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.

Invited Speakers

  • Itai Dinur (Ben Gurion University)
  • Lukas Kölsch (University of South Florida)
  • Frédérique Oggier (University of Birmingham)
  • Olga Polverino (Universita degli Studi dellà Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta)

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".

WCC 2026 location is full with restaurants. Therefore, it has been decided that food at lunch will not be provided by the organization. There will be however a gala diner on a boat on the Seine. Boarding will be at 7pm until 11pm, next to Eiffel Tower, on Escale Debilly.

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Submission

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Important Dates.

  • Submission deadline: January 2026 15th, 23:59 Anywhere On Earth (corresponds to january 16th 12h59 in Paris)
  • Notification of acceptance : March 26th, 2026

Call for Papers.

The selection for conference presentation will be made on the basis of an extended abstract. Extended abstracts of accepted presentations will be collected, and made available online during the conference and for future reference.

Results that are currently under submission in another venue can be considered but the authors should mention this when submitting to WCC.

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The submission must be written in English. It should begin with a title, a list of authors with affiliations and a short abstract.

The extended abstract should be between 6 and 10 pages excluding bibliography, using LaTeX in article style following this template.

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The font should be 11pt, the margins will be defined by the default settings of the style, implying that you will not be allowed to use the fullpage option, or to set your own margins. Any other modification of the layout such as reducing the spread between lines is forbidden as well. Submissions that do not fulfill these requirements will be rejected without being peer reviewed.

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.

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Registration

Registration Guidelines.

There is three types of registration fees: Early Regular (400 euros), Early Student (250 euros) and Late (500 euros). Note that the Late registration start from 23 of April at 00:01 and will be the same price for Students or Regular.

Much like for IACR conferences, registration works in two steps. First, you need to fill in a form containing the necessary information. Once it is done, you will be provided with a link to the website handling payment. Your registration will not be finalized until payment has been received.

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

Program Committee.

  • Gianira Alfarano (Université de Rennes)
  • Tim Beyne (KU Leuven)
  • Wouter Castryck (KU Leuven)
  • Pascale Charpin (Inria)
  • Patrick Felke (University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer)
  • Ragnar Freij-Hollanti (University Aalto)
  • Faruk Gologlu (Univerzita karlova)
  • Markus Grassl (University of Gdansk)
  • Eleonora Guerrini (Université de Montpellier)
  • Tor Helleseth (University of Bergen)
  • Anna-Lena Horlemann-Trautmann (University of St. Gallen)
  • Xiang-dong Hou (University of South Florida)
  • Tetsu Iwata (Nagoya University)
  • Jonathan Jedwab (Simon Fraser University)
  • Trygve Johnsen (Arctic University of Norway)
  • Relinde Jurrius (Nederlands Defence Academy)
  • Nikolay Kaleyski (University of Bergen)
  • Michael Kiermaier (Universität Beyreuth)
  • Gohar Kyureghyan (University of Rostock)
  • Virginie Lallemand (CNRS, Université de Lorraine)
  • Julien Lavauzelle (Université Paris 8)
  • Michel Lavrauw (University of Primorska)
  • Pierre Loidreau (DGA, University of Rennes)
  • Subhamoy Maitra (Indian Statistical Institute)
  • Irene Marquez-Corbella (University of La Laguna)
  • Chloe Martindale (University of Bristol)
  • Gretchen Matthews (Virginia Tech)
  • Sihem Mesnager (Université Paris 8)
  • Philippe Moustrou (Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès)
  • Jade Nardi (CNRS, Université de Rennes)
  • Alessandro Neri (University of Naples Federico II)
  • Kaisa Nyberg (Aalto University)
  • Alberto Ravagnani (Eindhoven University of Technology)
  • Assia Rousseva (Sofia University)
  • Adeline Roux-Langlois (CNRS, Université de Caen Normandie)
  • Santanu Sarkar (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
  • André Schrottenloher (Inria, Université de Rennes)
  • John Sheekey (University College Dublin)
  • Leo Storme (University of Ghent)
  • Jean-Pierre Tillich (Inria)
  • Alev Topuzoğlu (Sabanci University, Istanbul)
  • Irene Villa (University of Trento)
  • Violetta Weger (Technical University of Munich)
  • Ilaria Zappatore (Université de Limoges)

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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contact us

WCC Organizers

wcc2026-orga at inria dot fr