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Geheim! Eine Ausstellung zur Kryptographie

Ich muss ungefähr zehn bis zwölf Jahre alt gewesen sein, da sah ich in einem Schaufenster ein kleines Plakat, auf dem lauter Briefumschläge abgebildet waren, korrekt, aber ungewöhnlich frankiert: die Briefmarke kopfunter oder irgendwie verdreht …

26. Mar 2025 | By Christoph Pöppe | 2 comments

HLFF Spotlight: 10th HLF

Deepfakes and Open Science – Shifani Dilrukshi Gamage

Dilrukshi Gamage, a postdoctoral fellow from Sri Lanka who studies how society is influenced by technology, is already an HLF ‘veteran’. She attended the 5th HLF in 2017, midway through her PhD in Computer Science. Since then, she has carried with her the following advice offered by ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient and cryptologist, Martin Hellman: “The interesting thing in research is to be curious rather than furious.” Read more

05. Sep 2023 | By Engela Duvenage | 0 comments

Impressions from Friday’s Session at SAP-I

Following the tradition, Friday’s activities of the HLF moved to the SAP headquarters in Walldorf, near Heidelberg. It was a welcome change of scenery to finish a week of hard work, and talks by laureates …

12. Oct 2018 | By Constanza Rojas-Molina | 1 comment

The Professor vs. the NSA

Today, Martin Hellman stands before a crowd of hundreds, narrating the history of his research in public key encryption. It’s foundational: internet security is built on mathematics, and Hellman (along with collaborator Whitfield Diffie) helped …

28. Sep 2017 | By Ben Orlin | 0 comments

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Geheim! Eine Ausstellung zur Kryptographie

HLFF Spotlight: 10th HLF

Impressions from Friday’s Session at SAP-I

The Professor vs. the NSA