6th Form Lecture Series - Public-Key Cryptography
- When?
- Wednesday 22 February 2012, 17:00 to 18:00
- Where?
- Austin Pearce Lecture Theatre 3/4
- Open to:
- Staff, Students, Public
- Speaker:
- Professor Steve Schneider
- Admission information:
- For 6th Form students, able KS4 students and other members of the public.
Cryptography has been around for thousands of years but the new Public-Key Cryptography is the foundation of secure internet communication and you use it every time you access a secure website. This talk will give a brief history and explain how public-key cryptography is so extraordinary and how it works using surprisingly simple mathematics (prime numbers, multiplication and powers), how you can construct your own public-key system, and how it is used in the real world across a wide range of applications.