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.

Special Issue WCC 2026 at Designs, Codes and Cryptography (DCC)

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.

Submission Process: TBA

Submission dead line : November 5th 2026.

Invited Speakers

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.

Sponsoring

We thank the following insitutions for their financial help for WCC 2026

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

WCC 2026 location is full with restaurants. Therefore, it has been decided that food at lunch will not be provided by the organization. In the booklet, you’ll find a list of restaurants to help you choose. You can also view the list of restaurants on this interactive map.

However, there will be a gala dinner on Wednesday evening on a boat on the Seine.

Gala Dinner

A Gala Dinner cruising along the Seine will be organized on Wednesday evening. We will be boarding at Escale Debilly, just steps away from the Eiffel Tower, starting at 7:00pm. We will enjoy the lights of Paris together until 11:00pm.

Registration

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED (please directly contact us)
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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.

There might be some money left for helping (in priority students) people that present a result to WCC, mainly for people with a limited budget. We cannot commit for any amount currently and it will depend on several factors. However, start to contact us now if you might be interested.

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.

Do not forget to check your spams on your email.

Letter for VISA requests.

If you need a letter for having a VISA, start now to register: a dedicated point exists in the registration form.

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.

Submission Process: TBA

Submission dead line : November 5th 2026.

Do not forget to check your spams.

Committees

Organising Committee.

  • Christina Boura (IRIF, UniversitĂ© Paris CitĂ©, France)
  • ClĂ©mence Bouvier (Inria Nancy, France)
  • Thomas Debris-Alazard (Inria Saclay, École Polytechnique, France)
  • LĂ©o Perrin (Inria Paris, France)
  • Yann Rotella (UniversitĂ© de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, UniversitĂ© 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 (UniversitĂ© 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 (UniversitĂ© 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 (UniversitĂ€t Beyreuth)
  • Gohar Kyureghyan (University of Rostock)
  • Virginie Lallemand (CNRS, UniversitĂ© de Lorraine)
  • Julien Lavauzelle (UniversitĂ© 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 (UniversitĂ© Paris 8)
  • Philippe Moustrou (UniversitĂ© Toulouse Jean JaurĂšs)
  • Jade Nardi (CNRS, UniversitĂ© 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, UniversitĂ© de Caen Normandie)
  • Santanu Sarkar (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
  • AndrĂ© Schrottenloher (Inria, UniversitĂ© 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 (UniversitĂ© 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

