(apologies for multiple postings)
This is the first announcement of the "International Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Fields (WAIFI) 2026", to be held in Santander, Spain, June 3-5, 2026.
This workshop is a forum of mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers and physicists performing research on finite field arithmetic, interested in communicating the advances in the theory, applications, and implementations of finite fields. The workshop helps to bridge the gap between the mathematical theory of finite fields and their hardware/software implementations and technical applications, especially in cryptography and coding theory.
The topics of WAIFI 2026 include but are not limited to:
Theory of finite field arithmetic including:
Bases (canonical; normal; dual; etc.)
Polynomials (irreducible; primitive; permutation)
Boolean functions and special functions over finite fields
Algebraic curves over finite fields
Dynamical systems over finite fields
Hardware & Software implementations:
Design & implementation of finite field processors
Design & implementation of arithmetic for crypto algorithms and protocols
Pseudorandom number generators
Hardware/Software co-design in crypto and coding theory applications
Applications of finite fields in:
Cryptography such as Post Quantum Crypto and other algorithms and protocols
Coding theory (AG codes; LDPC codes; etc.)
Combinatorics (designs; arrays; etc.)
Finite geometry
Important dates:
Submission deadline: March 1st (23:59h AoE), 2026
Acceptance notification: April 30th, 2026
Final version: May 5th, 2026
Workshop: June 3-5, 2026
Final post-proceedings version due: July 20th, 2026
The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series after the workshop as post-proceedings.
The workshop website http://www.waifi.org <http://www.waifi.org/>, will be updated regularly with more information.
Kind regards,
José L. Imaña
Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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