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Original research papers on all technical aspects of cryptology are solicited for submission to CRYPTO 2008, the Twenty-Eighth Annual International Cryptology Conference. CRYPTO 2008 is sponsored by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), in cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy, and the Computer Science Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Important dates are:

Instructions for Authors

Submissions must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors has published in a journal or a conference/workshop with proceedings, or has submitted/is planning to submit before the author notification deadline to a journal or other conferences/workshops that have proceedings. Accepted submissions may not appear in any other conference or workshop that has proceedings. Program committees may share information about submitted papers with other conference chairs and journal editors to ensure the integrity of papers under consideration. Authors uncertain whether their submission meets IACR's guidelines should contact the program chair.

Visas: It is strongly recommended that authors apply for visas at time of submission. Do not wait for the decisions.

Submission Format:

• The submission must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or obvious references.
• The length of the submission should be at most 12 pages excluding bibliography and appendices. It should be in single column format, use at least 11-point fonts, and have reasonable margins.
• The submission should begin with a title, a short abstract, and a list of keywords. The introduction should summarize the contributions of the paper at a level appropriate for a non-specialist reader. Committee members are not required to read appendices; the paper should be intelligible without them.
• Submissions must be in PDF format. Submissions should be in US letter paper size (not A4) and use Type 1 fonts (rather than Type 3 fonts). Authors are requested to follow the CRYPTO 2008 guidelines for preparing electronic submissions.
• Please visit the following web page to upload your electronic submission: Electronic Submissions
• Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. Neither late submissions, submissions by email, nor hardcopy submissions will be accepted. Authors unable to submit electronically should contact the program chair by January 18, 2008.

Decisions and Presentation: Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent to authors on May 5, 2008. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference.

Conference Proceedings: Proceedings will be published in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Computer Science, and will be available at the conference. Instructions for the preparation of a final proceedings version will be sent to the authors of accepted papers.

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A limited number of stipends are available to those unable to obtain funding to attend the conference. Students whose papers are accepted and who will present the paper themselves are encouraged to apply if such assistance is needed. Requests for stipends should be addressed to the general chair.