phc-discussions - RE: [PHC] Competition process

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Message-ID: <9A043F3CF02CD34C8E74AC1594475C73AAFEFEDA@uxcn10-5.UoA.auckland.ac.nz>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:36:51 +0000
From: Peter Gutmann <pgut001@...auckland.ac.nz>
To: "discussions@...sword-hashing.net" <discussions@...sword-hashing.net>
Subject: RE: [PHC] Competition process

Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com> writes:

>I think we might want to specifically encourage collaborative work.

Absolutely.  There's already been a fair bit of cross-pollination, and the
various candidates have come out better because of it.  Although this is
technically a competition, it really works more as a competitive selection
process rather than an "I win and you lose" race.

Peter.