Daniel Panario - Talks (selected list)

Seminars:

• ``Normal and k-normal elements over finite fields'', Instituto de Matematica y Estadística Prof. Ing. Rafael Laguardia, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo (Uruguay), August 2024.
• ``Finite fields in combinatorial arrays: constructions and applications'', Instituto de Matematica y Estadística Prof. Ing. Rafael Laguardia, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo (Uruguay), August 2023.
• ``The dynamics of iterating functions over finite fields'', Discrete Math Seminar, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (Canada), April 2023.
• ``Probabilistic root finding in code-based cryptography'', joint Tutte Colloquium and Computer Algebra Seminar, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization and David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo (Canada), Decenber 2022.
• ``Probabilistic root finding in code-based cryptography'', Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), November 2022.
• ``The dynamics of iterating functions over finite fields'', Galois Geometries and their Applications, online, December 2021.
• ``Algunas relaciones entre numeros primos y polinomios irreducibles sobre cuerpos finitos'', Seminario Latinoamericano de Teoría de Numeros (LATeN), online, October 2021.
• ``Irreducible polynomials over finite fields for arithmetic in cryptography'', Technology Innovation Institute, online, April 2021.
• ``Finite fields in combinatorial arrays: constructions and spplications'', Discrete Math Seminar, Simon Fraser University, online, March 2021.
• ``Analytic and probabilistic combinatorics for polynomials over finite fields'', Seminar on Coding Theory and Cryptography, Applied Algebra Group, University of Zurich (Switzerland), online, July 2020.
• ``Combinatorial arrays: constructions and applications'', Institute of Computing, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas (Brazil), December 2019.
• ``Finite field functions to counterattack linear and differential cryptanalysis'', Department of Mathematics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (Brazil), October 2019.
• ``Open problems for polynomials over finite fields'', Instituto de Matematica y Estadística Prof. Ing. Rafael Laguardia, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo (Uruguay), October 2019.
• ``Analytic and probabilistic combinatorics for polynomials over finite fields'', Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark (USA), April 2019.
• ``Encrypt, decode: The role of math in information security throughout history'', Science Cafe, Ottawa, March 2019.
• ``Iterating functions over finite fields'' (in Portuguese), Seminario: Curvas Algébricas e temas afins, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas (Brazil), October 2017.
• ``Some open problems in finite fields'' (in Portuguese), Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife (Brazil), August 2016.
• ``An introduction to iteration of functions over finite fields'' (in Portuguese), Departamento de Informática e Estatística, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis (Brazil), February 2016.
• ``Open problems for polynomials over finite fields and applications'' (in Portuguese), Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas (Brazil), August 2015.
• ``Applications of finite fields'' (in Spanish), Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan (Puerto Rico), April 2015.
• ``Analytic and probabilistic combinatorics for polynomials over finite fields'', joint Tutte Colloquium and Computer Algebra Seminar, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization and David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo (Canada), February 2015.
• ``Analytic and probabilistic combinatorics for polynomials over finite fields'' (in Portuguese), Departamento de Ciencia da Computacao, Universidade de Sao Paulo (Brazil), Sao Paulo (Brazil), June 2014.
• ``1+1=0'' (in Portuguese), Instituto de Matematica, Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (Brazil), April 2013.
• ``Corpos finitos: teoria e aplicacoes'' (in Portuguese), Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica , Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas (Brazil), March 2013.
• ``Corpos finitos: algoritmos e aplicacoes'' (in Portuguese), Departamento de Informática e Estatística , Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis (Brazil), October 2012.
• ``Costas arrays, Latin squares, Sudoku: some cool applications of finite fields'', Science Cafe, Ottawa, November 2011.
• ``Polynomials over finite fields: algorithms and randomness'', Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics IPM, Tehran (Iran), June 2011.
• ``Normal bases in finite fields", Mathematics Department, Penn State University, Pennsylvania (USA), April 2011.
