Matthieu Rivain

CHES 2026 Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems

🏆 CHES is currently seeking organisers for the CHES 2026 Challenge: ches.iacr.org/2026/callfor...

This is your opportunity to gamify and spotlight your favorite crypto engineering topic!

Tomorrow, I’ll present SmallWood at the NIST MPTS workshop (csrc.nist.gov/events/2026/...) a preview submission to the NIST MPTC process.

SmallWood is a hash-based (plausibly post-quantum) zero-knowledge proof system with competitive proof sizes for relatively small instances.

📄 ia.cr/2025/1085

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We have another event to announce: "PQCSA workshop Open-Source PQC Libraries and Implementations" on 30 Jan in Brussels, co-located with @fosdem.org

www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/events...

RWC 2026 accepted papers Real World Crypto Symposium

The accepted talks for Real World Crypto 2026 are now online: rwc.iacr.org/2026/accepte...

Thanks to everyone who submitted, and we look forward to the discussions at the symposium.

Happy to announce the posting of
D1.1 Survey of PQC algorithms
D1.3 Hot Topics and Open Problems in Post-Quantum Cryptography
D2.1 Survey of PQC protocols
pqcsa.eu/deliverables...
There are no formally approved deliverables, yet. These drafts are provided as is for the interest of the community.

PKC 2026 call for papers Public Key Cryptography

The call for papers for PKC 2026 is out: pkc.iacr.org/2026/callfor...

UK makes new attempt to access Apple cloud data Order issued in September comes after Trump administration said London had backed down in fight over encryption

The UK is demanding another backdoor in Apple’s encryption. www.ft.com/content/d101...

8 days left to submit your contributed talk to Real World Crypto 2026.
Submit here: submit.iacr.org/rwc2026/
Deadline: October 10

✨ New publication ✨
Thibauld Feneuil & Matthieu Rivain's paper that introduces “Threshold Computation in the Head” (TCitH) paradigm for ZK proofs and PQ signature schemes is published in the Journal of Cryptology’s ZK collection!
📃 ePrint: eprint.iacr.org/2023/1573
📘 Journal: doi.org/10.1007/s001...

🎓 CryptoExperts launches 5 short-format training modules in cryptography!

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👉 www.cryptoexperts.com/services/tra...

Announcing The First Recipients of The Zama Cryptanalysis Grants The Zama Cryptanalysis Grant Program supports research that challenges the security of today’s privacy-enhancing tech.

Super pleased to see that Zama has just announced the first recipients of the Zama Cryptanalysis Grants.

www.zama.ai/post/announc...

The projects supported cover security of FHE, MPC, TEEs and ZK.

The teams getting the grants represent some of the leading experts in their respective fields.

CHES 2025 Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems

The CHES Challenge is coming back in 2025 with two tracks!

🔬 GE Wars: Test your DL-SCA skills on real-world AES EM traces.

🔧 HACK@CHES'25: Dive into hardware security on a custom OpenTitan SoC.

🔗 ches.iacr.org/2025/challen...

#CHES2025 #SideChannel #HardwareSecurity

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