like submissions to a refereed journal. The authors bear
full responsibility for the contents of their papers. Some authors
may write final versions of their papers for publication in a
refereed journal.
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