Question
Lenstra’s method is an effective subexponential algorithm with applications in this field and involves computing points on an elliptic curve over a finite field. Diffie and Hellman name a protocol in this field that is used to perform “exchanges” over a channel. This field relies on “hardness” assumptions such as the discrete logarithm problem. So-called “primitives” like the hash SHA-1 are used as the basis for systems in this field. A public key and a private key are used in an algorithm in this field that relies on the difficulty of factoring large numbers, the RSA algorithm. For 10 points, name this branch of computer science that develops secure communication methods. ■END■
ANSWER: cryptography [or cryptology; accept encryption or RSA encryption; accept elliptic curve cryptography or public-key cryptography; prompt on cybersecurity or mathematics or number theory; prompt on computer science or CS until read]
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 69.10 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 55.13 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 23.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 66.08 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 76.11 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 44.80 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 47.75 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 59.44 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Claire Chambers | Binghamton B | Cornell B | 23 | 10 |
Ethan Maddox | U of Rochester A | Cornell E | 23 | 10 |
Stephen Barstys (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | 23 | 10 |
Tai Belke | UBC A | UW Wrath | 23 | 10 |
Parker McCoig | Tennessee A | Alabama A | 23 | 10 |
Daniel Chen | Emory Oxford | Tennessee B | 23 | 10 |
Sebastian Pujet | WashU A | Chicago A | 23 | 10 |
Noa Schmueli (UG) | Columbia B | Maryland A (DII) | 26 | 10 |
Aidan Jones | Liberty A | William & Mary | 29 | 10 |
Adam Tang (UG) | Claremont C | UCLA E | 32 | 10 |
Leonard Castine (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Bard A (UG) | 32 | 10 |
Jacob Puthipiroj | Northwestern A | Notre Dame A | 32 | 10 |
Thomas Chen | Michigan C | Ohio State B (DII) | 35 | 10 |
Dennis Yang (DII) | Michigan A (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 37 | 10 |
Annika Larson (DII) | Claremont A | UCLA A | 37 | 10 |
Will Hoover | RIT B | Cornell C | 38 | 10 |
Xander DiGiovanni (DII) | USC | UCLA C | 38 | 10 |
Sidhant Chaliha (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | Maryland B (DII) | 38 | 10 |
Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | Vanderbilt A | 41 | 10 |
Ethan Talbert (UG) | UCSD | UCLA B | 41 | 10 |
Henry Nonnemaker (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | 47 | 10 |
John Nolan | NC State | Liberty B | 47 | 10 |
Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 47 | 10 |
Mohamed Musa (DII) | Ohio State C (DII) | CWRU B (DII) | 51 | 10 |
Matthew Westley | Purdue A | Iowa A | 52 | 10 |
Daniel Craig | Rutgers B | Lehigh A (UG) | 53 | 10 |
Christopher Joseph | Notre Dame C | Chicago B | 53 | 10 |
Owen Linder | Binghamton A | Cornell D | 59 | 10 |
Jack Stuhlman (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 59 | 10 |
Ethan Furman (DII) | Penn A (DII) | NYU B | 59 | 10 |
David Nickel | Purdue C | SIUE | 59 | 10 |
Aksel Malatak | Syracuse | RIT A | 61 | 10 |
Aaron Taylor | Mississippi State A | Auburn C | 61 | 10 |
Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | Virginia | 61 | -5 |
Orion Keller | Virginia Tech A | VCU | 64 | 10 |
Srivishnu Vusirikala | Illinois D | Notre Dame B | 64 | 10 |
Yuki Brown (DII) | Miami B (UG) | West Virginia A (UG) | 66 | 10 |
Aneesh Shrotriya | Purdue B | Iowa B | 66 | 10 |
Ryon Peddapalli | Clemson B | Belmont | 67 | 10 |
Derek Chen (UG) | Columbia A (UG) | Fordham A | 68 | 10 |
Michael Eng | UNC D | Duke B | 69 | 10 |
Justin Han | UNC B | Liberty C | 72 | 10 |
Reed Sexton (UG) | Michigan D (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 74 | 10 |
Zachary Bornstein | Virginia Tech B | James Madison B | 75 | 10 |
Azura Gollamudi | Northwestern B | Illinois C | 75 | 10 |
Jonathan Zhang | Cornell F | Binghamton C | 76 | 10 |
Victor Bender | Penn State | U of Rochester B | 76 | -5 |
Victor Bender | Penn State | U of Rochester B | 76 | -5 |
Ishaan Kashyap | Georgia Tech C | Emory A | 76 | 10 |
Daniel Tritasavit (DII) | UCLA D | Claremont B | 76 | 10 |
Kabir Zaman | South Carolina A | Auburn A | 78 | 10 |
Kabir Zaman | South Carolina A | Auburn A | 78 | 10 |
Monish Jampala | Georgia Tech B | Clemson A | 78 | 10 |
John Mcqueen | South Carolina B | Vanderbilt B | 78 | 10 |
Brian Chen | Cornell G | Cornell A | 80 | 10 |
Trenton Burgess | Indiana | WashU B | 81 | -5 |
Rafeed Rahman Turjya | Georgia A | Furman | 83 | 10 |
TJ Pickering | Auburn B | Southern | 107 | 10 |
Andrew Meyers | Appalachian State B | Duke A | 107 | 10 |
Daniel Luebs (DII) | Michigan State B | Miami C (DII) | 108 | 10 |
Riley Sherman | ESF | RIT C | 109 | 10 |
Gary Wang | U of Rochester B | Penn State | 111 | 10 |
Gary Wang | U of Rochester B | Penn State | 111 | 10 |
Laura Jones | Appalachian State A | James Madison A | 111 | 0 |
Nicholas Fowler | Virginia | Tusculum | 111 | 10 |
Summer Solis | James Madison A | Appalachian State A | 111 | 10 |
Samay Math | WashU B | Indiana | 111 | 10 |