The University of Arizona / MATHEMATICS

SWRIMS HIGH SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

Introduction to Cryptology

Saturday, 7 November 1998, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Mathematics Building, Room 402


This workshop is geared towards middle school and high school students who have had a course in algebra but have not yet had a course in precalculus. This workshop does not prepare students for our advanced cryptology workshops.


Workshop schedule:
  • Introduction (Pat Deeren)
  • Cryptography Basics (Carole)
    • Substitution ciphers
    • Caesar Shifts
  • Affine ciphers (Pat/Carole)
  • Cryptaid
  • Modular arithmetic (Randy)
  • Enigma (Randy)

Workshop participants:

Wakefield Middle School
Tucson, Arizona
Teachers:
  Karla Teran
Karla Teran's students:
  Casey Beane
  Hansel Hernandez
  Armando Ochoa
  Richard Rios
  Nicole Valenzuela

Vail Middle School
Tucson, Arizona
Randy Moon's students:
  Anna Deng
  Ben Kirchner
  Sarah Leung
  Jennifer Tashiro
  Gabe Wigtil

  

Tucson High School
Tucson, Arizona
Virginia Bohme's students:
  Melissa Baker
  Daniel Einfrank
  Monique Montaño
  Rachel Neubeck
  Amtul Qureshi
  Rahm Rodriguez
  Ben Schindler
  Shalom Verdugo
  Adam Weiss

  

Orange Grove Middle School
Tucson, Arizona
Teachers:
  Laura Stepanak
Laura Stepanak's students:
  Patrick Beahan
  Jinna Borgstrom
  Garrett Lim
  Eric Lutz
  Becca Mandel
  Nell McCallum
  Fiona Miller
  Kendal Nystedt
  Braden Pruitt
  Olivia Rhoades
  Gray VanderLinde

Summary: 2 teachers and 30 students.


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