• ``Normal bases in finite fields", Clarkson University, Potsdam (USA), July 2010.
• ``Applications of finite fields and an example of a combinatorial application'' (in Spanish), Institute of Mathematics and Statistics Rafael Laguardia, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo (Uruguay), August 2009.
• ``Counting Polynomials over Finite Fields: Random Properties and Algorithms'', Mathematics Department, Penn State University, Pennsylvania (USA), April 2009.
• ``Normal bases in finite fields'' (in Portuguese), Departamento de Ciencia da Computacao, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (Brazil), May 2008.
• ``Interval partitions and polynomial factorization over finite fields'' (in Spanish), Departament of Llenguatges i Sistemes Informatics, University Politecnica of Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain), April 2007.
• ``How to factor a one million degree polynomial in one day'', Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Florence (Italy), February 2007.
• ``How to factor a one million degree polynomial in one day'' (in Portuguese), Institute of Computing, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas (Brazil), December 2005.
• ``Some asymptotic enumeration results in cryptography'', Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau, Macau (China), December 2003.
• ``What do random polynomials over finite fields look like?'', Tutte Colloquium, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo (Canada), July 2003.
• ``Pairs of coprime smooth polynomials and the Waterloo algorithm'', Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo (Canada), December 2001.
• ``The index calculus method using non-smooth polynomials'' (in Portuguese), Institute of Computing, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas (Brazil), April 2000.
• ``Polynomials over finite fields: algorithms, enumeration and randomness'', Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (Canada), February 2000.
• ``Polynomials over finite fields: algorithms, enumeration and randomness'', School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa (Canada), January 2000.
• ``Smallest components in random decomposable structures'', Seminaire de Combinatoire, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris (France), June 1999.
• ``Exact largest and smallest size of components in decomposable structures'', INRIA Rocquencourt, Le Chesnay (France), June 1999.
• ``Analysis of algorithms for polynomials over finite fields'', Computer Science Department, University of Western Ontario, London (Canada), May 1999.
• ``Analises de caso medio para algoritmos envolvendo polinomios sobre corpos finitos'' (in Portuguese), Institute of Computing, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas (Brazil), April 1998.
• ``Analises de caso medio para algoritmos envolvendo polinomios sobre corpos finitos'' (in Portuguese), Department of Mathematics, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis (Brazil), April 1998.
• ``Smallest components in random decomposable structures'', INRIA Rocquencourt, Le Chesnay (France), February 1998.
• ``Analysis of Ben-Or's polynomial irreducibility test'', Tutte Colloquium, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo (Canada), November 1997.
• ``Counting polynomials over finite fields and analysis of algorithms'', Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson (USA), May 1997.
• ``Counting polynomials over finite fields and analysis of algorithms'', INRIA Rocquencourt, Le Chesnay (France), October 1996.
• ``Orders of Gauss periods in finite fields'' Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Kent State University (USA), November, 1995.
• ``Gauss periods and efficient arithmetic in finite fields'', Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (Canada), September 1995.
• ``A survey on factoring polynomials over finite fields'' INRIA Rocquencourt, Le Chesnay (France), January 1995.
• ``A practical approach to factoring polynomials over finite fields'', Department of Mathematics, University of Geneva (Switzerland), February 1995.

Conferences:

• ``Trade-based LDPC codes'', Rijeka Conference on Combinatorial Objects and Their Applications RICCOTA 2023: Rijeka (Croatia), July 2023.
• ``The complexity of elliptic normal bases'', Central European Conference on Cryptography CECC 2023: Linz (Austria), July 2023.
• ``The dynamics of iterating functions over finite fields'', RICAM Mini Workshop on Finite Fields and Applications: Linz (Austria), June 2023.
• ``The functional graphs of generalized cyclotomic mappings of finite fields'', 15th Finite Fields and their Applications Conference, Paris (France), June 2023.
