Crypto Reading Group - Pranshu Kumar & John Premkumar & Karaneh Keypoor-Quasi-Cyclic Codes

Friday, May 29, 2026 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Speaker:

Pranshu Kumar & John Premkumar & Karaneh Keypoor
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Location: MC 5417

Abstract:

This session is devoted to quasi-cyclic codes, one of the main structured code families used in modern code-based cryptography. We will introduce their definition and main properties, and explain why their additional algebraic structure is both useful for efficiency and delicate from a security perspective. This week will provide the background needed to understand HQC and related constructions.