Hey guys, I’m David Wong, a 24 years old french dude who’s going to start a Master of Cryptology in the university of Bordeaux 1.

Cryptology (or as Americans like to call it: Cryptography, because we all know they don’t care about etymology) is the study of the techniques for secure communications (thanks Wikipedia!), from withdrawing money with a fake credit card to establishing a safe phone conversation between two government officials, it can mean a lot of things… I still have no clue what my future job will be, that’s why I had the idea of making this small blog where I could post about my ventures into this new world and, hopefully, being able to take a step back and see what I did, what I liked, what happened in two years of Master (and maybe more).

I’ve already took Cryptography I given by Dan Boneh from Stanford and I must say I really enjoyed going through his course. Might be one of the most interesting and eloquent teacher I had in my life, and I have never met him. Had a few back and forth mail exchanges with him but sadly, there was no collaboration between our universities. California I’ll see you later in life I guess.

I’ll also post some thoughts about the new city I’ll be moving to : Bordeaux. This is for at least 2 years, or less if I change my mind. Anyway, this is going to be exciting!