Finite Fields and Applications: Eighth International Conference on Finite Fields and Applications, July 9-13, 2007, Melbourne, Australia Book

Analysis and optimization of elliptic-curve single-scalar multiplication Daniel J. Bernstein Bernstein, Daniel J. Tanja Lange Lange, Tanja 1

On influences of Boolean variables and their computation Serdar Boztas Boztas, Serdar 21

Subsequences of Sidelnikov sequences Nina Brandstatter Brandstatter, Nina Arne Winterhof Winterhof, Arne 33

A multi-level blocking distinct-degree factorization algorithm Richard P. Brent Brent, Richard P. Paul Zimmerman Zimmerman, Paul 47

New bounds on some parameters in the Waring problem for polynomials over a finite field Mireille Car Car, Mireille 59

Dickson polynomial permutations Mihai Cipu Cipu, Mihai Stephen D. Cohen Cohen, Stephen D. 79

Ring theoretic study of linear codes using additive polynomials Vinay Deolalikar Deolalikar, Vinay 91

Toward a complete twin primes theorem for polynomials over finite fields Gove Effinger Effinger, Gove 103

On the distribution of the elliptic curve power generator Edwin El-Mahassni El-Mahassni, Edwin Igor E. Shparlinksi Shparlinksi, Igor E. 111

Discrete logarithms in curves over finite fields Andreas Enge Enge, Andreas 119

Some remarks on the Hasse-Arf theorem Arnaldo Garcia Garcia, Arnaldo Henning Stichtenoth Stichtenoth, Henning 141

Character sums for sequences of iterations of Dickson polynomials Domingo Gomez Gomez, Domingo Arne Winterhof Winterhof, Arne 147

What can be used instead of a Barker sequence? Jonathan Jedwab Jedwab, Jonathan 153

Order dividing extension fields and the root computation problem Anna M. Johnston Johnston, Anna M. 179

Kasami bent functions are not equivalent to their duals Philippe Langevin Langevin, Philippe Gregor Leander Leander, Gregor Gary McGuire McGuire,Gary 187

Equidistribution of roots of L-function of Gold exponential sum V. Kumar Murty Murty, V. Kumar Kenneth W. Shum Shum, Kenneth W. 199

Reduced linear modular systems Edusmildo Orozco Orozco, Edusmildo 205

Cocyclic Butson Hadamard matrices and codes over Z[subscript n] via the trace map N. Pinnawala Pinnawala, N. A. Rao Rao, A. 213

Dickson permutation polynomials that decompose in cycles of the same length Ivelisse M. Rubio Rubio, Ivelisse M. Gary L. Mullen Mullen, Gary L. Carlos Corrada Corrada, Carlos Francis N. Castro Castro, Francis N. 229

The simplex code over Galois rings H. Tapia-Recillas Tapia-Recillas, H. 241

Finite fields and Galois geometries J. A. Thas Thas, J. A. 251