The school offers a wide range of courses in cryptology, from basic training to advanced techniques for senior staff, as well as courses in language, leadership, education, and business.
It was the first major conference on cryptology, and was all the more important because relations between government, industry and academia were rather tense.
Specifically mentioned are cases of research involving cryptology, information security, and data analysis, or "any other purpose that the minister considers appropriate".
Computer science, computational science, population genetics, operations research, cryptology, econometrics, theoretical physics, and actuarial science are other fields that may be considered part of mathematical sciences.
