* AES3, Third Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Candidate Conference, New York, New York, USA, April 13-14, 2000. (Submissions due: January 15, 2000) In the summer of 1999, NIST began Round 2 of the technical analysis of five candidate algorithms that have been selected as finalists for the AES development effort. Near the end of Round 2, the 3rd AES Candidate Conference (AES3) will focus on discussion of the technical resuts of Round 2 and views on candidates for Round 3. A complete call-for-papers is given on the conference web page at http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/round2/conf3/aes3conf.htm