Program and Materials

Monday 20th July:

09:00 Arrive and Coffee

09:30-10:00 Welcome and Introduction

10:00-12:00 Quantum Computing 101

12:30-13:30 Lunch 

13:30-14:30 Quantum GF(2) cryptanalysis (Daniel S)

14:30-15:00 Coffee

15:00-16:30 Quantum methods for lattice sieving on mesh networks (Sam J)

Tuesday 21st July:

09:30-10:30 Quantum S-unit computations in algebraic number fields (Daniel S)

10:30-11:00 Coffee

11:00-12:30 Deuring/hidden group actions/colimation (Xavier B)

12:30-13:30 Lunch 

13:30- Problem pitches and Q&A

14:30-15:00 Coffee

Evening: social reception

Wednesday 22nd July:

We will start at 09:30 and split into work groups (potentially with extra talks in the morning). 

10:30-11:00 Coffee

12:30-13:30 Lunch 

14:30 - 15:00 Coffee

Thursday 23rd July:

We will start at 09:30 and split into work groups. 

10:30-11:00 Coffee

12:30-13:30 Lunch 

14:30 - 15:00 Coffee

Evening: Conference Dinner, 7pm at Gusto Italian 

(for those who have signed up and pre-ordered choices, only)

Friday 24th July:

We will start at 09:30 and split into work groups. 

10:30-11:00 Coffee

We will finish before lunch time.

Materials

• Quantum Computing: Quick Overview (Richard Banach) 

• Quantum Cryptanalysis over GF(2) (Daniel Shiu)

• S-Units and Hidden subgroups (Daniel Shiu)

• Lattice Sieving on a Quantum Mesh Network (Sam Jaques)

• QCPQA Project Proposal: A quantum costing of HQC (Daniel Shiu)

• HAWKPrime (Daniel Apon)

• Kuperberg’s algorithm for isogeny-based cryptography (Chloe Martindale)