The Lincoln Laboratory Cipher program is a non-residential summer workshop providing an introduction to theoretical cryptography. This summer STEM program is a FREE one-week enrichment class for high-school students who are interested in mathematics or cyber security. This year's LLCipher will be held from August 4 to August 8, 2024.
What will participants do?
Students will learn how to build a secure encryption scheme and digital signature. Time permitting, they will also study some more recent developments in cryptography, like homomorphic encryption and multi-party computation, both of which enable computation over secret data without revealing the data. The class has no official pre-requisites, although we will cover some abstract algebra, number theory, and complexity theory, upon which much of theoretical cryptography is built.
What is the cost?
Free. This is a non-residential program. Students will provide their own transportation to and from the MIT main campus at the beginning and end of each class. Lunch will be provided.
This program is open to:
- U.S. citizens and permanent residents
- High-school students interested in mathematics or cyber security
Student application deadline: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM EST.
LLCipher
The Lincoln Laboratory Cipher program is a non-residential summer workshop providing an introduction to theoretical cryptography. This summer STEM program is a FREE one-week enrichment class for high-school students who are interested in mathematics or cyber security. This year's LLCipher will be held from August 4 to August 8, 2024.
What will participants do?
Students will learn how to build a secure encryption scheme and digital signature. Time permitting, they will also study some more recent developments in cryptography, like homomorphic encryption and multi-party computation, both of which enable computation over secret data without revealing the data. The class has no official pre-requisites, although we will cover some abstract algebra, number theory, and complexity theory, upon which much of theoretical cryptography is built.
What is the cost?
Free. This is a non-residential program. Students will provide their own transportation to and from the MIT main campus at the beginning and end of each class. Lunch will be provided.
This program is open to:
- U.S. citizens and permanent residents
- High-school students interested in mathematics or cyber security
Student application deadline: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM EST.