Welcome to Asiacrypt 2003 The Asiacrypt Conferences are series of annual meetings on high quality research in cryptology.  Asiacrypt 2003 is organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) in cooperation with National Cheng Kung University(NCKU) and the Chinese Cryptology and Information Security Association (CCISA) in Taiwan. Asiacrypt 2003 will be held from November 30 to December 4, 2003, in the Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan. In Eurocrypt 2003, it was a board meeting held by IACR. During the meeting, IACR made the following conclusion that Asiacrypt 2003 will be held as usual. In fact, SARS is not the problem of Asia, and it's the hot issue all over the world. IACR encourages everyone to submit high-quality papers to Asiacrypt 2003 and attends the conference. If SARS is still out of control before November, IACR will try its best to protect everyone against SARS, including video conference. Please send the hotel reservation form before Nov.15 if needed. After this date, the reservations listed are not guaranteed. Program Chair: Chi Sung Laih General Chair: Chin Chen Chang

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