Enhancing Classical Cipher Type Detection: Prompt Engineering with Common LLMs versus Usage of Custom AI Models

Maik Bastian, Bernhard Esslinger^*, Eckehard Hermann, Nils Kopal, Harald Lampesberger

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Historical Cryptology (HistoCrypt 2025)
Pages	1-11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10062/109739
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	8th International Conference on Historical Cryptography - Duration: 16 Jun 2025 → 18 Jun 2025

Conference	8th International Conference on Historical Cryptography
Abbreviated title	HistoCrypt 2025
Period	16.06.2025 → 18.06.2025

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Bastian, M, Esslinger, B, Hermann, E, Kopal, N & Lampesberger, H 2025, Enhancing Classical Cipher Type Detection: Prompt Engineering with Common LLMs versus Usage of Custom AI Models. in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Historical Cryptology (HistoCrypt 2025). pp. 1-11, 8th International Conference on Historical Cryptography, 16.06.2025. https://doi.org/10062/109739

Enhancing Classical Cipher Type Detection: Prompt Engineering with Common LLMs versus Usage of Custom AI Models. / Bastian, Maik; Esslinger, Bernhard; Hermann, Eckehard et al.
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Historical Cryptology (HistoCrypt 2025). 2025. p. 1-11.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Conference contribution › peer-review

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