CACR meaning in Academic & Science ?

What is Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research mean?

The Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (CACR) is a group of industrial representatives, professors, and students at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada who work and do research in the field of cryptography.

The CACR aims to facilitate leading-edge cryptographic research, to educate students at postgraduate levels, to host conferences and research visits, and to partner with various industries. It was officially opened on June 19, 1998.

The CACR involves students and professors from four departments at the school: Combinatorics & Optimization, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Pure Math. It does not have a physical location, but utilizes resources from all the aforementioned departments.

The CACR plays a part in many conferences and workshops, including the following:

CACR Information Security WorkshopPrivacy and Security WorkshopWorkshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)Workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC)

The CACR includes the following notable faculty:

Scott Vanstone, professor, co-author of the Handbook of Applied Cryptography, founder of CerticomAlfred Menezes, professor, co-author of the Handbook of Applied CryptographyNeal Koblitz, adjunct professor, creator of elliptic curve cryptography and hyperelliptic curve cryptographyDoug Stinson, professor, author of Cryptography: Theory and PracticeIan Goldberg, assistant professor, creator of Off-the-Record Messaging reference