Crypto Reading Group - Seunghoon Lee & Bruno Sterner-Introduction to Coding Theory (Part 1)

For this term's reading group, we will be hosting a study group on code-based cryptography with a focus on understanding HQC — the most recent NIST standard for post-quantum KEM/PKE. We will spend 7 weeks going over the necessary material to cover this topic before concluding with state-of-the-art HQC. A week-by-week plan is outlined at the following link: https://www.leonardocolo.com/seminars/Spring26.html.

For the first week, we will cover the basic definitions and properties of coding theory as well as go over Reed-Solomon codes.