# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (Jan 20, 2014)

* Lemminkainen proposed a "hardcore journal club" in the East Bay area where participants would bring their favorite recently-read papers to discuss and map connections between discoveries and fields, potentially connecting to the BRAINS conference (http://brainsconference.com/).

* A paper on measurement science was shared and archived by the channel's paperbot system (http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-0233/22/11/115801/pdf/0957-0233_22_11_115801.pdf).

* A neuroscience paper from Cell/Neuron was discussed and shared among participants, demonstrating the channel's focus on sharing academic research.

* A resource on choosing safe curves for elliptic-curve cryptography was shared (http://safecurves.cr.yp.to/), with subsequent discussion noting that Bitcoin's curve is considered insecure according to the criteria.

* Participants discussed historical cryptography export restrictions, including how PGP source code was printed in books to legally circumvent US export controls in the 1990s before Clinton's administration relaxed these restrictions.

* A quantum cellular randomness tool called "MKRAND" was briefly mentioned with a link to its source code (http://www.tag.md/public/mkrand-TA1.tar.gz).