Quantum Cryptography and Applications
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "Mathematics and Computer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 4445
Special Issue Editors
Interests: quantum cryptography; quantum cryptographic protocol; quantum secure direct communication; quantum key distribution; quantum information
Interests: quantum cryptography; quantum information; quantum computation; anomaly detection
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: quantum cryptography; semi-quantum communications; multimedia authentication; anomaly detection for industrial control system; artificial intelligence in agriculture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In 1994, Peter Shor has developed a quantum algorithm to make the public-key cryptosystems that build on top of difficult mathematical problems, such as integer factorization and discrete logarithms that are breakable in practice. In the presence of quantum computers, Shor’s algorithm can leverage the parallel nature of quantum gates to efficiently crack the state-of-the-art classical cryptographic techniques in polynomial time, which has raised a serious security concern for the current communication systems. The discovery of Shor’s algorithm has led to a boom in quantum cryptography research. Quantum cryptography refers to the design of encryption and decryption systems using the properties of quantum physics to achieve unconditional security. The first quantum key distribution protocol was proposed by Bennett and Brassard in 1984. Since then, various quantum cryptographic communication protocols and applications have flourished. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to publish original scientific articles dedicated to quantum cryptography and its applications. We invite researchers to submit their theoretical or experimental contributions on topics including, but not limited to: quantum key distribution, quantum key agreement, quantum secret sharing, quantum private comparison, quantum summation, quantum network, quantum direct communication, deterministic quantum communication, quantum dialogue, and semi-quantum communications.
Dr. Chun-Wei Yang
Dr. Chia-Wei Tsai
Dr. Jason Lin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- quantum key distribution
- quantum key agreement
- quantum secret sharing
- quantum private comparison
- quantum summation
- quantum network
- quantum direct communication
- deterministic quantum communication
- quantum dialogue
- quantum digital signatures
- quantum security analysis
- semi-quantum communications