AAC ’24 - Workshop on Advances in Asymmetric Cryptanalysis

The field of asymmetric cryptography has been flourishing within the last years: researchers have been proposing various public key constructions ranging from well-established signature schemes to advanced protocols like homomorphic encryption, MPC or functional encryption. Almost all of them rely on certain hardness assumptions like factoring, discrete logarithm, lattice-based or code-based assumptions or those relying on solving multivariate systems. Understanding the concrete complexity of such problems is of paramount importance, not only in cryptography, but also in complexity theory and number theory. However, looking at the current trend in the cryptographic world, it appears that there are very few venues (if any) dedicated specifically to the cryptanalytic community: to people who design and implement new algorithms and provide new insights into the asymptotic and concrete hardness of cryptographic problems.

AAC 2024 fills the current gap in the cryptographic community by providing a dedicated platform for cryptanalysts. It aims to advance the field by bringing together experts in algorithm design and implementation, facilitating knowledge exchange, and encouraging collaboration. Additionally, AAC 2024 welcomes new joiners and less experienced attendees, aiming to expand the community and provide support for individuals at all levels of expertise.