• ``Quantum QC-LDPC codes with large girth'', Coast Combinatorics Conference CCC 2023, Vancouver (Canada), March 2023.
• ``Quantum QC-LDPC codes with large girth'', ALgebraic and combinatorial methods for COding and CRYPTography ALCOCRYPT 2023, Marseille (France), February 2023.
• ``The dynamics of iterating functions over finite fields'', III Workshop on Finite Fields and Applications, Sao Carlos (Brazil), September 2022.
• ``Protograph-based LDPC codes with chordless short cycles and large minimum distance'', Special Session on Algebraic and Geometric Methods in Coding Theory, International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra ACA 2022, Istanbul (Turkey), August 2022.
• ``Linear label code of a lattice using Grobner bases'', Special Session on Effective Ideal Theory and Combinatorial Techniques in Commutative and non Commutative Rings and Their Applications, International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra ACA 2022, Istanbul (Turkey), August 2022.
• ``Comparing balanced sequences obtained from ElGamal function to random balanced sequences'', Combinatorics 2022, Mantua (Italy), June 2022.
• ``Towards constant-time probabilistic root finding for code-based cryptography'', Special Session on Mathematics of Digital Communications, Canadian Mathematical Society, online, Canada, December 2021.
• ``Normal and k-normal elements in finite fields'', Tercer Encuentro Argentino de Cuerpos Finitos y Temas Afines, online, Cordoba (Argentina), December 2021.
• ``Open problems in finite fields'', Current and Future Projects of the Selmer Center, Granada (Spain), November 2021.
• ``Comparing balanced sequences obtained from ElGamal function to random balanced sequences'', II Workshop em Corpos Finitos e Aplicacoes, online, September 2021.
• ``Finite fields in combinatorial arrays: constructions and spplications'', Latin American Congress of Mathematicians 2021, Montevideo (Uruguay), online, September 2021.
• ``Comparing balanced sequences obtained from ElGamal function to random balanced sequences'', Boolean Functions and their Applications 2021, Rosendal (Norway)/Hybrid, September 2021.
• ``Open problems for polynomials over finite fields'', Mathematical Congress of the Americas 2021, Buenos Aires, online, July 2021.
• ``LDPC codes based on trade designs'', CanaDAM 2021, online, May 2021.
• ``Construction of irreducible polynomials through rational transformations'', Special Session on Coding Theory, Cryptography, and Number Theory, AMS Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Chattanooga (USA), online, October 2020.
• ``Algumas aplicacoes dos corpos finitos'', Encontro Regional de Matematica Aplicada e Computacional (ERMAC I), Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil), online, September 2020.
• ``Finite field functions to counterattack linear and differential cryptanalysis'', ASCrypto 2019, part of Latincrypt 2019, Santiago (Chile), September 2019.
• ``Analytic and probabilistic combinatorics for polynomials over finite fields'', I Workshop em Corpos Finitos e Aplicacoes, Uberlandia (Brazil), September 2019.
• ``Ambiguity, deficiency and differential spectrum of normalized permutation polynomials over finite fields'', Boolean Functions and their Applications 2019, Florence (Italy), June 2019.
• ``Periods of iterations of functions with restricted preimage size'', 14th Finite Fields and their Applications Conference, Vancouver (Canada), June 2019.
• ``Finite fields in discrete mathematics”, CanaDAM 2019, Vancouver (Canada), May 2019.
• ``The research contributions of Francis Castro'', Congreso Anual de Matematicas en Puerto Rico (SIDIM), Humacao (Puerto Rico), March 2019.
• ``A finite field construction of QC-LDPC codes free of small size elementary trapping sets'', 30th Coast Combinatorics Conference, Honolulu (USA), February 2019.
• ``Open problems for polynomials over finite fields'', XXV Brazilian Algebra School, Campinas (Brazil), December 2018.
• ``A survey on iterations of mappings over finite fields'', Workshop on Pseudo-randomness and Finite Fields, Linz (Austria), October 2018.
