Microsoft Research India in cooperation with IISc Mathematics Initiative, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is organizing a summer school on "Algorithms, Complexity and Cryptology" during the period from May 22 - June 09, 2006.

The summer school will comprise lectures given by leading experts in the fields of Cryptography, Algorithms and Security. They will be aimed at senior undergraduate students, graduate students, research scholars and faculty members. The participants are expected to have a high level of mathematical maturity to be able to grasp non trivial abstract/high level materials covered in the lectures. The lectures will offer a self-contained introduction to some chosen topic leading up to some open problems for research. When appropriate, they may be preceded by some preparatory talks. We wish to emphasis here that this is not a lecture series covering the syllabus of any university course nor do we train students on any software or security products. The aim of the school is to introduce students and young researchers to important new areas and latest results which are neither accessible in text books nor covered in the literature in a consolidated and comprehensive manner. We hope to scribe these lectures, edit these notes and produce a volume that would be made available along with some web-materials. The participants are expected to write surveys/tutorials/web materials or interact with speakers on various research problems of mutual interest.

This workshop will focuses on the following topics:

There will be support for a few faculty members and for about 30 or 35 students, including travel and board. Interested students and faculty are invited to apply.

Local participants can participate only if they register and are selected.

Note: This web page will be modified continuously with updated information on session themes, registration status and other details. So, please keep checking.