* 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