Young CryptograpHers Cybercamp 2019

The first   Young CryptograpHers Cybersecurity Summer Camp  took place at FAU’s Boca Raton campus on July 29 to August 2, 2019. The camp featured 46 enthusiastic girls from local high schools, spanning Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. Director  Edoardo Persichetti, together with colleagues Rainer Steinwandt and Shi Bai, coordinated a week revolving around the world of Post-Quantum Cryptography. This included lectures, on-hand coding activities, and guest presentations by FAU alumnae Angela Robinson (NIST) and Olivia Fernandez (SRT Group), as well as former NSA executive Margaret Salter.