TCG CREST is pleased to announce that two papers co-authored by our Cryptology PhD research group have been accepted for presentation at ASIACRYPT 2026, the 32nd Annual International Cryptology Conference (CORE ranking A), to be held in Hong Kong, China, from December 7–11, 2026.
Paper 1 Details:
Title: “Post-Quantum Security of Keyed Sum of Permutations and Its Siblings”
Authors: Nilanjan Datta, Avijit Dutta, Sougata Mandal, Hrithik Nandi, Amlan Sinha
Paper 2 Details:
Title: “Universally Composable Reverse Firewalls for Oblivious Linear Evaluation and Applications”
Authors: S. Pal, S. Kar, S. Ghosh, S. Chakraborty, K. D. Ghosh, Amlan Sinha, Sougata Mandal, D. Katiyar
A special shout-out to our research scholars for their remarkable achievements:
- Hrithik Nandi — achieving a remarkable calendar slam with publications at CRYPTO 2026, EUROCRYPT 2026, and ASIACRYPT 2026, along with ACM ASIA CCS 2026 and FSE 2026.
- Sougata Mandal — having two papers at ASIACRYPT 2026 and one paper at EUROCRYPT 2026.
- Amlan Sinha — starting his PhD journey with two papers at ASIACRYPT 2026.
Heartiest congratulations to all of them!
We would also like to congratulate the entire Cryptology PhD student group for an incredible calendar year, with publications at:
CRYPTO 2026 (2 papers), EUROCRYPT 2026, ASIACRYPT 2026 (2 papers), ACM ASIA CCS 2026, PKC 2026, FSE 2026, IACR Communications in Cryptology 2026, and CCDS 2026.
These achievements reflect the dedication, hard work and collaborative spirit of our Cryptology students and research team. We are immensely proud of what they have accomplished and look forward to many more exciting contributions in the years ahead.
For more details on the conference, please visit:
https://asiacrypt.iacr.org/2026/