20th IMA International Conference on Cryptography and Coding
15-16 December, 2026

Royal Agricultural University (RAU)
Stroud Rd, Cirencester, GL7 6JS, UK
https://ima.org.uk/28271/20th-ima-international-conference-on-cryptography-and-coding/

The mathematical theory and practice of both cryptography and coding
underpins the provision of effective security and reliability for data
communication, processing, and storage. This twentieth International
Conference in an established and successful IMA series on the theme of
"Cryptography and Coding" solicits original research papers on all
technical aspects of cryptography and coding.

Submissions are welcome on any cryptographic or coding-theoretic
topic, including, but not limited to:

 - Foundational theory and mathematics;
 - The design, proposal, and analysis of cryptographic or coding
   primitives and protocols
 - Secure implementation and optimisation in hardware or software; and
 - Applied aspects of cryptography and coding.

Call for Papers

Original research papers on all technical aspects of cryptography and
coding theory are solicited for submission. Areas of interest include,
but are not limited to:

 -    Post-Quantum Cryptography.
 -    Construction and Cryptanalysis of Symmetric Cryptographic Primitives.
 -    Boolean Functions.
 -    Applications of Sequences in Communications.
 -    Protocols.
 -    Secure Implementation of Cryptographic Primitives.
 -    Information Theoretic Security.
 -    Applications of Coding Theory to Cryptography/Security.
 -    Locally Decodable and Locally Recoverable Codes.
 -    Storage Codes.

Instructions for Authors

Submissions must not substantially duplicate work that any other
author has published elsewhere or has submitted in parallel to a
journal or any other conference or workshop with proceedings. Accepted
submissions may not appear in any other conference. The IMA-CC chair
reserves the right to share information about submissions with other
program committees to detect parallel submissions.

Submissions must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations,
acknowledgments, or obvious references. Submissions must be written in
English. Submissions should begin with a title, and a short
abstract. The main body of submissions should be at most 20 pages,
including title, abstract, and bibliography, using Springer's LNCS
LaTeX format with no changes to the style. Submissions may contain any
amount of material in clearly marked appendices following the main
body of the paper. However, reviewers are not required to read
appendices; the paper must be intelligible without them.

Submissions must be in PDF format and be submitted electronically to
the submission website. Submissions must have page numbers, e.g.,
using LaTeX command \pagestyle.

We invite "Systematization of Knowledge papers". Such papers should
have a title that begins with "SoK:" to make it clear to reviewers
that this is an SoK paper. SoK papers may be at most 25 pages in the
format specified above.

Submissions that do not follow these guidelines may be rejected
without consideration of their merits.

Conflicts of interest
We strive to avoid conflicts of
interest. Automatic conflicts of interest exist between author and
reviewer:
 -    if one is or was the thesis advisor to the other, no matter how long ago.
 -    if they shared an institutional affiliation within the prior two years.
 -    if they published two or more jointly authored works in the last
      three years; or
 -    if they are immediate family members.
Conflicts of interest are not restricted to automatic ones. Others are
possible. Authors and reviewers are encouraged to contact the program
chair in case of any uncertainty about corner cases.

Submissions for this conference close on July 31, 2026.

Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the LNCS
series. Consequently, accepted papers must adhere with Springer's
Instructions for Authors (
https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19242230/data/v17
. One of the authors of an accepted paper is expected to present their
work in-person. Exceptions will be made only in the case of specific
circumstances, such as visa delays, and emergencies.

The corresponding author of each accepted paper, acting on behalf of
all the authors of that paper, must complete and sign a
Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the
copyright form should match the corresponding author marked on the
paper. Once the files have been sent to Springer, changes relating to
the authorship of the papers cannot be made.

Please submit your paper via the link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=20imacc

Call for Posters - details to follow.

Conference Fees
Includes entry to the conference for both days as well as refreshments
and lunches.

Full 2 day Conference Fee -Member- £350.00
Full 2 day Conference Fee -Non-Member -£450.00
Full 2 day Conference Fee -Student Member -£250.00
Full 2 day Conference Fee - Student Non Member -£280.00
15th December Conference Dinner at RAU -£55
Includes three course dinner with half bottle of wine.
Please register for the conference via:  https://my.ima.org.uk/

Accommodation

Use the link below to book your accommodation directly with the Royal
Agricultural University
https://www.rau.ac.uk/for-business/venue-hire/short-breaks
Organising Committee
Elisabeth Oswald University of Birmingham (Chair)
Elizabeth A. Quaglia, RHUL
Chris Mitchell, RHUL
Maura Paterson, Birkbeck
For further information, please contact:
Conferences Department:  conferences@ima.org.uk

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