PKC 2025

May 12-15, 2025

Røros, Norway

Call for Papers

General information

PKC 2025 will take place in Røros, Norway on May 12-15, 2025. PKC 2025 is organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR). The proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series.

Original research papers on all aspects of public-key cryptography, covering theory, implementations and applications, and related fields, are solicited for submission to PKC 2025, the The International Conference on Practice and Theory in Public Key Cryptography. In more detail, areas of interest include research on:

  • public key schemes, such as their design and analysis (including side channel attacks), from its math to actual systems
  • the design, proposal, and analysis of cryptographic primitives and protocols
  • public-key techniques in MPC or other protocols

Please note that pure information-theoretic and symmetric-key subjects, e.g. block cipher design and attacks, are not in scope. This year, we particularly welcome submissions on the theme of “Real-world public-key cryptography.” These submissions must still meet the acceptance criteria for PKC above.

Program committee members are permitted to submit either 3 co-authored papers, or at most 4 co-authored papers all with students.

Important dates

Oct 16, 2024 (11:59pm AoE)

Submission deadline

Dec 11, 2024

First round notification

Dec 18, 2024

Rebuttal deadline

Feb 5, 2025

Final notification

Feb 26, 2025

Final versions due

May 12, 2025

Conference begins

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Schedule

PKC 2025 will operate a two-round review system with rebuttal phase. In the first round, the program committee selects the submissions which are considered of value for proceeding to the second round, and the authors receive the first round notification with review comments. The authors of the selected submissions are invited to submit a text-based rebuttal letter to the review comments.

The submissions that have not been selected during the first round of reviews may be submitted in other conferences after the first round notification date.

In the second round the program committee further reviews the selected submissions by taking into account their rebuttal letter. They then make the final decision of acceptance or rejection.

Awards

The Program Committee may choose a paper to receive an overall best paper award. In a continuing effort to promote independent work by researchers at an early stage in their career, the Program Committee may also award a prize for the best paper authored exclusively by early-career researchers. To be eligible, all co-authors must be studying full/part-time or have received their degree in 2019 or later. As usual, awards will only be given if deserving papers are identified.

Stipends

Students whose papers have been accepted and who present their talks at the conference will have their registration waived. A limited number of stipends are available to those unable to obtain funding to attend the conference. Students, whose papers are accepted and who will present the paper themselves, are encouraged to apply if such assistance is needed. Requests for stipends should be sent to the general chair.

Program committee

Program co-chairs

pkc2025programchairs@iacr.org

Area chairs

General co-chairs

pkc2025@iacr.org