Abstract

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.