Neil Thistlethwaite gave a talk on Lattice-based Cryptography.
The first part of the talk involved introducing what a lattice is, along with some properties of lattices. The talk also went over topics in lattice crypto, such as SVP (Shortest Vector Problem), CVP (Closest Vector Problem), and GGH (Goldreich–Goldwasser–Halevi lattice-based cryptosystem).
Previous: Panel -- REU's and Research
The officers had a panel about how to get into Theory CS Research and about applying to Research Experience for Undergrads (REU Summer Programs) and getting recommendations / applying to graduate school.
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