Michael Anshel
Dec4-04, 03:20 PM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>Readers of this newsgroup may find the following item of interest:\n\nhttp://www.physicsweb.org/articles/news/8/12/2/1\n\nQuantum cryptography wins Descartes prize\n2 December 2004\nA collaboration that involves physicists from six European countries and the\nUS has been awarded part of the European Union\'s Descartes prize for\nresearch for their work on quantum cryptography. They share the\nprize\nwith life scientists studying mitochondrial DNA.\nThe IST-QuComm collaboration is made up of research groups in Sweden,\nGermany, France, Switzerland, Austria and the UK, plus a team at the Los\nAlamos National Laboratory in the US. Quantum cryptography allows two\nparties to share a secret "key" that could make communications between them\nmuch more secure than existing cryptographic techniques by encoding the key\nwith single photons. Any attempts by a third party to eavesdrop on the\ncommunications can be readily detected. Quantum cryptography could have\napplications in electronic communications, e-banking and e-voting.\nProgress in quantum cryptography and related areas - such as entanglement\nand teleportation - has been rapid in recent years. Last year, for instance,\nphysicists at the University of Vienna succeeded in sending entangled\nphotons 600 metres across the river Danube, while a group at the University\nof Geneva recently demonstrated quantum teleportation at telecom wavelengths\nthrough a 4-kilometre optical fibre cable. The IST-QuComm consortium also\nperformed the first ever quantum cryptographic bank transfer over a\n6-kilometre fibre link in Vienna this summer.\nThe prizes were awarded in Prague today by Janez Potocnik, EU commissioner\nfor science and research.\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------=\n-\n-------------------------------------------\n\nProfessor Michael Anshel\nDepartment of Computer Sciences R8/206\nThe City College of New York\nNew York,New York 10031\nhttp://www-cs.engr.ccny.cuny.edu/~csmma/\ncsmma@cs.ccny.cuny.edu\nMikeAt1140@aol.com\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Readers of this newsgroup may find the following item of interest:
http://www.physicsweb.org/articles/news/8/12/2/1
Quantum cryptography wins Descartes prize
2 December 2004
A collaboration that involves physicists from six European countries and the
US has been awarded part of the European Union's Descartes prize for
research for their work on quantum cryptography. They share the
prize
with life scientists studying mitochondrial DNA.
The IST-QuComm collaboration is made up of research groups in Sweden,
Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and the UK, plus a team at the Los
Alamos National Laboratory in the US. Quantum cryptography allows two
parties to share a secret "key" that could make communications between them
much more secure than existing cryptographic techniques by encoding the key
with single photons. Any attempts by a third party to eavesdrop on the
communications can be readily detected. Quantum cryptography could have
applications in electronic communications, e-banking and e-voting.
Progress in quantum cryptography and related areas - such as entanglement
and teleportation - has been rapid in recent years. Last year, for instance,
physicists at the University of Vienna succeeded in sending entangled
photons 600 metres across the river Danube, while a group at the University
of Geneva recently demonstrated quantum teleportation at telecom wavelengths
through a 4-kilometre optical fibre cable. The IST-QuComm consortium also
performed the first ever quantum cryptographic bank transfer over a
6-kilometre fibre link in Vienna this summer.
The prizes were awarded in Prague today by Janez Potocnik, EU commissioner
for science and research.
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Professor Michael Anshel
Department of Computer Sciences R8/206
The City College of New York
New York,New York 10031
http://www-cs.engr.ccny.cuny.edu/~csmma/
csmma@cs.ccny.cuny.edu
MikeAt1140@aol.com
http://www.physicsweb.org/articles/news/8/12/2/1
Quantum cryptography wins Descartes prize
2 December 2004
A collaboration that involves physicists from six European countries and the
US has been awarded part of the European Union's Descartes prize for
research for their work on quantum cryptography. They share the
prize
with life scientists studying mitochondrial DNA.
The IST-QuComm collaboration is made up of research groups in Sweden,
Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and the UK, plus a team at the Los
Alamos National Laboratory in the US. Quantum cryptography allows two
parties to share a secret "key" that could make communications between them
much more secure than existing cryptographic techniques by encoding the key
with single photons. Any attempts by a third party to eavesdrop on the
communications can be readily detected. Quantum cryptography could have
applications in electronic communications, e-banking and e-voting.
Progress in quantum cryptography and related areas - such as entanglement
and teleportation - has been rapid in recent years. Last year, for instance,
physicists at the University of Vienna succeeded in sending entangled
photons 600 metres across the river Danube, while a group at the University
of Geneva recently demonstrated quantum teleportation at telecom wavelengths
through a 4-kilometre optical fibre cable. The IST-QuComm consortium also
performed the first ever quantum cryptographic bank transfer over a
6-kilometre fibre link in Vienna this summer.
The prizes were awarded in Prague today by Janez Potocnik, EU commissioner
for science and research.
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Professor Michael Anshel
Department of Computer Sciences R8/206
The City College of New York
New York,New York 10031
http://www-cs.engr.ccny.cuny.edu/~csmma/
csmma@cs.ccny.cuny.edu
MikeAt1140@aol.com