• ``Algebraic QC-LDPC codes with girth 6 and free of small size elementary trapping set'', LAWCI (Latin American Week on Coding and Information Theory), Campinas (Brazil), July 2018.
• ``The dynamics of iterating functions over finite fields'', International Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Fields WAIFI 2018, Bergen (Norway), June 2018.
• ``Ambiguity, deficiency and differential spectrum of normalized permutation polynomials over finite fields'', Workshop on Finite Fields, Function Fields and Their Applications: In honour of Alev Topuzoğlu and Henning Stichtenoth, Istanbul (Turkey), April 2018.
• ``Covering arrays from m-sequences and character sums over finite fields'', Special Session on Design Theory, Canadian Mathematical Society Winter 2017 Meeting, Waterloo (Canada), December 2017.
• ``Some fundamental contributions of Gary Mullen to finite fields'', Carleton Finite Fields Day 2017, Ottawa (Canada), September 2017.
• ``The graph structure of Chebyshev polynomials over finite fields'', 10th International Workshop on Coding and Cryptography, Saint-Petersburg (Russia), September 2017.
• ``Ambiguity, deficiency and differential spectrum of low degree normalized permutation polynomials over finite fields'', Mathematical Congress of the Americas, Montreal (Canada), July 2017.
• ``The graph structure of Chebyshev polynomials over finite fields'', 13th Finite Fields and their Applications Conference, Gaeta (Italia), June 2017.
• ``Covering arrays from m-sequences and character sums over finite fields'', Special Session on Finite Fields and their Applications, AMS Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, New York (USA), May 2017.
• ``Iterating Redei functions over finite fields'', Special Session on Coding Theory, Cryptography, and Number Theory AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Charleston (USA), March 2017.
• ``Periods of iterations of mappings over finite fields with indegrees restricted to {0,k}'', Workshop on Analytic and Probabilistic Combinatorics, Banff (Canada), October 2016.
• ``On the cycle structure of iterating Redei functions'', XXI CLA (Colloquium Latinoamericano de Algebra), Buenos Aires (Argentina), July 2016.
• ``Some open problems in finite fields'', Workshop on Combinatorics and Finite Fields in Cryptograpy and Codes, Florianopolis (Brazil), July 2016.
• ``On the cycle structure of iterating Redei functions'', WMC 2016 (Workshop on Mathematics in Communications), Santander (Spain), July 2016.
• ``Covering arrays from m-sequences and character sums over finite fields'', Combinatorics 2016, Maratea (Italy), May 2016.
• ``Periods of iterations of mappings over finite fields with indegrees restricted to {0,k}'', Dynamics and Graphs over Finite Fields: Algebraic, Number Theoretic and Algorithmic Aspects, Marseille (France), March 2016.
• ``Open problems for polynomials over finite fields and applications'', CompuMat 2015, La Habana (Cuba), November 2015.
• ``On the heuristic of approximating polynomials over finite fields by random mapping'', 12th Finite Fields and their Applications Conference, Saratoga Springs (USA), July 2015.
• ``Open problems for polynomials over finite fields and applications'', Workshop on Finite Fields, Combinatorics and Cryptographical Applications, Florianopolis (Brazil), April 2015.
• ``Open problems for polynomials over finite fields and applications'', ALCOMA 15 (Algebraic Combinatorics and Applications conference, Banz Abbey (Germany), March 2015.
• ``The number of irreducible transformation shift registers'', Mathematics of Communications: Sequences, Codes and Designs, Banff (Canada), January 2015.
• ``Constructing covering arrays from m-sequences'', FoCM (Foundations of Computational Mathematics), Montevideo (Uruguay), December 2014.
• ``Redei actions on finite fields'', Brazilian Algebra Meeting, Maringa (Brazil), July 2014.
• ``The number of irreducible transformation shift registers'', 45th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, Boca Raton, Florida (USA), March 2014.
