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This week, we will look at cryptographic hash functions. These are another widely used tool in modern cryptography that allow for secure communication. In brief, they take an input and scramble or ‘hash’ it to form an output — they are a way to hide information. In this tutorial, we will look at what…

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Jul 12, 2018

PKI: Public Key Infrastructure

We have previously seen how public key cryptography works and that it is widely used in modern day…

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Jul 10, 2018

STEM careers: what questions do you want to ask?

Oxbridge Inspire’s ‘Exhibition of Ideas’ workshop was at Coopers’ Company and Coborn School last week for their STEM Festival, where we encouraged sixth form students to explore STEM topics, skills and career options with an open mind.

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Jul 5, 2018

Inside the Game: ‘Cambridge Codebreakers: The Last Secret’

‘The Last Secret’ game has just concluded a second sell-out run, so we decided to discuss codebreaking with its presenters: the University of Cambridge Museums, in partnership with Fire Hazard Games, and their external consultant…

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Jul 5, 2018

ElGamal Encryption Scheme

This week, we will see the ElGamal encryption scheme; we are considering public key cryptography, so we use public and secret keys to achieve this encryption scheme.

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Jul 2, 2018

A life-changing Biology Teacher

We asked Ruth Fox, a 19-year-old mental health advocate, footballer, public speaker and author, about her take on mental health awareness in education.

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Jul 2, 2018

What are quantum computers and how do they work?

An article by Cambridge Coding Academy alumna, Apoorva Verma.

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Jun 28, 2018

Hard problems in cryptography

Hardness assumptions on mathematical problems lie at the heart of modern cryptography; they are often what ensure one cannot break an encryption scheme. This week we will see what hard problems are and how they can offer this underlying security. We have two of examples of…

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Jun 28, 2018

From Entrepreneur to Startup Advisor — Allister Frost on Being Your Own Boss and the Currency of the Future

What does it mean to pursue a career in STEM?

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Jun 25, 2018

Group Theory: Answers

Here, we look at the solution to the exercise set in this week’s tutorial, which introduced group theory.