Speaker: 

Joshua Hill

Institution: 

UCI

Time: 

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 3:00pm

Host: 

Location: 

RH 340N

In this talk, I describe the Function Field Sieve algorithm and its
application to solving the discrete log problem, highlighting Joux's
recent advancements that reduce the heuristic work factor to L(1/4 + o(1)).