• ``Open problems for polynomials over finite fields and applications'', The Open Problems in MCS Conference, Istanbul (Turkey), September 2013.
• ``Existence and properties of k-normal elements over finite fields'', Mathematical Congress of the Americas, Guanajuato (Mexico), August 2013.
• ``Opportunities related to finite fields and their applications'', Mathematical Congress of the Americas, Guanajuato (Mexico), August 2013.
• ``Analytic and probabilistic combinatorics for polynomials over finite fields'', 11th International Conference on Finite Fields and their Applications, Magdeburg (Germany), July 2013.
• ``Random mappings with restricted preimages'', The Art of Iteration Rational Functions over Finite Fields, Banff (Canada), May 2013.
• ``Differential map, ambiguity and deficiency of permutations over finite fields'', FFCCA, Florianopolis (Brazil), April 2013.
• ``Random mappings with restricted preimages'', LatinCrypt 2012, Santiago (Chile), October 2012.
• ``The life and work of Philippe Flajolet'', LATIN 2012, Arequipa (Peru), April 2012.
• ``Cycle structure of permutation functions and their applications in deterministic interleavers for turbo codes'', AMS Sessional Meeting, Tampa (USA), March 2012.
• ``Two new measures for permutations: ambiguity and deficiency'', 10th Finite Fields and their Applications Conference Fq10, Ghent (Belgium), July 2011.
• ``The most important algorithm of Philippe Flajolet'', 2011 International Meeting on Probabilistic, Combinatorial and Asymptotic Methods for the Analysis of Algorithms AofA'11, Bedlewo (Poland), June 2011.
• ``Combinatorial applications of finite fields'', 3rd Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics Conference CanaDAM 2011, Victoria (Canada), May 2011.
• ``Divisibility of polynomials over finite fields and combinatorial applications'', Canadian Mathematical Society Winter 2010 Meeting: Vancouver (Canada), December 2010.
• ``Polynomials over finite fields: algorithms and randomness'', 2010 International Meeting on Probabilistic, Combinatorial and Asymptotic Methods for the Analysis of Algorithms AofA'10, Vienna (Austria), July 2010.
• ``Self-inverse permutation functions over finite fields and interleavers for turbo codes'', Canadian Mathematical Society Summer 2010 Meeting: Fredericton (Canada), June 2010.
• ``Counting polynomials over finite fields: random properties and algorithms'', A Modern Computer Algebraist Jo60, Bonn (Germany), May 2010.
• ``Normal bases in finite fields'', Antalya Algebra Days XII AAD XII, Antalya (Turkey), May 2010.
• ``Bivariate asymptotics for striped plane partitions'', Workshop on Analytic Algorithms and Combinatorics ANALCO'10, Austin (USA), January 2010.
• ``Interval partitions and polynomial factorization", 9th Finite Fields and their Applications Conference Fq9, Dublin (Ireland), July 2009.
• ``Division of polynomials over finite fields and orthogonal arrays'', British Combinatorial Conference BCC 2009, St Andrews (Scotland), July 2009.
• ``Asymptotics of smallest components sizes in decomposable combinatorial structures of alg-log type'', Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics Conference CanaDAM, CRM, Montreal (Canada), May 2009.
• ``Counting polynomials over finite fields: random properties and algorithms'', Ottawa Mathematics Conference, Ottawa University, Ottawa (Canada), May 2009.
• ``The distribution of the number of encryptions in revocation schemes for stateless receivers'', Canadian Mathematical Society Winter 2008 Meeting: Ottawa (Canada), December 2008.
• ``Smallest components and restricted patterns in combinatorial decomposable structures'', AMS Sectional Meeting special session on Algorithmic Probability and Combinatorics: Vancouver (Canada), October, 2008.
• ``The distribution of the number of encryptions in revocation schemes for stateless receivers'', Fifth Colloquium on Mathematics and Computer Science: Algorithms, Trees, Combinatorics and Probabilities MathInfo'08, Blaubeuren (Germany), September, 2008.
