Advances in Post-Quantum Cryptography
A special issue of Cryptography (ISSN 2410-387X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 June 2026 | Viewed by 1784
Special Issue Editors
Interests: post-quantum cryptography; fully homomorphic encryption; physical layer cryptography
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Quantum computation is currently one the most biggest threat to cryptography. Theoretically, the security of modern cryptography is built on computational complexity theory, while quantum computation has changed the edge and structure of the computational complexity map and thus brings a transformative threat to the cryptography field. To prepare for the threat of quantum computing, many countries and international standard organizations have initiated the standardization and migration of post-quantum cryptography. To promote the development of post-quantum cryptography, we are organizing this Special Issue. Topics of interest include, but not limited to, the foundational theory of quantum secure cryptography; design and analysis of post-quantum cryptography schemes; implementation of post-quantum cryptography based on CPU, FPGA, GPU, ASIC, ARM, and RISC-V; security proof in the quantum random oracle model; design and analysis of quantum circuit for cryptography; migration of secure protocols; and applications of post-quantum cryptography in financial systems, mobile communication, power systems, intelligent transportation systems, and blockchain.
Dr. Xianhui Lu
Prof. Dr. Jianfeng Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- post-quantum cryptography
- privacy
- authentication
- access control
- intrusion detection
- cloud system
- blockchain
- machine learning
- deep learning
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