This book constitutes revised selected papers from the First International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security in the Balkans, Balkan Crypt Sec 2014, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2014. The 15 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: symmetric cryptography, cryptographic hardware, cryptographic protocols and public key cryptography. The book also contains one invited talk in full paper length.

This book contains revised selected papers from the Second International Conference on Cryptology and Information Security in the Balkans, BalkanCryptSec 2015, held in Koper, Slovenia, in September 2015. The 12 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: symmetric key cryptography; cryptanalysis; security and protocols; and implementation and verifiable encryption.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the First International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security in the Balkans, Balkan Crypt Sec 2014, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2014. The 15 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: symmetric cryptography, cryptographic hardware, cryptographic protocols and public key cryptography. The book also contains one invited talk in full paper length.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 21st International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, ICISC 2018, held in Seoul, South Korea, in November 2018. The total of 21 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: public-key encryption and implementation; homomorphic encryption; secure multiparty computation; post-quantum cryptography; secret sharing and searchable encryption; storage security and information retrieval; and attacks and software security.

This installment of a "SYCL Sparkler" explores in depth a way to implement a reasonably efficient implementation for Homomorphic Encryption using modern C++ with SYCL. As a result of their work, the authors learned some valuable optimization techniques and insights that the they have taken time to share in this very interesting and detailed piece. A key value of using C++ with SYCL, is the ability to be portable while supporting the ability to optimize at a lower level when it is deemed worth the effort. This work helps illustrate how the authors isolated that optimization work, and their thought process on how to pick what to optimize. The code for this implementation is available open source online. None of the performance numbers shown are intended to provide guidance on hardware selection. The authors offer their results and observations to illustrate the magnitude of changes that may correspond to the optimizations being discussed. Readers will find the information valuable to motivate their own optimization work on their applications using some of the techniques highlighted by these authors. Key Insights shared include: pros/cons of a hand-tuned vISA, memory allocation overheads, multi-tile scaling, event-based profiling, algorithm tuning, measuring of device throughput, developing with 'dualities' to increase portability and performance portability.

The book, gathering the proceedings of the Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 2018, is a remarkable collection of chapters covering a wide range of topics in areas of information and communication technologies and their applications to the real world. It includes 104 papers and posters by pioneering academic researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and students from all around the world, which contribute to our understanding of relevant trends of current research on communication, data science, ambient intelligence, networking, computing, security and Internet of Things. This book collects state of the art chapters on all aspects of information science and communication technologies, from classical to intelligent, and covers both theory and applications of the latest technologies and methodologies. Presenting state-of-the-art intelligent methods and techniques for solving real-world problems along with a vision of the future research, this book is an interesting and useful resource.

Responsible Genomic Data Sharing: Challenges and Approaches brings together international experts in genomics research, bioinformatics and digital security who analyze common challenges in genomic data sharing, privacy preserving technologies, and best practices for large-scale genomic data sharing. Practical case studies, including the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, the Beacon Network, and the Matchmaker Exchange, are discussed in-depth, illuminating pathways forward for new genomic data sharing efforts across research and clinical practice, industry and academia. Addresses privacy preserving technologies and how they can be applied to enable responsible genomic data sharing Employs illustrative case studies and analyzes emerging genomic data sharing efforts, common challenges and lessons learned Features chapter contributions from international experts in responsible approaches to genomic data sharing