Covert Ops by James E Parker Jr
Computational aspects of geometry of numbers have been revolutionized by the Lenstra-Lenstra-Lovasz lattice reduction algorithm (L), which has led to bre- throughs in elds as diverse as computer algebra, cryptology, and algorithmic number theory. After its publication in 1982, L was immediately recognized as one of the most important algorithmic achievements of the twentieth century, because of its broad applicability and apparent simplicity. Its popularity has kept growing since, as testi ed by the hundreds of citations of the original article, and the ever more frequent use of L as a synonym to lattice reduction. As an unfortunate consequence of the pervasiveness of the L algorithm, researchers studying and applying it belong to diverse scienti c communities, and seldom meet. While discussing that particular issue with Damien Stehle at the 7th Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS VI) held in Berlin in July 2006, John Cremona accuratelyremarkedthat 2007would be the 25th anniversaryof L and this deserveda meetingto celebrate that event. The year 2007was also involved in another arithmetical story. In 2003 and 2005, Ali Akhavi, Fabien Laguillaumie, and Brigitte Vallee with other colleagues organized two workshops on cryptology and algorithms with a strong emphasis on lattice reduction: CAEN '03 and CAEN '05, CAEN denoting both the location and the content (Cryptologie et Algori- miqueEn Normandie). Veryquicklyafterthe ANTSconference, AliAkhavi, Fabien Laguillaumie, and Brigitte Vallee were thus readily contacted and reacted very enthusiastically about organizing the L birthday conference. The organization committee was formed.
James E. Parker, Jr., was born in North Carolina in 1942. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he served as a U.S. Army infantry platoon leader in South Vietnam from 1965 to 1966.
In the summer of 1970 he was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency's clandestine service and sent to fight the covert war in Laos. After Laos he was assigned to the CIA unit in the delta of South Vietnam. Prior to the April 1975 closing of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Parker helped evacuate Vietnamese CIA agents and was one of the last Americans out of Vietnam. He continued as an intelligence officer, working abroad in Africa and Asia. Now retired, he lives in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
In the summer of 1970 he was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency's clandestine service and sent to fight the covert war in Laos. After Laos he was assigned to the CIA unit in the delta of South Vietnam. Prior to the April 1975 closing of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Parker helped evacuate Vietnamese CIA agents and was one of the last Americans out of Vietnam. He continued as an intelligence officer, working abroad in Africa and Asia. Now retired, he lives in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312963408 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312963408 |
| Title | Covert Ops |
| Author | James E Parker Jr |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
| Year published | 1997-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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