Women in Cryptography

Dear Colleagues,

In the past, cybersecurity was considered a purely male research field, as shown by the gap between the number of women and men involved in both studies and job positions in this area. However, very high levels have been reached by female researchers in the academic field of cryptography.

The Special Issue, “Women in Cryptography”, is part of MDPI’s “Women’s Special Issue Series” and aims to promote, support and encourage the contribution of women from all over the world who focus their research on cryptography.

Contributions to this Issue, in which a woman is either the first author or one of the corresponding authors, can be submitted as original research articles or reviews, and can cover any topic in the field of cryptography. We also encourage submissions from men, especially those related to previous research carried out by women.

Suggested topics include, but are not restricted to:

• Complexity-theoretic cryptography;
• Information-theoretic security;
• Symmetric encryption;
• Public-key encryption;
• Digital signatures and message authentication codes;
• Authentication, identification and access control;
• Cryptographic protocols.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Barbara Masucci
Guest Editor

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