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 (Richard Banach)

12:30-13:30 Lunch 

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

14:30-15:00 Coffee

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

Tuesday 21st July:

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

10:30-11:00 Coffee

11:00-12:30 Kuperberg’s algorithm for isogeny-based cryptography (Xavier Bonnetain)

12:30-13:30 Lunch 

13:30-14:30 Problem pitches and Q&A

• Quantum PIP and HAWK (Daniel Apon) 

• Lattice sieving on quantum mesh networks (Sam Jaques) 

14:30-15:00 Coffee

15:00-16:00 Problem pitches and Q&A

• Isogenies and collimation (Chloe Martindale, prerecorded)

• LPN and an approximate Simon algorithm (Daniel Shiu) 

Evening: social reception from 5pm

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.

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Materials

Quantum Background:

• Quantum Computing: Quick Overview (Richard Banach) 

• Quantum Computing Overview - Slides (Richard Banach)

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

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Lattice Sieving and Mesh Network:

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

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

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HAWK:

• S-Units and Hidden subgroups (Daniel Shiu)

• Lattice Isomorphism Problem : Introductory slides (Daniel Apon)

• HAWKPrime (Daniel Apon)

• Is Hawk Inherently a Quaternion Algebra Problem? (Daniel Apon)

• Cryptanalysis of HAWK: a Guessing Game- Preprint (Ben Nelson, Joshua Limbrey, Cong Ling and Andrew Mendlesohn)

• Cryptanalysis of HAWK: a Guessing Game- Summary (Andrew Mendlesohn)

• Cryptanalysis of HAWK: a Guessing Game- Slides (Andrew Mendlesohn)

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Isogenies:

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

• Quantum and Classical Algorithms for hidden shifts (Xavier Bonnetain)

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Learning Parity with Noise:

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