Asiacrypt (also ASIACRYPT) is an important international conference for cryptography research. The full name of the conference is currently International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, though this has varied over time. Asiacrypt is a conference sponsored by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) since 2000, and is one of its three flagship conferences. However, Asiacrypt is considered slightly less prestigious than CRYPTO or EUROCRYPT. Asiacrypt is now held annualy in November or December at various locations throughout eastern Asia and Australia. The term conference can be used to describe any meeting of people that confer about a certain topic. ... The German Lorenz cipher machine Cryptography or cryptology is a field of mathematics and computer science concerned with information security and related issues, particularly encryption and authentication. ... The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) is a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields. ... CRYPTO 2003 conference reception. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ...

Initially, the Asiacrypt conferences were called AUSCRYPT, as the first one was held in Sydney, Australia in 1990, and only later did the community decide that the conference should be held in locations throughout Asia. The first conference to be called "Asiacrypt" was held in 1991 in Fujiyoshida, Japan. The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the state capital of New South Wales, located on the east coast of Australia. ... This article is about the year. ... Fujiyoshida (富士吉田市; -shi) is a city located in Yamanashi, Japan. ...

Conference and proceedings information by year

• 1990: January 8-11, Sydney, Australia, Jennifer Seberry and Josef Pieprzyk, eds. (called AUSCRYPT 1990; ISBN 3-540-53000-2)
• 1991: November 11-14, Fujiyoshida, Japan, Hideki Imai, Ronald Rivest, Tsutomu Matsumoto, eds. (ISB 3-540-57332-1)
• 1992: December 13-16, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Jennifer Seberry and Yuliang Zheng, eds. (called AUSCRYPT 1992; ISBN 3-540-57220-1)
• 1994: November 28-December 1, Wollongong, Australia, Josef Pieprzyk, Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, eds. (called ASIACRYPT 1994, ISBN 3-540-59339-X)
• 1996: November 3-7, Kyongju, Korea, Kwangjo Kim, Tsutomu Matsumoto, eds. (ISBN 3-540-61872-4)
• 1998: October 18-22, Beijing, China, Kazuo Ohta, Dingyi Pei, eds. (ISBN 3-540-65109-8)
• 1999: November 14-18, Singapore, Kwok-Yan Lam, Eiji Okamoto, Chaoping Xing, eds. (ISBN 3-540-66666-4)
• 2000: December 3-7, Kyoto, Japan, Tatsuaki Okamoto, ed. (ISBN 3-540-41404-5)
• 2001: December 9-13, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Colin Boyd, ed. (ISBN 3-540-42987-5)
• 2002: December 1-5, Queenstown, New Zealand, Yuliang Zheng, ed. (ISBN 3-540-00171-9)
• 2003: November 30-December 4, Taipei, Taiwan, Chi-Sung Laih, ed. (ISBN 3-540-20592-6)
• 2004: December 5-9, Jeju Island, Korea, Pil Joong Lee, ed. (ISBN 3-540-23975-8)
• 2005: December 4-8, Chennai, India, Bimal Roy, ed. (ISBN 3-540-30684-6)
• 2006: December, Shanghai, China, Xuejia Lai, ed. (planned)

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See also

• Crypto
• Eurocrypt
• IACR

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External links

• Asiacrypt/Auscrypt bibliography from 1990
• IACR conferences page; contains links to Asiacrypt homepages from 2000