2005 Press Releases
Codes and Cryptography - UCC Conference, 23-24 May
You pick up one of your audio CDs and notice a scratch on the surface -
but then it plays perfectly. You make a telephone call to Australia and
get a perfectly clear line, free of all the clicks and static that used
to be there. You book your holiday on-line giving your credit
card number safe in the knowledge that the airline's website is secure
from intruders or send sensitive business information electronically
that can't be intercepted. The codes that make all these possible will
be discussed at a conference titled "Codes and Cryptography" at UCC on
23 and 24 May.
The 2-day workshop will bring together speakers and participants from
the US and Italy, as well as Ireland, to discuss their latest
research on how to make information storage and transmission more
reliable and more secure. The conference divided its work between
theoretical studies carried out by mathematicians, and practical
implementations in microelectronic circuits designed by electrical and
electronic engineers. According to Co-Director of the Boole
Centre, Professor Patrick Fitzpatrick: "Codes are essential to modern
communications and information storage. The public demands high
fidelity audio and DVD, telephone and TV signals, and a high level of
security in electronic business transactions. Our codes form the basis
for doing that."
The Conference takes place in UCC's Kane Building and is hosted by The
Boole Centre for Research in Informatics (BCRI), the School of
Mathematical Sciences and the Departments of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering and Microelectronic Engineering, UCC. There is no
registration fee. If you would like to attend please contact:
Niamh Power, BCRI, Tel. 021 4903697.
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