CISaC Activities

Cultivating partnerships and forming effective collaborations with other academic institutions, professional societies, industry and government that result in practical, tangible outcomes such as joint research and collaborative training programs.

Maintaining an active Distinguished Visitors' Program to bring top researchers to the University of Calgary.

Recruiting top students at all levels – undergraduate, Masters, PhD and post-doctorate – to be part of our program.

Offering a sequence of courses as part of an area of concentration in cryptography within the undergraduate program in Mathematics, and developing courses for a concentration in information security within the Computer Science undergraduate program (the information security concentration is anticipated to go online in Fall 2006).

Offering a variety of graduate courses in cryptography and related areas that could be accessed by students in mathematics, computer science and engineering.

Sponsoring and providing outreach and training activities such as public lectures, special workshops, conferences and summer schools.