Post-Quantum Security Models *

In a post-quantum world, an eavesdropper is able to use quantum resources, possibly amounting to a large quantum computer, to process information. Thus, post-quantum attackers must be taken into account whenever security models and proofs are concerned, by both quantum and classical existing and future cryptosystems. And while we still do not know when, how or even whether we will enter a post-quantum era, there is already ground for common work between the quantum information and the cryptography community.

The objective of the workshop is to build scientific bridges between these two communities on topics of joint interest: from the state of the art and perspectives in the theory and design of quantum computers and eavesdropping attacks, to computationally secure and/or information-theoretically secure post-quantum cryptographic schemes, to analysis of the corresponding emerging post-quantum security models.

PQSM Topics

  • Provable security in complexity-based cryptosystems
  • Provable security in quantum cryptosystems (and other “physically-based” cryptosystems)
  • Proposals to model attackers in a post-quantum world
  • Evaluations of the impact of post-quantum attackers on practical quantum and classical cryptosystems
  • State of the art and recent developments towards post-quantum attackers


Information and deadlines

  • Participation to PQSM is open. No registration fee is requested.
    All meals and refreshments during PQSM will be offered.
    Registration is solicited by no later than Friday, September 24th 2010, in order to ensure participation to workshop and meals. Later registrations might exceptionally be accepted.
    To register to PQSM, please complete the online registration form here.
  • All participants are invited to the PQSM social dinner on Monday, October 11th. Registration to the PQSM social dinner is solicited by no later than Friday, September 24th 2010. Late registrations are still being accepted.
    Please note that a dinner fee may be asked to you at the registration desk on Monday, October 11th, before the start of PQSM. You can withdraw your registration anytime before the payment of the fee.
    To register to the PQSM social dinner, please refer to the online registration form here.
  • PQSM will be held in conjunction with the ETSI ISG-QKD meeting, which will take place at Telecom- ParisTech, 46 rue Barrault 75013 Paris, from Wednesday, October 6th to Friday, October 8th 2010. For more information on this event, please visit the ETSI website.
    PQSM will be held in conjunction with the JFLI workshop, which will take place in Paris, on Tueasday, October 12th and Wednesday, October 13th. For more information on this event, please visit the JFLI website.

Call for abstracts

  • All authors are invited to submit a one-page summary of their proposed presentation.
    The one-page summary should be written in English, in A4 format, and submitted as a PDF file to sara.felloni AT telecom-paristech.fr.
  • Deadline for submissions is Friday, September 17th, 2010.
    All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed.
    Selected contributions will be either oral presentations or in poster format.
  • Acceptance notification will be sent to authors by no later than Friday, September 24th 2010.
    Contributed talks should include 20 min for presentation and 10 min for questions and discussion, for a total duration of 30 min.
  • Accepted contributions will allow for submission of extended papers. Extended-abstract submission will open after the conclusion of the PQSM workshop. Extended papers will be peer-reviewed, collected and published by an international publisher.

Download the PQSM Call for abstracts - PDF
Download the PQSM Flyer - PDF




* Colloque sur les Modèles de Sécurité Post-Quantiques