What we’re about
Interested in reading some of the classic and newly classic papers in computer science?
This is the Portland, OR chapter of Papers We Love, an organization that curates interesting papers in the computer science literature and helps organize local chapters to read and discuss them.
Prior to each event we will select a paper to read and post it so that attendees can read it in advance to promote good discussion.
At each gathering we will discuss the paper and select the next one to read.
If you know of a great paper we could read, please submit it via GitHub Issues.
You can also join our Discord channel.
Upcoming events
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A Digital Signature Based on a Conventional Encryption Function
The Glass Lab, The Glass lab, Portland, OR, USOur next paper is "A Digital Signature Based on a Conventional Encryption Function" by Merkle. This paper introduces Merkle Trees, a foundational concept in cryptography.
A new digital signature based only on a conventional encryption function (such as DES) is described which is as secure as the underlying encryption function -- the security does not depend on the difficulty of factoring and the high computational costs of modular arithmetic are avoided. The signature system can sign an unlimited number of messages, and the signature size increases logarithmically as a function of the number of messages signed. Signature size in a 'typical' system might range from a few hundred bytes to a few kilobytes, and generation of a signature might require a few hundred to a few thousand computations of the underlying conventional encryption function.
Link: https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~raluca/cs261-f15/readings/merkle.pdf
Afterwords we'll socialize with a drink and a bite somewhere nearby.
We will let you in so please arrive on time. Message us on Discord if no one is at the door.5 attendees
Past events
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