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Mathematician: An Insider’s View

SUMMARY

A mathematician describes work in the field of “diagnosis,” doing cryptanalysis on new types of encryption. Projects include working as part of a close-knit team looking for weaknesses in new cryptosystems, using a variety of tools to find patterns in ciphertext, and programming new tools that don’t yet exist.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Sep 04, 2003

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Mar 12, 2018