# Brendan Cody-Kenny: Genetic programming cut the execution cost of a Java implementation of the Ascon cipher by 50%.

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### 2016-01-01 update #cryptography #genetic-improvement #performance
Genetic programming cut the execution cost of a Java implementation of the Ascon cipher by 50%.
- Paper: Every Instruction Matters: Automatic Performance Improvement of a Cryptographic Cipher.
- Cody-Kenny, Barrett, Picek and Jakobovic. Submitted to Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines.

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