From 760c37dc3024021637b3883fae6b93db0f925fe6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuriy Polyakov <polyakov@njit.edu>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:43:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added Release Notes

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+12/29/2017: PALISADE v1.1 is released
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+PALISADE v1.1  includes the following new capabilities, library enhancements, and optimizations:
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+* New efficient homomorphic scheme: BFVrns
+* Newly supported homomorphic operations for multi-depth computations
+* Type checking, type safety, and improved error handling
+* Faster/more capable Gaussian sampling
+* NTL integration as a new option for the multiprecision arithmetic backend
+* And more...
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+07/15/2017: PALISADE v1.0 is released
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