About SAC

The Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) series was initiated in 1994, when the first workshop was held at Queen's University in Kingston. The organizing committee for that first workshop consisted of Carlisle Adams, Henk Meijer, Stafford Tavares and Paul van Oorschot. From its original emphasis on block ciphers, SAC has evolved into a leading international conference in cryptography covering a range of topics in the field.

SAC has been held annually since 1994 in several Canadian provinces and is the only cryptography conference series that is held annually in Canada.

The location of the next SAC conference is Montreal, Quebec.

DESIGN and ANALYSIS

Design and analysis of symmetric key primitives and cryptosystems including block and stream ciphers, hash functions, MAC algorithms, and authenticated encryption.

IMPLEMENTATION and EFFICIENCY

Efficient implementations of algorithms for symmetric, public key, and post-quantum cryptography.

MATHEMATICS and ALGORITHMS

Mathematical and algorithmic aspects of applied cryptology, including post-quantum cryptology.

SELECTED TOPICS

A special topic selected by the current co-chairs that may vary from year to year.