WCC 2026

The Fourteenth International Workshop on Coding and Cryptography

June 8-12, 2026, Paris (France)

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The 14th edition of the biannual Workshop on Coding and Cryptography (WCC) will take place from June 8 to 12, 2026, at the Inria Research Center in Paris, located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Conference Topics

The research topics of the event include but are not limited to:

Coding theory: error-correcting codes, decoding algorithms, quantum codes, related combinatorial problems;

Algorithmic and theoretical aspects of cryptology: symmetric cryptology, public-key cryptography, cryptanalysis, quantum cryptography;

Discrete mathematics and algorithmic tools related to these two areas, such as: Boolean functions, sequences, finite fields, finite geometry, combinatorics, related algebraic systems.

Venue

Informations about the Venue

WCC will be in Paris, at Inria de Paris in the 13th arrondissement de Paris, a place called "La butte aux Cailles".

Here you can find the GoogleMap link of the venue

Submission

Important Dates.

  • Submission deadline: January 15th, 2026
  • Notification of acceptance : March 26th, 2026

Submission Guidelines.

Selection for conference presentation will be made on the basis of an extended abstract. Those wishing to contribute a talk are invited to submit a 6-10 page extended abstract, before January 15, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC, 2024. Extended abstracts of accepted presentations will be collected, and made available online during the conference and for future reference.

Full papers.

After the conference, authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a full version of their contribution to a special issue of Designs, Codes and Cryptography (DCC). Contributions will be seen as new submissions and will be thoroughly refereed.

Registration

Registration Guidelines.

To appear, a link together with the guidelines for registration.

Committees

Organising Committee.

  • Christina Boura (IRIF, Université Paris Cité, France)
  • Clémence Bouvier (Inria Nancy, France)
  • Thomas Debris-Alazard (Inria Saclay, École Polytechnique, France)
  • Léo Perrin (Inria Paris, France)
  • Yann Rotella (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, France)

Program Chairs.

  • Christof Beierle (Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany)
  • Eimear Byrne (University College Dublin, Ireland)
  • Alain Couvreur (Inria Saclay, École Polytechnique, France)

Program Committee.

TBA.

Steering Committee.

  • Daniel Augot (Inria Saclay, France)
  • Pascale Charpin (Inria Paris, France)
  • Tor Helleseth (University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Gohar Kyureghyan (Rostock University, Germany)
  • Pierre Loidreau (DGA and IRMAR, France) - chair
  • Subhamoy Maitra (Indian Statistical Institute, India)
  • Nicolas Sendrier (Inria Paris, France)
  • Leo Storme (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • Jean-Pierre Tillich (Inria Paris, France)
  • Alev Topuzoğlu (Sabanci University, Turkey)

List of Participants

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Program and Abstracts

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WCC Organizers

wcc2026-orga at inria dot fr