• ``Smallest components and restricted patterns in combinatorial decomposable structures'', Combinatorics 2008, Costermano (Italy), June 2008.
• ``Analysis of some revocation schemes for stateless receivers'', 2008 Conference on Analysis of Algorithms AofA'08, Maresias (Brazil), April 2008.
• ``Low complexity normal elements'', 8th International Conference on Finite Fields and Applications Fq8, Melbourne (Australia), July 2007.
• ``The Size of the rth Smallest Component in Decomposable Structures with a Restricted Pattern'', 2007 Conference on Analysis of Algorithms AofA'07, Juan Les Pins (France), June 2007.
• ``Interval partitions and polynomial factorization over finite fields'', 1st Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics Conference CanaDAM, Banff (Canada), May 2007.
• ``The trace of an optimal normal element and low complexity normal bases'', Workshop on Coding and Cryptography 2007 WCC'07, Versailles (France), April 2007.
• ``Division of trinomials by pentanomials and orthogonal arrays'', Quinta Jornadas de Matematica Discreta y Algoritmica V JMDA, Soria (Spain), July 2006.
• ``Interval partitions and polynomial factorization over finite fields'', 2006 International Conference on the Analysis of Algorithms AofA'06, Alden Biesen (Belgium), July 2006.
• ``How to factor a one million degree polynomial in one day'', Coloquio Nacional de Codigos, Criptografia y Areas Relacionadas, Toluca (Mexico), June 2006.
• ``Degree distribution of the greatest common divisor of polynomials over finite fields'', Carleton Applied Probability Workshop, Ottawa (Canada), June 2006.
• ``Division of trinomials by pentanomials and orthogonal arrays'', Workshop on Covering Arrays, Ottawa (Canada), May 2006.
• ``Asymptotics of largest and smallest components in combinatorial structures'', CMS Winter 2005 Meeting, Victoria (Canada), December 2005.
• ``Largest and smallest components in combinatorial decomposable structures'', CombinaTexas'05, San Marcos, Texas (USA), February 2005.
• ``Degree distribution of the GCD of several univariate polynomials over finite fields'', Finite Fields: Theory and Applications, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Oberwolfach (Germany), December 2004.
• ``Polynomials over finite fields: random properties and algorithms'', 10th International Seminar on Analysis of Algorithms, MSRI Berkeley (USA), June 2004.
• ``Adaptive sampling for Quickfind'', SODA'04 (Symposium on Discrete Algorithms), New Orleans (USA), January 2004.
• ``A simple primality test and the rth smallest prime factor'', ANALCO'04 (Analytic Algorithmics and Combinatorics), New Orleans (USA), January 2004.
• ``Mutual irreducibility of polynomials over finite fields'', Special Session of the AMS Annual Joint Meeting on Coding and Design-Theoretic Applications of Polynomials, Phoenix (USA), January 2004.
• ``What do random polynomials over finite fields look like?'', Workshop on Combinatorics, Algorithms, and Applications, Ubatuba (Brazil), September 2003.
• ``Permutation binomials'', Workshop on Combinatorics, Algorithms, and Applications, Ubatuba (Brazil), September 2003.
• ``Asymptotics of combinatorial structures with large smallest component'', 9th International Seminar on Analysis of Algorithms, San Miniato (Italy), June 2003.
• ``What do random polynomials over finite fields look like?'', Finite Fields and Applications: Fq7, Toulouse (France), May 2003.
• ``Adaptive sampling for quickselect'', 2nd Cuban Workshop on Data Structures and Algorithms, La Habana (Cuba), April 2003.
• ``Some asymptotic enumeration results in cryptography'', 11th SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, San Diego (USA), August 2002.
• ``Pairs of coprime smooth polynomials and the Waterloo algorithm'', Seventh Seminar on Analysis of Algorithms, Tatihou (France), July 2001.
