This year marks the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Practice and Theory in Public Key Cryptography (PKC), which attracts annually more than a hundred researchers from academia and industry, working on all aspects of public key cryptography. Being regarded as a highly reputable and competitive conference, PKC is patronized by the International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR).

PKC 2012 is co-chaired by Dr Mark Manulis and will be held in Darmstadt (Germany) in the fourth week of May. With the overall record number of 188 submissions and a particularly low acceptance rate of 22%, PKC 2012 features 41 papers on all aspects of public key cryptography and one invited talk.

More information about PKC 2012 is available here.