NIST Workshop on Cybersecurity in a Post-Quantum World
April 2 - April 3, 2015

NIST solicits papers, presentations, case studies, panel proposals,
and participation from any interested parties, including researchers,
systems architects, vendors, and users. NIST will post the accepted
papers and presentations on the workshop web site and include these in
a workshop handout. However, no formal workshop proceedings will be
published. NIST encourages presentations and reports on preliminary
work that participants plan to publish elsewhere. Topics for
submissions should include, but are not limited to, the following:

Security Status of Approved Public Key Cryptographic Algorithms

* How does the development of quantum computers affect the security of
          currently deployed public key algorithms? (E.g., encryption
          (for key transport), digital signatures, and key agreement)

* How would quantum computers affect other services which rely on
          public key infrastructure? (E.g. TLS, IPSec, etc.)

* Are there other concerns with the existing public key algorithms
          that would motivate the development of alternative
          cryptosystems?

* Are there other advanced computing technologies that could threaten
          the existing cryptosystems?

Short Term Actions

*         How urgent is the need for post-quantum cryptography?

* What changes to applications and protocols could mitigate potential
          interoperability problems?

* What guidance should NIST provide with respect to post-quantum
          cryptography?

Conditions for an Early Transition

* What conditions would warrant a transition away from one of the
          approved public key algorithms?

* What changes to applications and protocols could facilitate such a
          transition? (E.g., ways of combining existing public key
          algorithms with newer post-quantum cryptosystems)

Requirements for Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms

* What are desirable properties of post-quantum cryptosystems with
          regard to security, performance, ease of implementation, and
          interoperability?

* What are desirable properties of post-quantum cryptosystems with
          regard to particular applications, such as encryption,
          digital signatures, key exchange, and message
          authentication?

Potential Replacement Options

* What are the strengths and weaknesses of the different post-quantum
          cryptosystems that have been proposed? (E.g., schemes based
          on lattices, codes, multivariate systems of equations, hash
          trees, elliptic curve isogenies, Kerberos, etc.)

* How can one gain confidence in the security of these cryptosystems
          against quantum and classical attacks?

* Are there ways to estimate the real-world performance of a quantum
          algorithm, without running it on a quantum computer?

* Which of these cryptosystems are mature, and which ones require
          further development?

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Deadlines for submissions are:
*         Papers, Presentations and Proposals Due: December 15, 2014
*         Authors Notified: February 1, 2015

Submissions should be provided electronically, in PDF, for standard US
letter-size paper (8.5 x 11 inches). Paper submissions must not exceed
15 pages (single space, two column format with 1" margins using a 10
pt or larger font) and have no header or footer text (e.g., no page
numbers). Proposals for presentations or panels should be no longer
than five pages; panel proposals should include possible panelists and
an indication of which panelists have confirmed participation.

Please submit the following information to pqc@nist.govpqc@nist.gov>:

* Name, affiliation, email, phone, postal address for the primary
          contact author

*         First name, last name, and affiliation of each co-author

* The finished paper, presentation or panel proposal in PDF format as
          an attachment.

All submissions will be acknowledged.

Additional information will be posted when available at:
http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/post-quantum-crypto-workshop-2015.cfm