Arithmetic, Geometry, Cryptography and Coding Theory 2009

This volume contains the proceedings of the 12th conference on Arithmetic, Geometry, cryptography and coding Theory, held in Marseille, France from March 30 to April 3, 2009, as well as the first Geocrypt conference, held in pointe-a-pitre, guadeloupe, from April 27 to may 1, 2009, and the European science Foundation exploratory workshop on curves, coding Theory, and Cryptography, held in Marseille, France from March 25 to 29, 2009.

The articles Contained in this volume come from three related symposia organized by the group Arithmetique et Theorie de I' Information in Marseille. The topics cover arithmetic properties of curves and higher dimensional varieties with applications to codes and cryptography.