• ``Analysis of Rabin's polynomial irreducibility test'', Finite Fields and Applications: Fq6, Oaxaca (Mexico), May 2001.
• Finite Fields: a minicourse (3 hours) at Finite Fields and Applications: Fq6, Oaxaca (Mexico), May 2001.
• ``The index calculus method using non-smooth polynomials'', Algorithms and Number Theory, Schloss Dagstuhl (Germany), May 2001.
• ``Pairs of coprime smooth polynomials and the Waterloo algorithm'', Finite Fields: Theory and Applications, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Oberwolfach (Germany), January 2001.
• ``The index calculus method using non-smooth polynomials'', Smalefest' 2000: International Conference on Foundations of Computational Mathematics in honor of Prof. Smale's 70th Birthday, Hong Kong (China), July 2000.
• ``Polynomials over finite fields free from large and small degree irreducible factors and cryptographical applications'', Sixth International Seminar on Analysis of Algorithms, Gdansk (Poland), July 2000.
• ``Extremal sizes of components in random combinatorial structures'', 10th SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, Minneapolis (USA), June 2000.
• ``Average case analysis of sorting algorithms'', III Workshop in Combinatorics and Discrete Structures, Ubatuba (Brazil), April 2000.
• ``Exact largest and smallest size of components in decomposable structures'', Probabilistic Graph Theory Workshop, Fields Institute, Toronto (Canada), February 2000.
• ``Polynomials over finite fields free from large and small degree irreducible factors'', in Number Theory and Combinatorics Day, Johannesburg (South Africa), January 2000.
• ``The index calculus method using non-smooth polynomials'', in PACOM'2000 (5th Pan African Congress of Mathematicians), Cape Town (South Africa), January 2000.
• ``Smallest components in random decomposable structures", in Fifth Seminar on the Mathematical Analysis of Algorithms, Barcelona (Spain), June 1999.
• ``Average-case analysis of algorithms for polynomials over finite fields", in Average-Case Analysis of Algorithms, DIMACS Special Year on Massive Data Sets, Princeton University, Princeton (USA), July 1998.
• ``Analysis of polynomial irreducibility tests'', in 9th SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, Toronto (Canada), July 1998.
• ``An analytic approach to smooth polynomials over finite fields'' in ANTS III, Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium, Portland (USA), June 1998.
• ``Analysis of Rabin's polynomial irreducibility test'', LATIN'98, Latin American Theoretical INformatics'98, Campinas (Brazil), April 1998.
• ``Average-case analysis of algorithms for polynomials over finite fields'', Fourth International Conference on Finite Fields and Applications, University of Waterloo, Waterloo (Canada), August 1997.
• ``Analysis of Ben-Or's polynomial irreducibility test'', Random Structures and Algorithms'97, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland), August 1997.
• ``Tests and constructions of irreducible polynomials over finite fields'', 11th Ontario Combinatorics Workshop, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto (Canada), May 1997.
• ``Average-case analysis of algorithms for polynomials over finite fields'', Workshop on Probabilistic Analysis of Algorithms, DIMACS Focus on Discrete Probability, Princeton University (USA), May 1997.
• ``Tests and constructions of irreducible polynomials over finite fields'', Foundations of Computational Mathematics, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), January 1997.
• ``Counting polynomials over finite fields'', 10th Ontario Combinatorics Workshop, Fields Institute, Toronto (Canada), April 1996.
• ``Gauss periods: fast exponentiation, multiplicative orders and pseudorandom generator'', Workshop on Combinatorial Number Theory, DIMACS, Rutgers University (USA), February 1996.
• ``Density of normal elements'', American Mathematical Society session on Foundations and Mathematical Aspects of Computer Science, Kent State University (USA), November 1995.
• ``Density of normal elements'', 25th Manitoba Conference on Combinatorial Math and Computing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (Canada), September 1995.