Advances in cryptology

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EUROCRYPT '97, the 15th annual conference on cryptographic techniques, was organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), which hosts two series of international conferences each year: EUROCRYPT in Europe and CRYPTO in the United States. The conference originated 15 years ago in Germany with the Burg Feuerstein Workshop, initiated by Thomas Beth, bringing together 76 participants from 14 countries for the first open meeting focused on modern cryptography. Since then, the conference has been held annually in various European locations, such as Udine, Paris, and Saint-Malo, and has seen steady growth. The IACR became involved after the second conference, and the name EUROCRYPT has been used since the Paris meeting in 1984. For its 15th anniversary, the conference returned to Germany. The scientific program for EUROCRYPT '97 was curated by an 18-member committee that reviewed 104 high-quality submissions, resulting in 34 accepted papers presented in these proceedings. Additionally, the conference featured two invited talks by Ernst Bovelander and Gerhard Frey.