  • Zita Abreu (University of Madeira, CIDMA, Portugal)
  • Rashad Ali (University of Trento, Italy)
  • Clementa Alonso GonzĂĄlez (University of Alicante, Spain)
  • Nadja Aoutouf (Inria Saclay, France)
  • Valentina Astore (Inria Saclay, France)
  • Daniel Augot (Inria, France)
  • Charles Baffour (LAGA, Laboratoire Analyse, GĂ©omĂ©trie et Applications, France)
  • Sacha Baillarguet-Gajic (Inria Paris, France)
  • Antoine Bak (Inria Paris, DGA Paris, France)
  • Marius Baloi (University of Bucharest, Romania)
  • Sujata Bansal (Indian Institute of Technology, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India)
  • Mamadou kolon Barry (UniversitĂ© Paris 8, France)
  • Jules Baudrin (Laboratoire de MathĂ©matiques de Versailles, UVSQ, UniversitĂ© Paris-Saclay, France)
  • Christof Beierle (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
  • GrĂ©gory Berhuy (UniversitĂ© Grenoble Alpes, France)
  • Matteo Bertuzzo (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
  • Martino Borello (UniversitĂ© Paris 8 - LAGA, France)
  • Christina Boura (IRIF, UniversitĂ© Paris CitĂ©, France)
  • ClĂ©mence Bouvier (Loria, CNRS, France)
  • Stefka Bouyuklieva (St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria)
  • Peter Boyvalenkov (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)
  • Eimear Byrne (University College Dublin, Ireland)
  • Anne Canteaut (Inria Paris, France)
  • Kevin Carrier (Ecole Polytechnique, France)
  • Giulia Cavicchioni (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy)
  • Pascale Charpin (Inria Paris, France)
  • EUN JU Cheon (Gyeongsang National University, South Korea)
  • Danila Cherkashin (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)
  • Mattia Cipro (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
  • Fabrizio Conca (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
  • Augustin Constantin (Freelancer, Romania)
  • Bruno Costa Alves Freire (Inria Paris, France)
  • Alain Couvreur (Inria & LIX, École Polytechnique, France)
  • Sakshi Dang (Indian Institute of Science, India)
  • Baptiste Daumen (Inria Paris, France)
  • Thomas Debris-Alazard (Inria Saclay, France)
  • Hugo Delavenne (LIX, Ecole Polytechnique, France)
  • Andrea Di Giusto (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
  • Itai Dinur (Ben-Gurion University and Georgetown University, United States)
  • Piccione Enrico (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
  • Patrick Felke (University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Germany)
  • Nicole Franzoi (UniversitĂ© de Montpellier, CNRS, LIRMM, France)
  • Virginio Fratianni (UniversitĂ© Paris 8 - LAGA, France)
  • Merlin Fruchon (Inria Paris, France)
  • Kirpa Garg (University of Rouen Normandie, France)
  • Pierre Galissant (Inria Paris, COSMIQ, France)
  • Markus Grassl (ICTQT, University of Gdansk, Poland)
  • Claudio Guastamacchia (UniversitĂ  Roma Tre, Italy)
  • Eleonora Guerrini (UniversitĂ© de Montpellier, LIRMM, France)
  • JaeWoo Han (Affiliated Institute of ETRI, South Korea)
  • Valerian Hatey (Cergy-Paris UniversitĂ©, ENSEA, CNRS, France)
  • Tobias Hemmert (Federal Office for Information Security, BSI), Germany)
  • Henk D.L. Hollmann (University of Tartu, Netherlands)
  • David Hubbard (Iceberg Quantum, United Kingdom)
  • Madalina Ioan (University of Bucharest, Romania)
  • Elric Isoardo (LIX, École Polytechnique, France)
  • SeungKyu Jang (NSR, South Korea)
  • Maxence Jauberty (Inria Saclay, France)
  • Elisa Junghans (TU Ilmenau, Germany)
  • Zeynelabidin Karakas (Kırklareli University, Turkey)
  • Burcu Ecem Karakas (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
  • Christian Kaspers (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany)
  • Seon Jeong Kim (Dept. of Math, and RINS, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea)
  • Lukas Koelsch (University of South Florida, United States)
  • Liav Koram (Ben Gurion University, Israel)
  • Björn Kriepke (University of Rostock, Germany)
  • Lucas Krompholz (University of Rostock, Germany)
  • Sadmir Kudin (University of Primorska, Slovenia)
  • Ajeet Kumar (ISI Kolkata, India)
  • Luana Kurmann (German Aerospace Center - DLR & Technical University of Munich, TUM, Germany)
  • Gohar Kyureghyan (University of Rostock, Germany)
  • Svenja Lage (German Aerospace Center - DLR, Germany)
  • Ivan Landjev (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, BAS, Bulgaria)
  • Julien Lavauzelle (LAGA, University Paris 8, France)
  • Iska Le Menn (LORIA/CNRS, France)
  • Marine Le Meur (UniversitĂ© de Rennes, France)
  • Sanghyeop Lee (NSR, South Korea)
  • Christophe Levrat (Inria Saclay, France)
  • Julia Lieb (TU Ilmenau, Germany)
  • Petr Lisonek (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
  • Pierre Loidreau (DGA MI and IRMAR, France)
  • Pierre Loisel (INRIA Saclay, Polytechnique, France)
  • Johanna Loyer (Inria, France)
  • Rati Ludhani (Inria Saclay & LIX, Ecole Polytechnique, France)
  • Uddipto Mandal (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)
  • Ryutaroh Matsumoto (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
  • Laura Mattiuz (UniversitĂ  Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)
  • Sihem Mesnager (UNIV. Paris VIII and Sorbonne Paris citĂ© North, LAGA), France)
  • Marine Minier (UniversitĂ© de Lorraine, France)
  • Julien Molina (UniversitĂ© Grenoble Alpes, Institut Fourier, France)
  • Rocco Mora (University of Montpellier, LIRMM, France)
  • Titouan Mousset (UniversitĂ© de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France)
  • Anamari Nakic (University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia )
  • Miguel Ángel Navarro-PĂ©rez (University of Alicante, Spain)
  • Patrick Neumann (Inria Paris, France)
  • Marc Newman (University St.Gallen, Switzerland)
  • Jack Nolan (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
  • Kayode Epiphane Nouetowa (XLIM, UniversitĂ© de Limoges, France)
  • Frederique Oggier (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
  • Kristiina Oksner (University of Tartu, Estonia)
  • Buket Özkaya (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
  • Enes Pasalic (University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia, Sweden)
  • LĂ©o Perrin (Inria Paris, France)
  • Olga Polverino (Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, UniversitĂ  degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy)
  • Raluca Posteuca (University of Bucharest, Romania)
  • Hugues Randriambololona (ANSSI, France)
  • Alberto Ravagnani (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
  • Miguel Robles (Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
  • RenĂ© RodrĂ­guez Aldama (FAMNIT, University of Primorska, Slovenia)
  • Cristian Rodriguez Avila (Mount Holyoke College, United States)
  • Maxime RomĂ©as (ANSSI, France)
  • Yann Rotella (LMV - UVSQ - UniversitĂ© Paris-Saclay, France)
  • Assia Rousseva (Sofia University, Bulgaria)
  • Martin Scotti (Aalborg University, France)
  • Ajla Sehovic (IAM, University of Primorska, Slovenia)
  • Yixin Shen (Inria Rennes, France)
  • Xaro Soler-EscrivĂ  (Universidad de Alicante, Spain)
  • VĂ­ctor Sotomayor (Universidad de Granada, Spain)
  • Juliana Souza (University of Campinas, Brazil)
  • Valentin Suder (UniversitĂ© de Rouen Normandie, France)
  • Gabriele Taurasi (UniversitĂ© de Bordeaux, IMB, France)
  • Son Cliter Tebi Massala (Laboratoire LAGA, Ă©quipe AGC3, France)
  • Jean-Pierre Tillich (Inria Paris, COSMIQ, France)
  • DaphnĂ© Trama (Inria Paris, France)
  • Lune Vila (UniversitĂ© Paris 8, France)
  • Daniel Welchons (Benedictine College, United States)
  • Mieke Wessel (Inria Saclay, France)
  • Maosheng Xiong (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
  • Masaya Yasuda (Rikkyo University, Japan)
  • Kisoon Yoon (NSHC, South Korea)
  • Gilles Zemor (universitĂ© de Bordeaux, France)
  • Giovanni Zini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
  • Ferdinando Zullo (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy)

