We introduce the notion of associative one-way functions and prove that they exist if and only if P 6= NP. As evidence of their utility, we present two novel protocols that apply ...
We formalize a notion of topological simplification within the framework of a filtration, which is the history of a growing complex. We classify a topological change that happens ...
Herbert Edelsbrunner, David Letscher, Afra Zomorod...
Many academic and industry professionals have called for more testing in computer science curricula. Test-driven development (TDD) has been proposed as a solution to improve testi...
Quantum 2-party cryptography differs from its classical counterpart in at least one important way: Given blak-box access to a perfect commitment scheme there exists a secure 1−2...
Grid computing has been the subject of many large national and international IT projects in the past. However, it seems that the general expectations in Grids have not come true. ...
Uwe Schwiegelshohn, Rosa M. Badia, Marian Bubak, M...