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Seminars and Conferences
PhD Course | Code-based Cryptography
On Monday, 16 February 2026, at 10:00 am, will take place the starting lesson of PhD Course Code-based Cryptography by professor Edoardo Persichetti, Department of Mathematics and Statistics - FAU Florida Atlantic University, organised by the Department of Mathematical Sciences "Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange"-DISMA.
Course presentation
In this course, code-based cryptography will be explored, starting from its unofficial birth with the McEliece cryptosystem, and arriving to modern-day schemes now under consideration at NIST to become new Post-Quantum standards. The course will include all relevant coding theory background.
Course syllabus
The PhD Course will take place in person.
Course presentation
In this course, code-based cryptography will be explored, starting from its unofficial birth with the McEliece cryptosystem, and arriving to modern-day schemes now under consideration at NIST to become new Post-Quantum standards. The course will include all relevant coding theory background.
Course syllabus
- Introduction to coding theory (linear codes, generator and parity-check matrices, error correction).
- McEliece cryptosystem and its security foundations.
- Variants and improvements of the McEliece scheme.
- Code-based digital signatures and related primitives.
- NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography standardization process and code-based candidates.
- Advanced topics and current research directions.
- Monday, 16 February, 10:00–12:00 and 14:30–15:30 (Aula consulenze)
- Wednesday, 18 February, 10:00–12:00 and 14:30–15:30 (Aula consulenze)
- Friday, 20 February, 10:00–12:00 and 14:30–15:30 (Aula consulenze)
- Monday, 23 February, 10:00–12:00 and 14:30–15:30 (Aula consulenze)
- Wednesday, 25 February, 10:00–12:00 and 14:30–15:30 (Aula consulenze)
- Friday, 27 February, 14:30–15:30, final seminar (Aula Buzano)
The PhD Course will take place in person.