"2016 Cryptology Summer School for University Students" organized by TÜBİTAK BİLGEM National Electronics and Cryptology Research Institute (UEKAE) between August 22-26, 2016 has been completed. The summer school event held at TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE attracted great interest and 30 successful candidates attended the training.

Students from Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering and Mathematics departments of universities were trained in three main branches of cryptology. The first of these, "History of Cryptology", explained the birth and historical development of the science of cryptology. In addition, young people were introduced to the Enigma encryption device used in the Second World War, which influenced the course of the war. In another training, "Cryptographic Building Blocks and Analysis Techniques", starting from basic encryption techniques, sequence and block encryption, hash functions, public key encryption methods and cryptographic protocols, which are the heart of secure communication systems, were explained. In the third part of the training, secure software development methods, examples of modern application areas of cryptology and predictions for the near future were presented. In addition to these, quantum cryptography technology, which will lead to major changes all over the world if it can be realized, was also examined under a separate heading. Furthermore, secure communication systems, wireless networks and their types, security standards, TEMPEST, electromagnetic antenna and radar systems were introduced.

In addition to being educational, the summer school also provided young people with an enjoyable time. With the "Treasure Hunt" game, students were divided into groups and asked to solve the encrypted messages given to them. In addition, the designated groups worked intensively outside the training period to design new and original crypto algorithms in the "My First Algorithm Project Presentations". On the last day of the training, the groups presented their designs while the other groups tried to break these crypto algorithms. In addition to these, Science Talks were held in the evenings during the week and talks on robotics, embedded systems, arduino and cyber security were organized.

The university students, who received certificates of participation at the closing ceremony, completed the one-week cryptology training.