Speaker
Andrea Ottolini (UAB)
Date
Mon, Oct 19 2026, 5:00pm
Location
Sequoia 200
How many distinct symbols should a password use if information about which symbols are used is leaked? For a password of fixed length n, the classical answer is roughly 0.72n. I will discuss some variants and their connections with condensation phenomena and equivalence of ensembles. Time permitting, I will mention some natural follow-up questions.