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RSA Conference 2024 Announces Annual Awards for Lifetime Achievement and Excellence in the Field of Mathematics

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Dienstag, Mai 7, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Conference™, the world's leading cybersecurity conferences and expositions, today announced the recipient of the RSA Conference 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, Michael Brown, Rear Admiral, US Navy (Ret.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Conference™, the world's leading cybersecurity conferences and expositions, today announced the recipient of the RSA Conference 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, Michael Brown, Rear Admiral, US Navy (Ret.
  • For the third consecutive year, the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) co-sponsored the Mathematics Award with RSA Conference.
  • The Lifetime Achievement Award honors outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the cybersecurity industry over their lifetime.
  • The RSA Conference 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded to Michael Brown, Rear Admiral, US Navy (Ret.)

NTT Research CIS Lab Director Receives Fourth Test-of-Time Award

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Montag, November 6, 2023

NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that a paper co-authored by Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab Director Brent Waters has won an IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) Test of Time Award .

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  • NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that a paper co-authored by Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab Director Brent Waters has won an IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) Test of Time Award .
  • In addition, two papers co-authored by scientists from the CIS Lab and the NTT Social Informatics Laboratories (SIL) will be presented at this year’s conference.
  • “The FOCS 2013 paper changed the landscape of theoretical cryptography,” CIS Lab Senior Scientist Abhishek Jain said.
  • Takashi Yamakawa, a Distinguished Researcher at NTT SIL, focuses on constructions of post-quantum and quantum cryptographic protocols and their security.

NTT Research CIS Lab Director Wins Second IACR Test-of-Time Award for Paper on Oblivious Transfer

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Donnerstag, August 17, 2023

NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that a paper co-authored by Distinguished Scientist and Director of the Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab Brent Waters has won an International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) Test-of-Time (ToT) Award.

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  • NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that a paper co-authored by Distinguished Scientist and Director of the Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab Brent Waters has won an International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) Test-of-Time (ToT) Award.
  • Waters and co-authors Chris Peikert and Vinod Vaikuntanathan delivered their paper, “A Framework for Efficient and Composable Oblivious Transfer,” at the Crypto 2008 conference.
  • A cryptography researcher with the NTT Social Informatics Laboratories (SIL) co-authored another paper for this year’s conference, being held August 19-24 in Santa Barbara.
  • The Test-of-Time Award-winning paper co-authored by Waters introduced a “dual-mode” cryptosystem framework for Oblivious Transfer protocols using a variety of assumptions.

ACM Honors Work by NTT Research Cryptographer with Best Paper Award

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Dienstag, Juni 20, 2023

NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that a paper by NTT Research Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab Senior Scientist Daniel Wichs that is being presented at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) has won a Best Paper Award.

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  • NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that a paper by NTT Research Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab Senior Scientist Daniel Wichs that is being presented at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) has won a Best Paper Award.
  • “We look forward to recognizing Daniel Wichs with a Best Paper Award at this year’s ACM STOC 2023,” said ACM STOC Program Committee Chair Rocco Servedio of Columbia University.
  • Initially, we were very skeptical and kept trying to find reasons why it shouldn't work, until we finally convinced ourselves that it does.”
    A Best Paper Award recognizes an innovative contribution and the importance of the research field.
  • NTT SIL, part of NTT Group’s R&D team in Tokyo, collaborates with the CIS Lab across many areas of cryptography research to collectively advance future cybersecurity technologies.

Boise Cascade Announces Executive Leadership Promotions

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Mittwoch, Mai 4, 2022

Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) (NYSE: BCC) today announced the promotion of two of its business leaders.

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  • Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) (NYSE: BCC) today announced the promotion of two of its business leaders.
  • Joanna began her career at Boise Cascade in 2005 as an Admin Manager at the Salt Lake BMD branch.
  • I am excited to announce these well-earned executive promotions, said Nate Jorgensen, CEO.
  • Boise Cascade Company is one of the largest producers of engineered wood products and plywood in North America and a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of building products.

NTT Scientists Advance Post-Quantum Cryptography at FOCS Symposium

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Montag, Februar 7, 2022

NTT Research, Inc. , a subsidiary of NTT (TYO: 9432), today announced that two scientists from the NTT Research Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab and NTT Social Informatics Laboratories have written papers selected to be presented at the annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS).

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  • NTT Research, Inc. , a subsidiary of NTT (TYO: 9432), today announced that two scientists from the NTT Research Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab and NTT Social Informatics Laboratories have written papers selected to be presented at the annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS).
  • The FOCS Symposium ( FOCS 2021 ) is taking place virtually, Feb. 7-10, 2022.
  • The two papers associated with NTT scientists address aspects of challenges that quantum computing poses to cryptographic systems.
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