Program and Abstracts

Program (preliminary version)

Monday · June 8

08:00 – 08:45 ☕ Welcome
08:45 – 09:00 Opening Remarks
09:00 – 10:00
Invited TalkFrédérique Oggier On the Rankin Constants of Lattices [Slides]
Chair: Alain Couvreur
10:00 – 10:30 ☕ Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:45 Session 1: Designs and Spherical codes
Chair: Anamari Nakic
10:55
Peter Boyvalenkov, Danila Cherkashin and Peter Dragnev
11:20
Sergiy Borodachov, Peter Boyvalenkov, Peter Dragnev, Douglas Hardin, Edward Saff and Maya Stoyanova
11:45 – 14:00 🍮 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:40 Session 2: Code-based Cryptography
Chair: Kevin Carrier
14:50
Michele Battagliola, Marco Rinaudo, Edoardo Signorini, Marco Baldi, Rahmi El Mechri, Paolo Santini, Riccardo Schiavoni and Laura Mattiuz
15:15
15:40 – 16:10 ☕ Coffee Break
16:10 – 17:50 Session 3: Codes for storage
Chair: Gilles Zémor
16:10
Akram Baghban, Marc Newman, Anna-Lena Horlemann and Mehdi Ghiyasvand
17:00
Giulia Cavicchioni, Eleonora Guerrini and Julien Lavauzelle
17:25
Kristiina Oksner, Henk D.L. Hollmann, Ago-Erik Riet and Vitaly Skachek

Tuesday · June 9

09:00 – 10:00
Chair: Christophe Beierle
10:00 – 10:30 ☕ Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:45 Session 1: Vectorial Boolean functions and Cryptography
11:45 – 14:00 🍮 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:40 Session 2: Rank metric and subspace codes
Chair: Pierre Loidreau
14:25
Martino Borello and Martin Scotti
14:50
Martino Borello, Olga Polverino and Ferdinando Zullo
15:15
Clementa Alonso-Gonzålez and Miguel Ángel Navarro-Pérez
15:40 – 16:10 ☕ Coffee Break
16:10 – 17:50 Session 3: Quantum codes & self orthogonal codes
Chair: Markus Grassl
16:10
Miguel Sales-Cabrera, Xaro Soler-EscrivĂ  and VĂ­ctor Sotomayor
17:25
Stefka Bouyuklieva, Ferruh Ozbudak and Iliya Bouyukliev

Wednesday · June 10

09:00 – 10:00
Chair: Eimear Byrne
10:00 – 10:30 ☕ Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:10 Session 1: Codes and Finite geometry
Chair: Ferdinando Zullo
10:30
Gianira N. Alfarano and Marine Le Meur
10:55
11:20
Assia Rousseva, Sascha Kurz and Ivan Landjev
11:45
Gohar Kyureghyan, Lucas Krompholz and Alexander Oertel
12:10 – 14:00 🍮 Lunch Break
14:00 – 19:00 Free Afternoon
19:00 – 23:00 🍮 Gala Dinner

Thursday · June 11

09:00 – 10:00
Chair: Anne Canteaut
10:00 – 10:30 ☕ Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:45 Session 1: Cyclic and quasi-cyclic codes
Chair: Daniel Augot
10:55
Burcu Ecem Karakas, Ferruh Ozbudak and Buket Ozkaya
11:45 – 14:00 🍮 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:05 Session 2: Bent functions, APN and generalization
16:05 – 16:25 ☕ Coffee Break
16:25 – 18:05 Session 3: Curves over finite fields and number theory

Friday · June 12

09:25 – 09:50 Session 1: DNA Codes
Chair: Alain Couvreur
09:50 – 10:30 ☕ Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:45 Session 2: Convolutional codes
Chair: Clementa Alonso Gonzales
10:30
Zita Abreu, Julia Lieb, Raquel Pinto and Rita Simoes
10:55
Zita Abreu, Elisa Junghans, Julia Lieb and Raquel Pinto
12:10 – 14:00 🍮 Lunch Break

Accepted Abstracts

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WCC Organizers

wcc2026-orga at inria dot fr